Hello and welcome to the game podcast from The Times I'm Natalie Sawyer and I'm

Gregor Robertson we're here with you twice a week throughout the season for all the

best reaction and analysis from some of the best football writers in the business.

And joining us today are The Times' very own James Gerebrandt and later on we're going to speak to Martin

Ziegler. Coming up we'll take a look at the Premier League's appointment of David Pemsel as their new chairman and we'll talk about Pep Guadiola's comments on Phil Foden.

First though we are looking back at a bad night for Tottenham as they are badly beaten by Bayon Munich.

Well Tottenham became the first English side to concede seven goals at home in a major European

competition on Tuesday night.

After initially taking the lead, Maritzio Poitino's side completely capitulated and

Byron went on to win 7-2.

Now, the Times is Henry Winter wrote this week, Alpha Videsenpoch, this is the type of humiliating result and

shaming performance that forces managers either to consider their own future

or question the suitability of members of their dressing room to assist in the fight back.

Maricio Potnam Hotspers manager is an emotional soul and such an embarrassment as this

surely leads him to a crossroads.

James, are these troubling times then for Tottenham? I think they are

they're clearly troubling troubling times for Tottenham. I felt they were unlucky to be

honest on on Tuesday it was a very strange match and you were there we

should say I was yes it was a very strange match in which I think Tottenham actually

played pretty well for the first sort of, you know, 35 minutes, had chances to go 2-1-up to retake the lead and obviously

the match could have unfolded very differently had they taken any of those chances and then obviously

in the second of Bien school before half time and obviously in the second half Bien just ran incredibly

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