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Three victories for the Premier League sides and the Champions League.

Very straightforward for Liverpool in Marseille and Newcastle at home to PSV.

While Chelsea made heavy weather of Paphos, it all leaves five English sides in the top eight with City only outside it on goal difference. It doesn't feel spectacular for Europe's elite competition, especially given of those six only Arsenal having a brilliant season locally. Nevertheless, we'll discuss Marseille's lack of a draft excluder, another great goal from Harvey McBarns,

and what we're learning from Liam Rossini so far. We'll round up the other results before looking

head to the Premier League weekend. Arsenal Liverpool jumps off the page, slots men, one of only

two sides to beat the gunners this season. Then Paul Watson can do some Greenland, Lars can do a

bodo glimpin minute two. We'll answer your questions, and that's today's Guardian Football

Weekly. Well, you know two of the panel. Welcome, Lars Sivotson. Hello. Hello, Max. Hello, Paul Watson. From the sweeper pod. Hi, Max. There was no bit in the intro for you, Johnny Lou. I mean, there was a bit, but I took it out because I didn't quite understand it. I thought we might not have time for it, but we might have time for it, but I didn't put it in the intro. I apologize. Morning, Max. Yes. Thank you so much. Okay, then with one game to go in the Champions League, all the Premier League sides are in good positions. Arsenal are through 100% record. Top. Liverpool have 15 points. A point at home to Carabag will probably be enough to get in them into the top eight.

It's Arsenal are through 100% record. Top. Liverpool have 15 points. A point at home to Carabag will probably be enough to get in them into the top eight. If Spurs win at Frankfurt who are out, they'll get in the top eight. Newcastle do need a win at PSG to get into the top eight, so that's not straightforward. A win at Napoli for Chelsea will probably get them in the top eight. And Man City will probably be in the top eight if they beat Galatasaray.

So it doesn't mean, Johnny, that a Premier League side are going to win this competition.

But how should we feel about this kind of, inverted commas, domination?

Well, it's an unbelievable night for the coefficient.

Not a classic night for the competition, not a classic night in terms of drama, but the coefficient is being hoisted around the room on the shoulders of its teammates.

Yeah, I mean, this is obviously just a recurring theme. I think it's one that we've, you know, we talked about on this pod before that is talked about, I think, a lot of the corridors of power and the boardrooms of European football

that, you know, you see, so we'll come to PSV later, but PSV are a team that haven't lost

away from home in 10 months. They're 16 points clear of the area divisee. And Newcastle,

we're not just better than them, but really kind of humiliatingly better than them.

We've seen this again and again.

You know, the Champions League is making Tottenham look quite good, which we know that they're not.

So I think that there is a, the standard of the Premier League in this competition, I think,

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