Super Sunday or Fight Night?
The Game
The Times
3.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 15 August 2022
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Tom Clarke, Alyson Rudd and Matt Dickinson.
Spurs showed a different side to their game on Sunday in a fiery encounter against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. We unpack the most eventful game of the season so far (00:00)
Thomas Tuchel and Antonio Conte got into a couple of heated debates on the touchline - is this kind of behaviour acceptable and is it beneath them? (16:45)
Brentford thrashed a sorry Manchester United - but was it a shock? (27:20)
The Times’ Senior Sports Writer Matt Dickinson joins us to discuss his new book about Sir Alex Ferguson’s resignation on the eve of the 1998-99 season and what transpired (44:32)
Nottingham Forest won their first home game in the Premier League for 23 years - but are they actually buying too many players? (50:08)
We end with a discussion on our favourite ever assists (57:42)
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