Enzo Fernández's Shocking Suspension

26:17Right. I'm in that dressing room. I'm pulling Rossini to the side and say, what the hell's going on? I want to go to Man City with my best 11. So you're alienating everybody. You're alienating the players that you've talked to, whether you're deemed them the right or wrong, and you're alienating the rest of the experience in the dressing room because they're going to be annoyed because they're going into one of the toughest games of the season. When this broke, I honestly thought they were playing Port Vale and Wolves. I thought, oh, there must be two doubles of a game. And then I realized one of the games was Man City.

26:49I was like, this is just utter madness. Which I suppose is a good way to sum up the way this current ownership have ran Chelsea since day one. When they signed him, when they made Liam Rossini the manager, we sat here and we said, this looks like a puppet. Right. That's exactly what we all said. And this just makes it even worse and actually looks as though that's exactly what he is. A puppet is going to be told what to do. Chelsea against Port Vale, live then on ESPN Plus tomorrow. Before that, it's the little matter of Manchester City against Liverpool. Everyone has gone for a Manchester City victory, with the exception of Kieran Gibbs and Luis Garcia.

27:33Stevie? He'll be in the paper. What's the paper? Liverpool Echo. Yeah, back in it. Liverpool legend says Liverpool will fail. Back in it. Well, you can't look at both these sides. The way they're playing, the form they're in. You've got one team coming off a cup final victory. You've got one team coming off a horrendous result. That's not a surprise anymore. There is not a thing that I can come up with and give you a real good, honest reason why Liverpool are going to go to Man City and win. I can't do it. Let's go to Luis Garcia. Luis Garcia, what is that reason? Apart from, obviously, your allegiance to the side which Stevie threw away years ago.

28:16because as you know, I'm very positive. And I cannot see any way why Liverpool could not go there and win it or Manchester City or win it. Because if you tell me Manchester City has been the most consistent team in the whole year, I will agree that say, okay, yeah, we are not going to win it. But the way that I see it is that these kind of games are so difficult to call and so difficult to predict. And if you tell me 100 % you're sure that Manchester City is going to win it, OK, I'll give it to you. Manchester City was batted by Real Madrid no longer ago. And we've been commentating Real Madrid for such a long time and we know what Real Madrid is all about.

28:51Why cannot we win Manchester City? So I prefer to think that they can do it. 2-1. I'm not saying that it's a 5-1. So that's my belief. That's the way I see it. And I can assure you that you cannot tell me either way that Manchester City is going to win. Don't start pointing your finger. It's getting knocking. They were shocking last time out, again, against Brighton. I mean, shocking. And he said two weeks where the players have been away. Maybe that will help them. I don't know. But it's certainly not been two weeks he could put right the wrongs of the performance away at Brighton. Because they were all over the place.

29:34They were under siege in the second half. So I just don't see anything apart from Galatasaray at home. And I think that was more down to the fact that, yeah, it was a good night at Anfield. There was a lot of energy, great atmosphere. But Galatasaray are poor. And I think that was more about them than more about where Liverpool are. And yeah, I agree. City can be up and down, but they're up and down. At least they've been up and down this year. Liverpool have just been kind of down. I cannot see it. I cannot see defensively or even in the middle of the park where they've really struggled. and the full-back positions where City are particularly strong, be it Doku or Semenyu or whoever it is, I cannot find a pathway for this current Liverpool side, particularly if the Brighton game is the barometer to win this match.

30:20I just can't. Who was the other person that said Liverpool? That was me. Go on, get on a kiss of death there, Kieran. Well, actually, there's more of a method to mind I haven't been the most accurate this year when it's come to predictions. And I think if Man City win, I actually prefer Man City to win because it will mean they have more games. Because if Arsenal win tomorrow, that means that their Premier League games will get rearranged. So that's a bit concerning for me because then if City go out, that means that they'll play their games ahead of Arsenal's and we'll have games in hand. and I worry that they'll start creeping closer to the top of the league.

31:07So I'm hoping that City win, but because of my predictions this season have been wrong, I went for a Liverpool win. Right. That meows is there. You're killing me. Oh, my God. Desperate times. Because he once matched a City to win. The old double bluff. It's a double bluff. Ian, you're a professional. Still not heard one reason why Liverpool have won. Let me give you a couple of stats. I know Craig will take the mickey because I'm a commentator giving you stats. But Manchester City are 18 games. 18 games unbeaten at home in domestic games. Liverpool have been atrocious away. They've lost their last three away games.

31:49The last one at Brighton. I covered them at Nottingham Forest recently. I couldn't believe how bad they were in that game. So they're going to have to be quite a big turnaround from Liverpool away from home to get anything at Manchester City. Why didn't you tell Luis those stats before we came on air? No, that's it. Three games then in the FA Cup for you tomorrow, live on ESPN+. It starts early for Stevie, a man who only got out of bed at 3 o 'clock this afternoon. Manchester City against Liverpool at 7.30. Chelsea-Portvale then, obviously, without Enzo. And then Saints against Arsenal. We're on here at 7.15.

32:22Yes, kick-off 7.45. I'm being told 7.30. OK. OK, there you are, West Ham leads. Make your mind up. We're next to 15 minutes in bird. Oh, lovely. There you go.

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33:48Barcelona with that 3-1 victory, though, in La Liga. Here's Hansi Flick ahead of kickoff. It's always tough against them, it's always tough against them because they have a fantastic team and also they are one of the best coaches in the world. So I appreciate a lot what I see when they are playing football. So they have individually fantastic players, Chris Mann is a maverick, it's unbelievable. or how we play football really it's it's it seems so how is it so light everything it's it's it's it's always like it is dancing and and I like a lot what what he how he's playing football so and now I say they have a fantastic team in every position and in the great coach and of course the atmosphere there is is also also fantastic.

35:10Atletico are 4-0 ahead at halftime. They've ripped Barcelona's highline defence to shreds. So, I mean, what do you think, Luis? It's a bigger game for Barcelona, isn't it? Because they've got to defend their lead at the top. They can't take their foot off the gas. I wonder whether Atletico and Simeone are thinking, I might just keep the powder dry for these Champions League games because we've got a right chance. Yeah, exactly. I think that right now the mind of Simeone, even though I think he's very competitive, and I'm sure that the momentum, the atmosphere and the spirit of the team needs to continue the same.

35:46You cannot send to your team saying, listen, this is a good game, but the important game is on the midweek game in Champs League. That will be a raw message. You need to go ahead and try to do the best in the league. I'm sure that 100 % he's going to have an eye on what he's going to do on the Champs League. I'm curious, and you mentioned it about what is going to be the 11 for Simeone, for Barcelona. It's all about trying to bring the best, continue winning, continue keeping that gap with Real Madrid. They will play earlier against a team that is needing on points. Mallorca, yeah. It's needing on points.

36:22Mallorca, so at the moment, Barcelona is needed. It's a might win this game because they need to have that gap even bigger. They've got a great home record, haven't they, at the Metropolitano? I think they've got 40 points at home and 17 away. I mean, the difference is monumental between the performances, isn't it? I mean, I think the clue will be, is Alvarez, Julian Alvarez, in the line-up? If he's not, that'll give us a clue, won't it, I think? Yeah, but even so, I think that Atletico Madrid has shown during the whole season that they can manage even two teams. Because if it's not Julian Alvarez, it's going to be Griezmann and Zorloff.

37:00It's going to be Almada. It's going to be Nico. they've got so many options up front that they can deliver a good game and a competitive game. That is very difficult to think that if Julian Albrecht is not there, Simeone is trying to hide something. So, yeah, difficult to call this game once again. And half of them were playing for Argentina this week, of course, as well. Should be a good game, Dan. Yeah, it should be. I'm intrigued. Any of them talking about living in London?

37:27Bristol, Connecticut. Luis, I'm intrigued to know who you would replace Rafinha with obviously out for a month after picking up that injury for Brazil? Yeah it's a great question I think it's difficult to answer the best I would say is with Rashford trying to bring the best of him on that left side maybe another option is to maybe with Fermin Lopez getting to that position or Dani Olmo that he's been replaced before so Dani Olmo playing on the left side and Fermin getting into the middle so it's very difficult but the The most important is how to bring into the game the aggressiveness, the leadership of Rafinha.

38:08It's not about only the technical and what he can bring on the field, technically or tactically. It's their personality, the character of Rafinha when he's into the field. And we saw what happened with Barcelona when he wasn't involved. We were missing that leadership. We were missing that high pressure that he brings. And that's something that I'm sure is a big concern for Hansi Fleck. But it's times like these that Rashford was brought in for. Yeah. You know, to cover, primarily cover the injuries, to make sure the quality doesn't drop off too much. And he's capable of doing that with his pace.

38:43I mean, he's not going to have a season like Rafinha's had over the last year or two. But that's why he was brought here. He would have wanted to have played more, but he's played his part, Marcus Rashford. And it's at times like these, business end of the season, league title up for grabs it's still relatively tight, you're away from home one of your superstars is injured it's time for him to come in I think and be consistent for at least a month or so What prediction do we have to do? This is a really difficult game to call in I think Barcelona's going to win this game it seems to me recently that every time Atletico Madrid get them to have a position when you start talking about them being favourites to win a game, a big game they somehow seem to always let you down So I'm going to go for a Barcelona win here.

39:27Sorry, there's a recipe for, as Ian said, with their home form and against Barcelona, there's a recipe for them, how they have really destroyed this back line, particularly early on in that Copa del Rey semifinal first leg. And you would always sit here and look at it and go, right, does Hansi Flick look at that and learn the lesson and try something different? And the answer is no. So those opportunities are going to be there again, particularly early on. It's whether Atletico Madrid can reproduce that, those moments, those passes, those runs, those finishes that really certainly destroyed them in that first leg.

40:09I mean, it was close in the second leg in the end. I thought it was always going to be. But the blueprint is there for how you really get this side at home. The big question is whether they can do it again. Do you trust them to do that? I don't trust him, but I don't trust Bassa at the back, and I don't trust Bassa to try and change the way they do things because he's already said a million times, a hundred times, that they will not. It's whether they can reproduce the possession and the guile that they had brilliantly in that first 45 in the Copa del Rey. If they do that again, then they could be two or three up before you know it.

40:43I mean, it's an intriguing match. Predictions, gentlemen?

40:49You got one, Luis? I'm going to go. I think Barcelona need the points more. I think Atletico will have half an eye on the Champions League. So I think Barcelona to edge it for me, though I wouldn't be surprised to see another 4-0 draw. I think that is totally right. Atletico Madrid having an eye on the Champions League game. It's true that in the Copa del Rey it was perfection executed. What Simeone wanted, how they deliver those fantastic movements, those runs from Julian on the right side. It was perfectly executed. And that's not something that is easy when Barcelona brings the best of them.

41:25It brings that high intensity. And I think that they are going to need that. So I think that Barcelona has got more on the stake to play for. And they will go for it. So I will say that Barcelona will get the three points on this one. I can't believe you didn't let Ian take your coat, Luis, considering how cold it is. What, coming up to midnight now? What happened to respect your elders? It's not cold at all. It's beautiful. It's a heat wave here. Ian Loving, what's your plans now? It's just kicking off midnight in Spain. Oh, yeah, we'll be hitting the clubs till 6am. You know, usual stuff. Down to joy, Luis, as always.

41:59I'll go right. Buda bar. There you go. We'll be back at that restaurant we went to. Remember that? Where was that? Where was that nice one? That was Barcelona. Oh, was it? Yeah, well done. Oh, I'll get my call. That's it. Oh, sorry. Thank you, boys. So, coverage starts then. Mallorca against Real Madrid. 10 o 'clock, Athletic Madrid. against Barcelona at 2.30. Brilliant day of football on ESPN+. Put it back, put it on, sit back and enjoy. Rich Eisen here. The April 15th tax deadline is coming fast, but don't worry. Hand off your taxes to a TurboTax expert today. You know how April feels. Everything speeds up.

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44:24Friday night action in France. We see PSG defeat Toulouse by three goals to one. That puts them four clear of Lens sitting in second. Frank, do you want a word on this I've got here? well it's very interesting to see how dembele is getting back into his best and it's crazy because we don't know if he's a right footed or left footed and the first goal that he scored it's simply amazing i mean that's so delicate at the same time it seems to be so easy doing that and maybe the one of the only one in the world we can not even think about oh is it my left foot my right foot no i don't care i go for it and it works that's amazing now go keep I'm a bit worried.

45:04Saffronov made some mistakes today, like two, especially on the goal that he's considered. But just before he went out and he missed the header and he was lucky that the defender went to the rescue. But otherwise, nothing much to say. They were serious. Some rest for some players. They're ready. They're ready for the fight. And we all know that if Paris Saint-Germain is at its best, it's going to be difficult for the opponent. Good man. Thank you very much, Frank. Just a reminder, ESPN FC with you throughout the week as we'll be counting down to those big Champions League matches, including PSG against Liverpool.

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46:03in a classroom of sodas most stay quiet then there's mr pib sweet cherry bold outburst the kind of flavor that gets attention bold kick of cherry hey yo mr pib not the biggest surprise in the world gattuso has stepped down as the coach of italy after of course for the third year first third tournament in a row well Should we do that again? Oh, we're live. Okay. For the third tournament in a row, Italy failed to qualify. Moron Cattuso stepping down on the website. Oh, Gab and Jules, if you haven't checked it out, be sure to do so. Gab obviously dissecting exactly where it all went wrong for Italy in this qualifying campaign.

46:46I felt Jules quite enjoyed laying into Gab and Italy the other night. Definitely enjoyed it. Definitely got that vibe. and that's it that brings us to the end of today's show where do you want to live where do I want to live save that for extra time Kieran and Frank back to answer your questions

47:10welcome in to the next edition of Extra Time live from Paris Frank is with us from LA Kieran joins us as well because Kieran will be doing our FA Cup coverage from LA with Shaka and Alexis Kieran You up at 4am to watch Liverpool? No, I'm not going to do that one tomorrow. Where's your professionalism? You're going to have to talk about it. You're going to have to make reference to it when you're on here. So you need to get up, or should I say come in, from whatever club you're at.

47:45He cannot come in because nightclubs are closing at 2am in Los Angeles. How do you know that? You have a problem. How do you know that, Frank? I was a lot. I was a single baby in Los Angeles. Don't worry. You never say single baby again. God. Right. Here we go. Kieran, if you could live in any city in the world for a year, where would it be and why? Oh, God.

48:18I'll probably stay, I'll probably go Connecticut. Yeah, exactly. West Harford. None of them are setting shit. He doesn't want to get suspended from ESPN. Connecticut is suspended. The West Harford was a ton. Yeah. Frank, where would you live?

48:38I would love to go back to London for you. I love living in London and I would love to go back to London. Only for a year, because after I will escape from the weather. Burley? I was going to say Cape Town, but I'm going to say Sydney. Okay, yeah. Australia. Stevie, as if you'd go anywhere. Yeah, Boston. There you go. Brilliant. Boston. You lived up there for Boston. Kieran, does what happened in the Carabao Cup final add more pressure on Arsenal to win the FA Cup? Well, I mean, obviously, the next game, it always, you know, is more scrutiny when you've lost. But I think it's more, I don't think it was the result.

49:24I think it was more the manner in which they lost the game. I feel City really just dominated. It's unlike Arsenal this season, really, to get dominated in that way. So I think that that adds to the pressure. But listen, in a final, it's always a shootout and it's who turns up on the day. but I think it would be the performance more concerning than the result for me from a couple of weeks ago. So yeah, I think that there is a little bit more pressure now, but in the grand scheme of things, I don't think it's going to derail Arsenal's season. And I think if you were to line up anyone that's connected with Arsenal, they will probably tell you that FA Cup over the Premier League, I'm not so sure.

50:06I think everyone's going to pick the Prem. So there is pressure on tomorrow, but for me personally, I'm not overly concerned if they don't go through tomorrow. Frank, Steve, you had kittens on it. You got really wound up yesterday on Extra Time when discussing Mbappe's comment on centre-backs being the easiest position on the pitch to play. What are your thoughts on your fellow Frenchman's ill-advised diatribe? Yeah, that he doesn't know anything. He's never been there. He never tried to defend. Never tried to defend even a second. So it doesn't know anything. Now that's not easy because you have to react.

50:44Because of course, normally the striker will have the ball. So you will have to adjust your positioning. Also your skill and your anticipation according to what the striker will do. So it's a hard position. And you have to be a leader as well. When you have the ball, you have to talk a lot. You have to push forward all the lines. No, it's not easy, but I understand what Mbappe was doing and maybe he should have played in our time, Kylian Mbappe, to see how difficult it was to be a striker at the time and how tough centre-backs were. Do you want to add to that? Not really. I mean... No, it's fine.

51:33Suspend them. Okay. Suspend everyone. I will say though, if you're looking at an easy, not an easy, one of the easier positions on the field, probably full back. Right. Because although it's still difficult to play, you've got to play, you know, squeeze up. But you're saying that's the easiest position, the outfield players. That's what you're saying. Well, I'm saying you've, yes, you can get, you brought it up. So is that fair? You've got kind of the whole pitch. But you're not listening. You said the full back position is the easiest. I didn't, I said it's one of the easiest. I would disagree with that as well.

52:09Sitting in front of the back four. That's the easiest? Well, I'm just, you know, we'll try to compare positions, which is actually a bit stupid, really. It is. It's really a bit stupid, you know. But I always feel you're a bit more comfortable at fullback, because you can see the whole, right. You've only got to worry about, you don't have to worry about everything around about you, because it's, you know what I mean? Kieran wants to say something about that. You can see the whole pitch, is what I'm saying. Yeah, but you can see the whole pitch from all the places. Four in the middle. It's an impossibility to try and...

52:47I mean, why would it not be goalkeeper? You don't have to run around. No, we're talking about outfield players. Proper players. Hold on. Can I put my phone in? Can you see that? Hold on, Shaka. Shaka's in LA. Shaka's loving it. Kieran, full-back in the easiest position to play? Is that what you're saying? No, I'm not going full back. I'm not going full back easiest position physically these days. What are you going?

53:14I don't even think sitting in front of the back four is easy to be honest. I don't think there's any easiest position. Well, it's not an easy position. You brought it up. I just threw another one. You brought it up. Each position. You said the easiest position was sitting in front of the back four. You don't understand what I'm talking about. That's the problem. What do you mean? I don't understand what you're talking about. You're the same as Mbappé. But you brought it up. You don't understand half the things that we talk about.

53:41Good job. You're the one who brought it up, wasn't it? Again, you don't understand what I was talking about when I brought sitting in front of the back four off. Okay. So you can't turn and do your usual Dan Thomas nonsense about you said, you brought it up. Okay. Can I leave it at that? Right, okay. See, right wing Right wing's the easiest position Probably is You do what you do Stand on the touchline Okay There you go, right wing Right wing Alright then, perfect More Salah More Salah's Robbie Oh, you hit more Salah That's the easiest position Yeah, that's the easiest position He's a player in the plan Stand on the wing Stand on the wing And wait for it to come to you Okay We know that Frank and Kieran have We know that Frank and Kieran have But have Craig and Stevie Ever been mistaken for another player?

54:26Frank, obviously We always talk about Fabian Barthes With Frank Kieran obviously Oxlade-Chamberlain Commit the foul But you got a sense of Oh you mean Mistaken identity On the field No in life No No Steve I don't think so What's interesting Me and Kieran Were talking about The Oxlade-Chamberlain thing Kieran am I right In saying you never Told the referee That he got the wrong person Because you didn't want to snitch

54:53No I told him I told him he got The wrong person But he asked me Who the player was And I said I'm not going to tell you that, that's your job, that's not my job. So I told him that it wasn't me and it was another player. But you wouldn't tell him the player? But I didn't tell him who the player was, no. Would you have done the same, Frank? I don't know if it had any influence. Good. No, no, I hope we'll have given the guy names and odd white. Name, address and turn number. What about you, Steely?

55:26If I'd been smart enough as Kieran was at the time, to come out with that, would have done that. Yeah. Hold on. I'm not so sure. I'm not so sure that it would. You just used the word smart. Exactly. So if it was Kenny Dalgleish, you wouldn't have thought about it. It was Kenny, not me. You'd never have thought about it. If I thought about it then, I would have done what Cairndan did. Right. Yeah, I don't really know. I'd like to think so. Okay. What about you? Well, he's definitely snitching. Definitely snitching. Depends who it was. He was on the fence in terms of friendship or whatever. In some sense, it is the referee's job to do that.

56:08Friendship? I don't like him. I know Dan would have given my name. Well, of course I would find, definitely. Get that in the buff off. I'm done with that. What are you doing? It's him. I wasn't without thinking. How was it me? It's him. Did any team surprise you this international break? Is there any team that made you think they're going to exceed expectations this World Cup? What about the other way? Yeah? Scotland. No, Scotland haven't got any expectations going to the World Cup. We thought they had a chance to get out of the group until we watched them the other day, right? Well, they might...

56:47Now I'm thinking, are we going to beat Haiti? Well, yeah. But really, you need to just watch that game. I have gone from... I have gone from, right, we've got three points. I've gone from, we're going to get three points against Haiti, and actually, there's a possibility that a team with three points could go through. Yes. And I'm thinking, how do we get a point from Morocco or Brazil? Have you thought about this enough? Because if we get four, then you're through. Yes. Good question. And then we watched Scotland and Cyborg Coast the other day, and by the end of the game, we were talking about how they're going to beat Haiti.

57:20It's just a friendly, though. Have you seen Scotland recently? Whether it's been friendlies or actual proper game. But then how much have you seen of Haiti, to be fair, as well? Well, that is also true. But I've gone from we're getting three against Haiti to now I'm questioning whether we're going to get three points against Haiti. That's the point. England are terrible, aren't they, Kieran? It's not looking great, is it, Dan? No. It's not looking great. Talented side individually, but when they come together at the moment, It's the same old story. Yes, I mean, obviously we were missing a lot of players, but I still expect a little bit more from them.

58:02It's a bit worrying. It's all falling apart at the seams already. You could guarantee England are getting out of the group. Yeah, we're not talking about getting out of the group. Well, that's... What do you mean? Honestly, how can you bring that up? Why are you looking at him? Seriously. What's wrong? What's wrong with you? they're talking about England you know what's going to happen they'll get through the group and then they might turn it on we're talking about Scotland we're talking about a proper team that's struggling big time and you two are going on about England struggling what are we doing?

58:40what's this conversation? how can you two sit there and be all doom and gloom about England when you're getting through the group doesn't it it really doesn't matter It really doesn't matter. The two friendlies that England have just had. It really doesn't. But I think it shines a light on how poor this team is. Doesn't it? If you think so. What's wrong with him? Gosh, Jeff. The tournament doesn't start for you until after the group stages. Because you're getting through the group stages. Listen to you and Keira giving up, Oh, Keira, oh, oh. But if you cheer us up, you could say at least we're not Scotland.

59:20That's not exactly great for us. The biggest problem England's got is which superstar they leave out. The problem is that they're... Okay. I don't know what's wrong. Stevie, Scotland is playing in Miami. I'm arguing about England. Oh, gloom is doom. I feel like... What's the question? Who exceeded expectations, who didn't? I don't think lying in your bed till 3pm is doing you any good. No, I don't. I'll get up at 2 the next time. Well you invited Kieran, Kieran, were you inviting him to Miami to watch the game with you? Yeah I was. Oh brilliant. Would you go? No. No, there we are. He's got out of his bed early.

1:00:00Frank, would you like to add anything to this strange conversation? No, I don't know. On my side I was very happy by the French team and by the fact that you had kind of two teams and beating Brazil the way they did and after Colombia said a lot about the expectation we can get and the confirmation of the expectation we can have from the national chip but in terms of surprise I was a little bit surprised yeah they didn't have Marquinhos and Gabriel but I was surprised by the level of Brazil I was expecting much more it's a friendly of course it's the World Cup within like two three months yes but I have hardly seen Brazil in that level and I'm not happy with what I see.

1:00:50Final question, Craig have you sought Kieran's advice yet for summer wear? I wish I took a picture Kieran at your girlfriend's awards it was quite the outfit you had on. Ah yeah don't don't don't show Craig we can't have Craig in one of those this summer. Like, jorts on down to his ankles and then a thin tie. Jorts. Jorts? Yeah, jean shorts. Oh, jean shorts. Yeah. You could get such a thing. What magical world we live in. What are you talking with Stevie and Mark? I've got them short. I've seen them in Bristol. Jorts. Burley, I'll send you some inspo. I'll send you some inspo. 2026, mate. You've got to change it up now.

1:01:29I know my place. I'm not. Wow. Well, on the day that Stevie learned that jeans could be shorts as well, will leave you and remind you the long shots are short longs there you go ESPN FC returns tomorrow as we'll be reflecting on Manchester City against Liverpool plus Atletico Madrid against Barcelona

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