Will Manchester City win the treble?
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
4.0 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 25 April 2023
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Back in '99, Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United won a historic treble - The Premier League, FA Cup & Champions League - Despite Roman Abramovich’s millions and the genius of Arsenal's 'Invincibles', no one in English football has been able to do it since. Host Mark Chapman is joined by The Athletic's Sam Lee, Amy Lawrence and Andy Mitten to discuss Manchester City's chance at Premier League 'immortality'…
How much luck was involved in Man United's famous season and what would it mean to their city rivals to stop them at Wembley in this year's FA Cup final? And do Arsenal have to beat City at the Etihad this week to win the league?
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic. |
| 0:04.2 | In 1999, Manchester United won a historic treble, the Premier League, FAA Cup and Champions League. |
| 0:10.9 | With a goal for Manchester United. |
| 0:16.2 | Despite the many millions of Roman Abramovich's Chelsea, the genius of Arsavengar's Invincibles, |
| 0:21.9 | no one in English football has been able to do it since. |
| 0:25.5 | So I'm not one of the bottle. I think I'm a special one. |
| 0:30.6 | 126, Drone 12 lost exactly none. |
| 0:38.2 | Arsenal and Manchester United are now the only domestic rivals standing in the way of Pep |
| 0:43.7 | Guadiola's Manchester City and their own slice of immortality. |
| 0:48.1 | Yes, Rail Madrid and one of the Milan teams might have a say in it too. |
| 0:51.6 | I'm Mark Chapman. This is the Athletic Football podcast. |
| 0:55.8 | I want a reaction. |
| 0:57.7 | Happy Flowers are so nice and good. |
| 1:01.2 | No, I don't want to be happy flower. |
| 1:03.8 | I want to be dancing. |
| 1:05.8 | The target is stones. |
| 1:07.2 | Holland! |
| 1:18.6 | Dreamland in the Champions League for Manchester City who can smell the semi-finals and the man they signed to take them to the promise lane has scored the third goal tonight. |
| 1:24.6 | I think it's a privilege to be able to fight for everything and you know. |
| 1:28.3 | I realise at some point City will probably become champions of Europe. |
| 1:34.3 | I would also say, I don't think I'm being unreasonable here. |
| 1:37.3 | They should have already been champions of Europe. |
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