The Preview: Man United vs Liverpool

The Athletic FC Podcast

The Athletic

Premier League, World Cup, Sports, Champions League, Soccer,

4.0 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2026

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Manchester United could secure their return to the Champions League with a win against their biggest rivals Liverpool.

Elsewhere, it’s Aston Villa vs Tottenham - a big fixture at both ends of the table.

Host: Matt Davies-Adams

Guests: Stu James & Oli Kay

Executive Producer: Adey Moorhead

Producers: Mike Stavrou & John Rogers

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0:00.0	The Athletic FC.
0:05.9	Welcome to the preview from the Athletic FC.
0:08.7	It's the show where we get you set for the weekend's Premier League action.
0:12.3	This week we're starting with what many would call the English top flights marquee matchup.
0:16.9	It's Manchester United versus Liverpool.
0:23.7	On board today, we have Stu James.
0:25.9	Hey, doing, Stu.
0:26.9	Yeah, I'm very well.
0:27.8	Thanks, Matt.
0:28.3	How are you?
0:29.3	Yeah, I'm very good, thank you.
0:30.7	We got Olly Kay back on board as well.
0:32.2	You okay, Olly?
0:33.2	Very good, thank you.
0:35.0	Excellent.
0:35.6	Right, later we'll get into the action elsewhere.
0:37.4	But first, let's get to our feature presentation.
0:41.1	And after Monday night's win against Brentford,
0:43.7	United could secure their return to the Champions League with a win against their great rivals.
0:49.1	The Red Devils looking to complete the league double over the just Reds
0:53.0	for the first time since the 2015-16 campaign.
0:58.0	Stu, since Michael Carrick's first Premier League game in charge, United have won more points
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