Villa dent title hopes, how Arsenal respond is key
Handbrake Off: The Athletic FC's Arsenal show
The Athletic
4.6 • 734 Ratings
🗓️ 15 April 2024
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
James McNicholas and Art de Roché join Ian Stone to reflect on Arsenal's disappointing home defeat to Unai Emery's Aston Villa.
The Gunners failed to capitalise on Crystal Palace's victory at Anfield, meaning it's Manchester who lead the way with a 2 point gap at the top.
The panel discuss whether Mikel Arteta's side have outgrown Zinchenko, and if moving Havertz into midfield was a mistake.
With Bayern Munich up next in the Champions League, and the tie in the balance, this could be a season defining week - how will Arsenal respond?
Plus, a thrashing in the WSL as Arsenal beat Bristol City 5-0, and Bundesliga champion, Granit Xhaka.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm always up before the birds and the kids. |
| 0:02.9 | Good thing Costa Express is always up too. |
| 0:07.0 | Early starts are easier with great coffee. |
| 0:09.7 | And if I grab one for Bob, I might even get some decent company. |
| 0:14.5 | Large cappuccino for the bloc who's half asleep. |
| 0:17.2 | Oh, you legend. |
| 0:19.6 | Now that's a proper coffee. |
| 0:21.3 | Should kick in Justin Samfut to remember which end of the screwdriver to use. |
| 0:25.1 | Hmm. |
| 0:26.3 | Costa Express. |
| 0:27.8 | Quality coffee every time. |
| 0:33.7 | The Athletic. |
| 0:37.1 | Music The Athletic. |
| 0:46.1 | The only way to score is, of course, to play with a handbreak-off. |
| 0:50.3 | Hello, I'm Ian Stone. |
| 0:54.0 | This is Handbreak-off, the Arsenal podcast, brought to you by The Athletic. |
| 0:54.4 | Yesterday, the Arsenal lost 2-0 podcast brought to you by The Athletic. Yesterday, |
| 1:00.4 | the Arsenal lost 2-0 at home to Aston Villa, ending the day two points behind, Manchester City at the top of the table. To reflect on the game and look at it at the Bayern Munich on Wednesday. |
| 1:04.7 | I'm joined by James Miracus and Art de Roche. Morning. Good morning. Morning. Yeah, it is |
| 1:10.2 | all its afternoon, actually, isn't it? It is. Even then, I. Good morning. Morning. Yeah, it is not it's afternoon actually, |
| 1:11.5 | isn't it? It is. Even then, I heard the hesitation here out. I thought he's right. |
| 1:16.5 | I looked down at the time on the laptop and I was like, oh, but I'll go along with it anyway. |
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