The Premier League's Wild Final Weekend (with Men In Blazers' Roger Bennett)
The Lead
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3.7 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2022
⏱️ 36 minutes
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A title race for the ages. A dramatic comeback victory for the champions. And a desperate battle to avoid relegation. The Premier League's final weekend had all the drama -- and then some. Roger Bennett of the Men In Blazers Media Network joins us today to break down all the action from Championship Sunday, and to preview this weekend's Champions League Final.
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| 0:42.0 | This past weekend, the English Premier League wrapped up with some appropriately incredible drama, |
| 0:47.0 | including a dramatic come from behind three to victory by Manchester City. |
| 1:03.0 | Today Roger Bennett of the Men and Blazers podcast joins us to break down all the drama |
| 1:08.0 | to discuss Man City's era of dominance and what it was like for him to see his beloved Everton avoid delegation. |
| 1:16.0 | Plus, we look forward to this weekend's champion league final in Paris. |
| 1:20.0 | From Wondery, I'm Anders Keltow. It's Wednesday, May 25th, and this is the lead. |
| 1:30.0 | All right, listeners. Joining us today is a very special guest, a man worthy of an introduction that he might give. |
| 1:36.0 | So here goes. He believed that loving England wasn't punishment enough, so he moved to and began loving America. |
| 1:43.0 | He is a poet among mere pros scribbling hacks and co-host of the national treasure that is the men in Blazers podcast. |
| 1:53.0 | Roger Bennett, welcome to the show, man. |
| 1:55.0 | And there's a joy to be with you and your listeners on this magical day after the Premier League has just wrapped up on my neighbor |
| 2:03.0 | has decided to bow his law, which does it once a year whenever you and I speak canvas. |
| 2:09.0 | Well, podcasting in still the time of Corona, I guess, where we are all happily at home in our recording closets. |
| 2:16.0 | America. |
| 2:18.0 | So, Raj, we wanted to have you help us make some sense of this roller coaster of a Premier League season that just concluded on a championship Sunday where 10 games were played simultaneously. |
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