Hello and I thank you for joining us.

Hello and welcome to the game podcast from The Times.

I'm Gabriel Marcofty and I thank you for joining us

this is the very first game podcast of the new year now with me in the studio today

at fitting on a on another triumphant day for Arsenal, it's one Stuart Robson.

Good morning, too good morning.

And down the line, and he's not in his conservatory, he's in his dining room, I'm told, it's Ollie Kay.

Later on, we're going to be talking about the beef between Joseph Marino and Antonio

Conte, because we're the media, we obsess over that.

Also, we'll be talking about the latest victim in the managerial

sac race which would be Mark Hughes. We're also going to be

chatting about what I think is the extraordinary transfer of

Philippe Putino to Barcelona and even more extraordinary transfer of Virgil

Van Dyke to Liverpool although let's face it we both kind of knew that they were

coming and what better place to start then, Friday night,

third round, traditional Friday night

FA Cup fixture, the Merseys Derby.

Ollie, the last time these two teams met

in the league, Yurgen-Caup got a little bit upset afterwards, I think very upset.

I'd almost say rightly so, but Liverpool dominated Everton and ultimately were held one one.

This time without Mohamed Sala, without Philip Kucinia, of course was injured,

it was a much closer fought affair, wasn't it?

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