The Debrief: Saka’s back and Forest stay third
Football Daily
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4.3 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Kelly Cates is alongside senior football reporter Ian Dennis, former Brighton and Crystal Palace striker Glenn Murray and former Nottingham Forest midfielder Andy Reid to bring reaction from a night of Premier League action. Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta joins the pod as Bukayo Saka scores seven minutes after returning to playing for Arsenal, having had 101 days out injured. You’ll also hear from Saka’s teammate Gabriel Martinelli as Arsenal move to nine points behind league-leaders Liverpool, after beating Fulham.
Also, Nuno Espirito Santo joins the Football Daily after his side remain third in the table having beaten Manchester United to keep their hopes of Champions League football next season alive.
Meanwhile, Wolves beat West Ham 1-0 at home to put them 12 points clear of the drop zone - Vitor Pereira tells us how he’s turned things around at the club. And the guys look ahead to Wednesday’s Merseyside derby.
Timecodes: 01:00 – Arsenal section. 04:00 - Gabriel Martinelli interview 09:20 – Mikel Arteta reaction to the win. 14:37 – Forest v Man United chat. 16:50 – Nuno Espírito Santo interview. 22:20 – Ruben Amorim reaction. 23:23 – Wolves v West Ham section. 25:30 – Vitor Pereira interview. 27:30 – Merseyside derby preview.
Commentaries:
Wednesday 2nd April PREMIER LEAGUE: Liverpool v Everton. PREMIER LEAGUE: Newcastle v Brentford. PREMIER LEAGUE: Bournemouth v Ipswich.
Friday 4th April WOMENS NATIONS LEAGUE: England v Belgium. WOMENS NATONS LEAGUE: Wales v Denmark.
Saturday 5th April PREMIER LEAGUE: Crystal Palace v Brighton. PREMIER LEAGUE: Aston Villa v Nottingham Forest.
Sunday 6th April PREMIER LEAGUE: Fulham v Liverpool. PREMIER LEAGUE: Brentford v Chelsea. PREMIER LEAGUE: Spurs v Southampton. PREMIER LEAGUE: Manchester United v Manchester City.
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| 0:00.0 | No, you keep that private. |
| 0:04.1 | Find out what made Lily Allen and Mickey to Oliver say this. |
| 0:08.0 | It's just so next level what we're talking about. |
| 0:10.9 | But you know what I mean? |
| 0:12.4 | And this. |
| 0:13.3 | I think we should put our phones down and go to the park |
| 0:15.9 | and try and remember what was good about the world |
| 0:18.3 | and let's try and get back to there. |
| 0:20.2 | Sounds good. Join them as they's try and get back to there. Sounds good. |
| 0:21.3 | Join them as they talk about pretty much everything. |
| 0:24.8 | Yes, we do go to all sorts of places, happy, sad and everything in between. |
| 0:29.7 | Miss me with Lily Allen and Makita Oliver. |
| 0:32.8 | Listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:36.3 | BBC Sounds BBC Sounds |
| 0:37.5 | Music, radio, podcasts |
| 0:39.7 | On the Football Daily Podcasts, the debrief |
| 0:44.4 | With Kelly Kitts, listen on BBC Sounds |
| 0:47.5 | Three results in the Premier League |
| 0:51.0 | And their significant ones, |
| 0:52.8 | Arsenal beat Fulham by two goals to one. |
| 0:55.5 | They are now nine points behind Liverpool. |
| 0:58.5 | Nottingham Forest, 1-0 winners at home to Manchester United. |
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