What's wrong at Liverpool & Man City?
The Game
The Times
3.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2023
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Ian Hawkey & Tom Allnutt
What is wrong with Liverpool at the moment? A heavy defeat to Real Madrid in the Champions League first leg leaves their season in tatters.
Is Erling Haaland the problem for Man City? Struggling for goals and drawing away to RB Leipzig in the Champions League
Javi Gracia returns to the Premier League. The former Watford manager has signed a 'flexible contract' with Leeds.
And we look ahead to the Carabao Cup final as Manchester United take on Newcastle United.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Game Football Podcast from The Times. |
| 0:04.2 | Today we react to a heavy defeat for Liverpool at home against Rail Madrid in the Champions League. |
| 0:09.9 | Are they out? Will there be a twist to this tie? |
| 0:12.8 | And what is the reason they're performing like this? |
| 0:15.6 | Manchester City are held away from home in the Champions League, I guess, |
| 0:19.2 | a positive result to take back to the Etihad. |
| 0:22.0 | But why isn't it clicking with Erling Harland and Co in their attack? |
| 0:26.8 | We'll talk about an independent regulator in football, |
| 0:29.7 | having grassier in at Leeds United, |
| 0:32.3 | and look ahead to the Carabell Cup Final between Newcastle United and Manchester United. |
| 0:37.6 | This is the game. |
| 0:49.1 | Welcome back to The Game Podcast, I am Hugh Wozncroft, |
| 0:52.1 | at lots for us to look back at and ahead to this weekend. |
| 0:56.4 | Because it's going to be a big weekend at Wembley with the Carabell Cup Final, |
| 1:00.5 | but it's been a big week already in the Champions League. |
| 1:03.7 | Liverpool will start there with a huge mountain to climb now, |
| 1:09.4 | just to keep their Champions League ambitions alive. |
| 1:11.8 | They were torn apart having gone two gongs up against Rail Madrid at home |
| 1:16.8 | in front of their own fans at Anfield. |
| 1:19.6 | An embarrassment maybe, maybe not, you decide. |
| 1:22.6 | Rail Madrid, of course, the holders, they beat Liverpool in last season's final, |
| 1:27.1 | became the first side to score five goals at Anfield in Europe, |
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