The Debrief: Arsenal miss chance to go eight clear with Liverpool draw
Football Daily
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🗓️ 8 January 2026
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Steve Crossman is joined by Stephen Warnock, Andros Townsend, Michael Brown and Alistair Bruce-Ball reacting to Arsenals 0-0 draw against Liverpool.
Arsenal are six points clear at the top of table while Liverpool stay fourth, eight points behind third-placed Aston Villa. Hear from Mikel Arteta and Liverpool boss Arne Slot who is asked about the incident when Gabriel Martinelli attempted to push Conor Bradley off the pitch after he had gone down injured.
The team also discuss Manchester United and what does the ‘DNA’ of the club really mean.
Plus Brentford fan Michael Johnston gives an insight into why Brentford get it so right with their recruitment and is Keith Andrews manager of the season so far?
Timecodes: 01:00 Arsenal 05:25 Mikel Arteta 07:30 Decent point for Liverpool? 08:45 Arne Slot 14:00 United ‘DNA’ 26:30 Brentford & Keith Andrews
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| 0:05.7 | Hello, you're about to listen to a BBC podcast, and I'm Ed Gamble, host of another BBC podcast, The Traitors Uncloaked. |
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| 0:18.2 | The Pop Top Ten podcast with Scott Mills and Rylan, and comedy specials |
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| 0:30.3 | So for a whole bunch of exclusive scoops and podcasts, listen only on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:35.8 | On the Football Daily podcast, The Debrief with Steve Crossman. |
| 0:41.7 | Hello there, welcome to The Debrief. |
| 0:43.6 | We've got Stephen Warnock, Andross Townsend and Michael Brown, all withers. |
| 0:48.2 | Arsenal drew nil-nill-nill with Liverpool to go six points clear at the top of the Premier League table. |
| 0:53.1 | Liverpool stay fourth. |
| 0:54.4 | They are eight points behind third place, Aston Villa. |
| 0:57.8 | Let's start with the story of the game. |
| 0:59.1 | Ali Bruce Ball is at the Emirates? |
| 1:00.6 | Liverpool has stopped Arsenal scoring in both league games against them this season. |
| 1:06.1 | Arsenal sits six points clear at the top of the Premier League, |
| 1:09.4 | ahead of Manchester City in Aston Villa. Closest we came to a goal was Connor Bradley's chip that came back off the crossbar in the first half |
| 1:16.6 | and actually talking about the success of Frimpong down the right for Liverpool in that second half |
| 1:20.6 | had his cutback been a little bit better to Florian Vitts than possibly Liverpool might have been able to find themselves a winner. |
| 1:27.6 | That's only the second time at home in the league this season that Arsenal have dropped points, |
| 1:31.4 | drew against Manchester City, they've drawn against Liverpool tonight, they couldn't find a way through. |
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