VAR is finished but City aren't
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The Times
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🗓️ 9 February 2026
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
It's all about VAR again, and Gregor is sick of it. But Tom Allnutt thinks the officials at Anfield got it right - so, time to do away with it or accept nothing is perfect?
On the pitch City's fighting win keeps them in the title race, but Arsenal don't look they're feeling any pressure.
Man Utd won again, is it the biggest mid season turn around ever? Does that mean Mainoo makes it to the World Cup?
Eddie howe and Fabian Hurzeler were both booed by their own fans, fair?
Thomas Frank is in the orange zone, his captain hasn't helped and forest are in serious trouble now, could Nuno even send them down...?
Tom Clarke joins Tom Allnutt, Gregor Robertson and Alyson Rudd
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the game football podcast from The Times and Sunday Times, a 93-minute |
| 0:09.8 | winner, a 98th minute wonder save, and then a VAR farce which took us well past 100 minutes. |
| 0:16.0 | It was a thrilling finish to Liverpool won Manchester City 2, as Pep Guardiola's side made sure the title |
| 0:21.7 | race goes on. On today's show, we'll discuss that match. Another win for Manchester United, |
| 0:26.6 | more madness from Christian Romero. Ask whether Eddie Howe and Fabian Hertzler should be under |
| 0:31.4 | pressure and look at the tight relegation battle too. I'm Tom Clark and joining me today |
| 0:35.7 | we have the senior sports writer and Sunday Times columnist Alison Rudd. The football reporter who covers clubs in the south of England with a |
| 0:41.3 | focus on Tottenham is Tom Allnut and the former footballer turned journalist Gregor |
| 0:45.0 | Robertson is here as usual team Monday morning another magic weekend of football. How are we all feeling? |
| 0:50.8 | Feeling good. Gregor is not feeling good. good he's upset how do you want to approach this |
| 0:55.7 | mate because like therapy |
| 0:57.1 | should we talk about football |
| 0:58.6 | first or do you want to get it |
| 0:59.6 | out of the way |
| 0:59.9 | let's talk about revolution |
| 1:01.9 | let's do that |
| 1:03.5 | he was intimidating me a bit |
| 1:04.7 | before the podcast came on |
| 1:05.9 | yeah we started |
| 1:06.7 | he was sort of getting in my grill a bit |
| 1:08.2 | he was revved isn't he |
| 1:09.6 | I think I tell you this turning |
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