Totally Extra: Liverpool frustrate Arsenal + AFCON quarter-final preview

The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

The Athletic

Sports, Soccer,

4.6 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Jimbo is joined in the Athletic studios by Charlie Eccleshare and Tom Williams to discuss Arsenal Liverpool, plus Jay Harris joins from Morocco to preview the AFCON quarter finals.

Arsenal and Liverpool finished goalless at the Emirates as the Gunners failed to capitalise on Man City dropping points on Wednesday. Last season's champions frustrated this year's title hopefuls with the two teams generating one of the lowest XG games of the season (1.02) in the driving North London rain.

Jay Harris drops in from Morocco to preview the 4 mouthwatering AFCON quarter finals with Mali v Senegal, the hosts Morocco v Cameroon, Nigeria v Algeria and Ivory Coast v Egypt.

Plus 'On This Day' Julio Baptista scored 4 & Rafa Benitez's 'Facts'.

Produced by Charlie Jones and Jesse Howard.

RUNNING ORDER:

• PART 1a: Jimbo and Charlie clear up their 90’s music fact from yesterdays pod (00.40)

• PART 1b: Arsenal v Liverpool (3.00)

• PART 2a: On This Day - Baptista scores 4 (16.20)

• PART 2b: On This Day - Rafa’s facts (19.20)

• PART 3a: AFCON quarter final previews (25.15)

• PART 3b: Trophee Des Champions in Kuwait (36.25)

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0:00.0	The Athletic FC.
0:09.2	Totally extra. Today, Arsenal Liverpool, a game that happened.
0:14.2	While Storm Goretti rage, the gloves were on at the Emirates.
0:17.2	As two teams, disappoint, but take a point.
0:20.0	And it's as you were at
0:21.0	top the table
0:21.5	never mind
0:22.3	because we got
0:23.0	some on this day
0:24.2	fun with
0:25.2	Julio Battista
0:26.1	and the day
0:26.8	that Rafa
0:27.4	facted up
0:28.3	plus there's this
0:29.3	weekend to look
0:29.9	to look forward to
0:30.2	with the magic
0:30.7	of the cup
0:31.2	the Cup of
0:32.2	Nations that
0:32.9	is but possibly
	...

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