Weekend Preview: Arsenal look to take control, European race hots up & how do Leeds stop the rot?
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 21 April 2023
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Dan Bardell is with George Elek, Tim Spiers and bet365's Steve Freeth to look ahead to the Premier League weekend & FA Cup semi-finals.
The panel assess Arsenal's recent wobble ahead of Southampton visiting the Emirates, with Man City in FA Cup semi-final action this weekend.
We also assess the race for European qualification, analyse the latest twists and turns in the battle for survival including The Athletic's Leeds United writer Phil Hay looking into the Elland Road side's recent struggles.
Plus, there's a look ahead to the action at Wembley along with our weekly trivia.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic |
| 0:02.0 | From where I'm sitting here, things have changed a lot in the last 10 days, and it's |
| 0:21.1 | city who are the likely winners, even if they're currently sitting itself. |
| 0:25.5 | Personally, I think Louis Enrique will be in the Premier League next season. |
| 0:28.8 | I don't know which London club he'll be at, but I do think he will be in London next season. |
| 0:35.4 | Away from quality, away from players delivering when it matters, it does feel as if this is going |
| 0:40.3 | to come down to attitude as much as anything and it's going to come down to Leeds' ability |
| 0:43.3 | to dig in when they need to grind it out in the way that somehow they managed to last season. |
| 0:48.3 | You're looking at Madison and Barnes here, they're the inspiration. |
| 0:52.3 | You know, they're two of the very best players in this relegation fight, |
| 0:55.6 | and you could argue Madison is the best. |
| 1:03.4 | Hello and welcome to the Athletic Football Podcast. |
| 1:06.3 | I'm Dan Bardell, and this is the weekend preview. |
| 1:09.3 | I'm joined by George Ellick, Bet365 Steve Freeth and Tim Spears. |
| 1:17.2 | After back-to-back draws can Arsenal pick themselves up in the title race? Newcastle welcomes |
| 1:22.2 | spurs to St James's Park as the battle for European qualification hots up and Phil Hay is going to give us the lowdown |
| 1:28.7 | on Leeds' woes and we've also got FAA Cup semi-final action to get into as well. |
| 1:33.5 | That's all to come here on the weekend preview. Good link-up play from Arsenal again. |
| 1:49.2 | They've done this so much this season. |
| 1:51.4 | And they've finished it off with Jesus. |
| 1:54.2 | An early goal for the gunners. |
| 1:57.7 | A more sweet, sweet football for the gunners. |
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