UCL Standouts And Flops
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🗓️ 22 January 2026
⏱️ 72 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome in to the latest edition of ESPNFC. |
| 0:07.0 | K Marie Alejandro Moreno and Stevie Nicol here in the studio and with just one round left in the Champions League group league phase, whatever we want to call it. |
| 0:15.0 | This is how the table is looking at. |
| 0:17.0 | Whatever you want to call it. |
| 0:18.0 | Yes. |
| 0:19.0 | Correct. As we know, Arsenal is sitting top with a perfect record. They have guaranteed a top two finish down at the bottom end, looking a bit hairy for the lakes of Napoli. They definitely need a win and a prayer on the final day. And the likes of Frankfurt, Villareal, Slavia, Prague and Kairat are already out at the bottom end of the table. We're going to welcome in Don Hutchison now because we've asked you guys a few questions about what we've seen so far, |
| 0:42.3 | who's impressed you most in the latest round and who hasn't impressed you very much in the latest round. |
| 0:48.3 | But we're going to start with you, Stevie Nicol, because we gave a top three option for you and your number one was Arsenal. Yeah, I mean, I guess in some ways it seems obvious, but there was nobody as impressive as |
| 1:01.0 | Arsenal the other night against Inter Milan. I mean, if there was ever going to be a test |
| 1:06.0 | for this record they've got this year, you know, Inter Milan had been in two of the last three finals, |
| 1:11.9 | no slouches, and they completely and utterly dominated them. The fact that it finished 3-1 |
| 1:20.5 | was the bigger surprise when you watch the game because it probably should have been five or six. |
| 1:25.6 | And again, the fact that they made so many changes, |
| 1:29.9 | just every which way you want to look at this, it was impressive. |
| 1:33.9 | So yeah, it may seem like an obvious pick, but I think it's a deserved pick. |
| 1:38.7 | It's a second place pick for you, Alley. |
| 1:40.9 | You've obviously been impressed with what you've seen too. |
| 1:43.7 | Yeah, and it was a |
| 1:45.2 | rotated team which highlights once again something that we've already talked about |
| 1:50.2 | Arsenal and is the depth of the team. But it's one thing to think that you have |
| 1:54.8 | squad depth and actually to see it shown on the field. And to Stevie's point, one of the |
| 2:00.4 | toughest tests in Champions League would |
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