Will Man City v Arsenal live up to the hype? Like Bayern v Real?!

The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

The Athletic

Premier League, Sports, Champions League, World Cup, Soccer,

4.5 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2026

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Jimbo sits down with Duncan Alexander, Mark Carey and JJ Bull to discuss a bonkers night of Champions League football in Munich, and a not-so-bonkers evening in North London.

Both Arsenal and Bayern are through to the semi-finals of the Champions League. The Bavarians playing out a 4-3 thriller with Real Madrid, winning the tie 6-4 on aggregate to set up a semi-final against PSG. Will that tie be the real final?

It’s not a thrill-fest for Arsenal, but a 0-0 draw with Sporting CP means they’re through 1-0 on aggregate. Get ready for Arteta v Simeone! The Gunners will play Atletico Madrid in two weeks.

Next for them is Manchester City in the Premier League. Will Pep Guardiola’s side be licking their lips at this one? Will Roberto De Zerbi get his first Spurs win against his old club Brighton?

Plus, there’s the small matter of Chelsea v Man Utd AND the first ever Merseyside derby at the Hill Dickinson between Everton and Liverpool.

Produced by Charlie Jones and Xavi Bird.

RUNNING ORDER:

• PART 1: Run through of results (3 mins)

• PART 2: Bayern 4-3 Real Madrid (9 mins)

• PART 3: Arsenal 0-0 Sporting (32 mins)

• PART 4a: Premier League fixtures (46 mins)

• PART 4b: Man City v Arsenal (48 mins)

• PART 4c: Everton v Liverpool & Chelsea v Man Utd (55 mins)

• PART 5: Relegation battle (59 mins)

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0:00.0	The Athletic FC.
0:10.2	Totally football show.
0:12.1	Today, Bayern, Real Madrid, a Champions League classic.
0:16.3	We celebrate the greatest four free results since the chicks in money for nothing.
0:20.4	The thrills,
0:22.5	the realm of the belly aches of a match for the ages. Then we talked to a man who watched
0:27.6	Arsenal Sporting on the other side instead. Lowest XG of any Champions League game this season.
0:32.6	You'll never sing that. Then it's on to the Premier League with the most mouth-watering match day of the season so far.
0:39.3	Chelsea Man United, yes. Merseyside Derby, okay. Man City Arsenal.
0:46.5	It's the totally fumble show.
0:51.2	Unbelievable. Unbelievably.
0:55.0	Thursday, 16th of April, what a day to be talking about football with Mark Carey of the Athletic.
1:01.3	Hi, James.
1:01.8	Hi, Mark.
1:03.0	With Duncan Alexander of the Athletic.
1:05.6	Hi, James.
1:06.6	With JJ Ball of the, well, semi-official Scotland World Cup song, JJ. Yeah, it's very unofficial. Very unofficial. But maybe. I mean, no. No? You never know. It's a great track, Jojo. We'll hear a bit more later on. But you're taking that on the road as we speak, aren't you? The people need to hear it. So I'm taking it around the world tour of England. I've got gigs in Southampton coming up. I need to sell tickets for these. Okay, so what dates would they be? On May the 10th is in Southampton. And then I also have 21st of Maine, Luton. You all want to go to Luton. Yeah. So that's important too. then I've got Birmingham, 28th of May, 29th of me to Manchester, 31st of May is Newcastle.
1:47.7	Right. of me in Luton. You all want to go to Luton. Yeah. So that's important too. Then I've got Birmingham,
2:00.1	28th of May, 29th of me to Manchester, 31st of me is Newcastle. Right. Manchester is sold out. Oh, nice. It's really exciting, yeah. Yeah, that's, uh, well, well done. Excellent. We're going to talk about Champions League. Mark, did you watch everything on double speed again? I watched the Arsenal game on double speed.
2:00.9	Just double speed?
2:02.1	And even that was too slow.
2:04.0	If I'm being totally honest, we'll come on to that.
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