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The Athletic You know, make no mistake. You know, make no mistake, if this ends up being a real sort of tempestuous encounter with a red card or two and a bit of needle in it, then that will carry over to the league game.

It should be a brilliant game to watch for anyone who enjoys watching David and Glyath Cup games.

If they stay in the Cup, there's no reason why they can't go on the cup run and give their fans something to tune about.

Hello and welcome to the Athletic Football podcast.

I'm Dan Bardell and this is the weekend preview.

It's time for the Premier League to take a backseat as the FA Cup fourth round takes centre stage and we're here to look at Manchester City against Arsenal. Is there a potential giant killing as Leeds travel to Ackington Stanley? Preston take on Tottenham and we're also going to have a look at Brighton and Liverpool as well as a little look at all the other games there is in the FA Cup fourth round. As ever, I'm joined by George Ellick and Tim Spears and we've got Richard Moff with us again as well to look at the FA Cup and everyone, OK? Yeah, really, really good. Yeah, good, but. I'm excited for the FA Cup. This is where I feel George Ellick comes alive because you've got a mixture of Premier League and NFL and this is what he is all about. Definitely this year as well because there are so many EFL teams still in it. We've had a combination of lots of Premier League teams playing against each other and loads of shocks. So normally by this stage it's getting a bit boring where it's just Premier League teams against each other. But we've got non-league sides still in it. We've got plenty of League 1 and League two sides and League two sides taking on the Premier League. And then, you know, if that's not

enough, loads of League 1 and League 2 fixtures as well. So I'm in Clover this weekend. As you've said that, we're going to start with Manchester City against our not the Premier League's top two. Go head to head. Friday, 8 o'clock kickoff, the first game of this FA Cup weekend.

And Tim, it's kind of the game we've all been waiting for all season.

It hasn't happened yet in the Premier League. So we've got a little sneak preview by having it in the FA Cup. Yeah, it's a peritif, isn't it, really, rather than the main course. There'll be a few changes, I'm sure. and it does a bit detract from, yeah, the long-awaited build-up for this game.

We won't have to wait long for the first proper league match, There'll be a few changes, I'm sure. And it does a bit detract from, yeah, the long-awaited build-up for this game.

We won't have to wait long for the first proper league match.

But I think it will have an impact on, it's bound to have an impact on the sort of feeling or the psychological feeling between the two clubs, which has sort of started already, really.

It's not quite psychological warfare yet, but it's definitely heating up. You know, when you've got Pep saying, I don't want to win the league this year. Like, Arsenal can win it, it's fine. It's very easy to say that when you start second. Yeah, exactly. But it's all mind games. Like, you know, no one should be fooled that it's anything but. And when he had his incredible outburst last week about the fans and the club,

the Happy Flowers Club, as he was terming it, you've got Gary Neville saying,

Arsenal are going to finish third, you know, it's all starting to heat up a little bit.

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