The Preview: Spurs vs Liverpool
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
4.0 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 December 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to The Preview on The Athletic FC, where this week our main focus is Tottenham Hotspur vs Liverpool.
Cerys Jones and Reuben Pinder join Matt Davies-Adams to look ahead to Saturday's clash before turning their attention to the fixtures elsewhere including Aston Villa vs Manchester United, Newcastle vs Chelsea and Arsenal vs Everton.
Host: Matt Davies-Adams
With: Cerys Jones & Reuben Pinder
Executive Producers: Abi Paterson & Adey Moorhead
Producer: Jay Beale
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC |
| 0:03.1 | Welcome to the preview from the Athletic FC |
| 0:07.4 | It's the show where we get you set for the weekend's Premier League action |
| 0:11.0 | This week we're looking ahead to Tottenham Hotspur versus Liverpool |
| 0:14.4 | And joining me today |
| 0:19.2 | We've got Reuben Pinderback with us. Hey, dear, and Reuben. |
| 0:21.7 | Yeah, not too bad, thanks. |
| 0:23.2 | And another athletic staff member who's probably sick to doubt of having to do podcasts with me. |
| 0:27.4 | It's Kerris Jones. How are doing Kerris? |
| 0:29.0 | I'm good. I'm never sick of doing podcasts with you, Matt. |
| 0:31.5 | Thank you, yeah. |
| 0:32.2 | I feel like there's some projection going on there. |
| 0:34.5 | Well, look, let's see where we are at the end of the season. We're going to get into some of the other big games on Match Week 17, too. |
| 0:40.8 | But first, let's get to our feature presentation. |
| 0:44.7 | The Down in the Dumps Derby, then, the good process classical, perhaps. |
| 0:48.7 | Spurs-wise, the athletics jackpitbrook has reported that Thomas Frank has the backing |
| 0:53.1 | of Tottenham's owners following discussions amongst the hierarchy. |
| 0:57.0 | That, despite Spurs winning just one of their last seven Premier League games. |
| 1:00.8 | Lucky for Frank then that there's absolutely no precedent for a sacking to follow a backing in the history of the Premier League. |
| 1:07.5 | The dreaded vote of confidence, Barclays heritage, if ever there was. |
| 1:12.8 | Kerry, Spurs finished 17th last season. |
| 1:15.7 | Externally, do expectations need to be managed of what they can achieve this season? |
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