Title Race Mind Games & Enzo Maresca Sacked

The Rest Is Football

Goalhanger

Soccer, Sports, Football

4.4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Arsenal move four points clear at the top of the Premier League as Manchester City drop points away at Sunderland. Alan and Micah draw on their own playing careers to break down the pressure, mind games, and mental battles that come with a title race as the finish line approaches. Can Arsenal handle the weight of expectation and finally lift their first league title in 22 years? The guys also react to Chelsea’s decision to sack Enzo Maresca, debating whether the owners made the right call. The Rest Is Football is powered by Fuse Energy. To sign up and for terms and conditions, visit fuseenergy.com/football. Join The Players Lounge: The official fantasy football club of The Rest Is Football. It’s time to take on Gary, Alan and Micah for the chance to win monthly prizes and shoutouts on the pod. It’s FREE to join and as a member, you’ll get access to exclusive tips from Fantasy Football Hub including AI-powered team ratings, transfer tips, and expert team reveals to help you climb the table - plus access to our private Slack community. Sign up today at therestisfootball.com https://therestisfootball.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=episode_description&utm_content=link_cta For more Goalhanger Podcasts, head to www.goalhanger.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is powered by Fuse Energy. Winter is all about energy. Switching on Christmas lights,
0:06.8	warming your home for a cozy night in, keeping the TV on for all the festive fixtures.
0:12.9	And Fuse keeps things simple thanks to their fixed rates, cheap tariffs and 24-7 support.
0:19.8	Better yet, Alan. Fuse is the fastest growing energy company in the UK, and you can play a part
0:25.6	in building the infrastructure for clean, affordable energy by referring LantaFuse for renewables development.
0:32.6	Not only will you claim your place on the starting line- lineup of the Clean Energy Revolution, you can earn
0:38.9	a £2,000 reward by referring 20 acres or more of land to fuse for solar projects. They're building
0:46.4	a system that proves renewable power can be affordable, scalable in practice, and accessible to everyone,
0:56.9	not just an idea on a tactics board.
1:01.9	For more information about land referrals and energy powering the full festive fixture list,
1:22.0	head to land at fuseenergy.com. Hello and welcome to the rest is football with Mike Richards, Alan Scherer and me, a slightly croaky Gary Linneker.
1:24.2	Happy New Year, everybody.
1:29.5	And boys, I'm going to ask you to do most of the talking on this particular podcast but let me explain what we're going to do because obviously it was a strange week
1:34.0	in terms of the fixtures there were matches on lots of matches on Tuesday and then matches on
1:39.6	Thursday so we're recording two separate goes because Mike is working on Thursday night. We're
1:47.3	doing this on Wednesday morning following the Tuesday games. So we thought we'd do it chronologically.
1:52.1	And then we'll discuss Alan and myself, we'll jump on after the games on Thursday night. So
1:57.9	that it's all fresh for you. On Friday, which is for you today, if you listen on Friday.
2:04.6	I'm sure you understand what I mean.
2:06.9	What have you got, guys?
2:08.0	What's up?
2:08.6	Have you...
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