We need to talk about Kepa
The Game
The Times
3.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 25 February 2019
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
After a huge Sunday of football happenings, Gab Marcotti and Natalie Sawyer are joined by Alyson Rudd and Paul Hirst to try and make sense of it all.
Where else to start but with the Arrizabalaga saga? Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri tries to substitute his keeper Kepa in the League Cup final, who then refuses to come off. Was he disrespecting his manager? Would it have been a tactical masterstroke if Sarri had brought on former City goalkeeper Willy Caballero? And to what extent does this demonstrate the chaos at Chelsea?
Manchester City were winners of the trophy. Is the quadruple on for Pep Guardiola this season? Or will the number of games catch up with an injury hit squad?
A limp Liverpool display does see them return to the top of the Premier League as they draw 0-0 at Old Trafford. But will Jurgen Klopp be stressed about Salah, after another uninspiring performance from his star man?
Claude Puel was dismissed as Leicester manager on Sunday morning. The rumoured replacement is one Brendan Rodgers. Is it right that he’s a figure of ridicule or is he misunderstood?
Elsewhere, why Barcelona are more Messi-dependent than ever before. And Chicharito steals a tiara. Figuratively speaking.
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| 0:40.0 | Trains now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app. Hello and I'm Gabri Soiya and I'm Gabriel Marcotti and we thank you for joining us on this lovely Monday after a rather |
| 1:06.6 | busy Sunday you could say and we welcome back the very excellent Allison Rudd and down the line oh yes you guessed it it's Paul |
| 1:16.5 | Hurst later on we'll be discussing the latest Lester manager to bite the dust |
| 1:21.2 | but we start at Wembley where for the first time in their history |
| 1:24.8 | Manchester City retained a major trophy winning the Carabow Cup, Rahim Sterling, |
| 1:29.8 | with the winning spot kick in a penalty shootout after a goal of straw with Chelsea but the |
| 1:35.6 | match was overshadowed by the Theresa Balaga saga. |
| 1:39.9 | Can we just all agree to call him Kepa? |
| 1:41.4 | I think Kepa's better. |
| 1:42.4 | Yeah, nobody calls him a Marisa. I think Kepa's better. Yeah, nobody calls him a Risa Balaga. |
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