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This feels to me like the biggest carabelle cup,

biggest League Cup final we've had for a long time.

What I really like about this title race, you know, as good as Man City and Liverpool have been in recent years, you've just known that they're both going to win every single week a little bit, and it's been a little, it's been predictable, it's still been great to watch, but it's been predictable. This feels like an unpredictable title race to me. It's almost like the new signings are kind of buying him a bit more time

in some respects because people are saying it's due to that

but they were pretty poor before those new signings came in

this is a fixture that spurs really fear

even more so than against arsenal they've got a massive inferiority complex

when it comes to playing Chelsea.

There are clearly concerns at the football club as well, but they aren't in the relegation maras yet.

Hello and welcome to the Athletic Football Podcast. I'm Dan Bardell and this is the weekend preview.

The title race is hotting up as Arsenal going the hunt for points at Leicester City and

Manchester City travel to Bournemouth. In the fight for the Champions League qualification

places Spurs look to end Chelsea's faint hopes whilst Liverpool take on Crystal Palace.

And in the battle to avoid the drop, Leeds begin life under Javi Gratia

and Sean Deich is out to keep up his 100% record at Goodison Park.

That's all to come here on the weekend preview.

But away from the Premier League, we are going to start with Manchester United v Newcastle United,

which is a Sunday 4.30 kickoff, huge, huge cup final.

You do feel like this is going to be a lightning rod for one of these teams.

Newcastle are out to end a 68-year wait for domestic silverware.

Steve, what was it like the last time they won?

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