Weekend Preview: Potential slip ups for Liverpool or Man City? Will Chelsea deliver knockout blow to Lampard? Will Spurs bounce back in race for top 4?
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🗓️ 29 April 2022
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Hosts Dan Bardell and George Elek are joined by bet365's Steve Freeth to preview what promises to be another hugely exciting weekend of Premier League football...
Big games for Liverpool away at Newcastle and Man City away at Leeds, with both matches coming in the middle of high-pressure Champions League semi-finals will this be the weekend one of them slips up in the title race?
The race for the top 4 continues to intrigue with Arsenal the latest team in possession of the 4th spot, they visit an injury-hit West Ham on Sunday while misfiring Spurs look to get back on track against a potentially distracted Leicester side who may have next week's second leg at Roma on their minds
Plus, there's a massive game at Goodison Park as Everton take on Chelsea, will Frank Lampard's former side push him even closer to relegation?
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic |
| 0:02.7 | Hello and welcome to the weekend preview on the Athletic Football podcast sponsored by Bet365. |
| 0:18.5 | I'm Dan Bardell with my co-host George Ellick and Bet365's very own Steve |
| 0:22.7 | Freeth alongside me, as ever, to preview the best of the weekend's Premier League action, |
| 0:27.1 | which includes West Hamby, Arsenal, Spurs v Leicester, Newcastle v, Liverpool and Everton against Chelsea. |
| 0:33.8 | But before we get properly stuck into the pick of the weekend's games, let's quickly reflect on last night's match at Old Trafford, a one-one draw between Manchester United and Chelsea, 33-year-old departing the mania Mattoch, setting up 37-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo for United's equaliser. |
| 0:49.7 | George, that's probably just about sums up United's current situation, doesn't it? |
| 0:53.9 | Yeah, I guess so. I mean, it was a quality ball from Matich. It was lovely. Having watched about two decades of Matich playing holding midfield, I didn't really know he had that in him. It was a brilliant chip ball through and a great touch and finish from Cristiano Ronaldo. And no matter what you think of him, I think given the couple of weeks that he's had. I don't think anyone can begrudge him celebrating with the United fans again and scoring a goal. |
| 0:54.5 | It was poor |
| 1:14.9 | from Angola Cante twice, giving away possession before the goal. A player who, you know, has been |
| 1:19.3 | so consistently superb in the Premier League for a long time, maybe going through his poorest spell. |
| 1:24.3 | But Chelsea were by far the better team throughout the game. You know, they had the |
| 1:28.2 | better chances. They control possession. And it was a game where it meant very little to Chelsea. |
| 1:33.7 | It was a must-win game for United. Slim hopes of finishing the top four. So, you know, it's a time of |
| 1:38.3 | transition for Manchester United. We've heard rumors over the last couple of days that their current |
| 1:43.9 | manager is set to be appointed the Austria manager whilst also taking on a consultancy role at the club. |
| 1:48.9 | That is pretty, it shows where the club is at the moment. |
| 1:51.8 | The good news for them is that they are at least getting a manager in whose level is a fair bit above the Austrian national team fairly soon. |
| 1:58.6 | So it feels like two clubs who are basically crawling to the finish line of the season now, the Chelsea's top four spot pretty much confirmed, and just an FA Cup final to look forward to. And for Manchester United, it's just a reset to look forward to in a few weeks. Steve, with the next season in mind for Manchester United, tell me some odds. I mean, I'm sat here thinking really we should be looking at the relegation market, but I'm sure we're not going to. |
| 2:18.0 | But what are we looking at for next season for Manchester United? |
| 2:20.6 | Yeah, we finally pushed them out, Dan. |
| 2:22.2 | I think the 10 to 1 for them to win the league, I think surprised a few people. |
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