Scorpion kicks and set pieces

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2:22Yep. So let's get into it. Let's do it. And this week, there is actually only one place to begin. Oh no, this is trauma for me. Dortmund Heidenheim. No, see, you're just overthinking it. We're starting with the WSL this week because we also want to tie in the first ever edition of the Women's Champions Cup, which took place this week. But in the WSL, Manchester City absolutely thrashed Chelsea 5-1. Manchester United's win over Liverpool 3-1 took them ahead of Chelsea in the table. So City are now 11 points clear at the top. Arsenal have a game in hand and have a chance to close that gap to 10 points.

2:58And the next game in the league is Arsenal-Manchester City next week. Slightly strange reporting around this game. Conversations about, oh, if City win this, then it's done. That was bizarre, actually. There's still eight to play. I don't think that's a wild take. I'm always they've dropped two points all season and that was in a single game right but I still don't like it I tell you why because like oh if they win this it's virtually done no there's like there's a chasing pack there and I know they've been steamrolling it but I just don't like I guess I just don't like this sort of narrative you see it in the you saw after the Arsenal game as well the Arsenal win over Leeds and then like and drawing oh the title the title's kind of no it's not there's eight games to go like there's eight games to go and I just think I just think I get narrative is narrative and it's fun to be like oh like you know because I think there's a there's a fun element I think with the end of eras so I think Chelsea have been so dominant for so long that like okay if they're done then it's over but Chelsea haven't really been at it this year like I feel like they've gone backwards in the Champions League with their obsession to win it I feel they've gone backwards in the league but there's still a strong chasing pack there and And it's taken Man City a while to get their act together in WSL.

4:12But I just didn't like the reporting around it, actually, I've got to say. I feel like it was more, it felt like this was a referendum on Chelsea's season and last few years, rather than what I think it really is, which is an emphatic statement that puts Chelsea, I think, in a difficult place. I mean, I know that Bon Passos has some incredible achievements so far, the unbeaten run and the rest of it. But there is such a weird spot. But I feel, and the reason it annoyed me was it was almost like, can we not just celebrate this City performance as being the final iteration of everything they've been trying to do?

4:48Like, I don't know. That's why I got a bit like, yeah, I got my feelings about it. But in terms of the actual performance, City were exceptional. And this is, Viv Minamar, one of the few forwards who can play withdrawn and be even more dangerous, even though, like, you can argue that Minamar over the last four or five years is maybe the most dangerous, like, centre forward. but can also maybe claim to be the most dangerous playmaker. And in this game was unreal. But she didn't get the plaudits. I've monologued a bit too long, so I'll let you get in. No, carry on, man. Yeah, how did you find the game though?

5:23How did you find it? I mean, Man City were just untouchable. Like even the moments where Chelsea threatened, it didn't really feel like Man City had any real reason to panic. I think breaking out to the two goal lead in the first half, Man City just looked so dangerous. And I think you could see it in the types of goals they scored. There was a lot of just Kerouling going one-on-one with the keeper, Bunny Shaw just out-muscling defenders and being too strong to the point where you would have thought that, and I don't know whether this was just me, but there was a thing I thought that they would have made for the Bunny Shaw goal.

5:58There would have been more appeals for a foul on that. But I think that they just kind of knew it was one of those days where they didn't even... Sometimes that happens when you're getting so comprehensively outplayed or you're so... How do you say? You're like, you really know that you're playing someone who's just on another level to you. You even stop appealing for stuff that you would probably appeal for more in a closer game. Do you know what I mean? And I think that it was just... There's a slightly weird thing I have seen in recent weeks of defenders trying to draw contact off attackers though.

6:27it's a really weird thing like where the defender like you know you see it more often when attackers like going through on goal and cutting across I think defenders have started doing it because of the high lines but they're not getting the same grace so the Gema challenge like you see Shaw goes through on goal and then like Naomi Gema tries to like put herself in the way of Shaw and Shaw kind of bundles her but I just I think people forget sometimes that you you can't do that and actually Mark Gay tried it as well Mark Gay tried to insert himself into the discourse against Zalanki and it's like dude just make the challenge like you can't you won't get the grace if you cut across but yeah Shaw was amazing been all year Keren in this game and then what's that City bench you got Bené off the bench Iman Bené off the bench it's just the depth Arsenal have a game in hand because of the Champions Cup and that's against Leicester so if they win that they'll be second place but they'll still be miles behind City I think the league is obviously I don't think City are going to give away a 10 point lead in 8 games by any means at all but I think I think Arsenal will be disappointed in the challenge that they've mounted this season especially off the back of the Champions League they've just drawn too many games if someone said to you put it this way if someone said you start the season that they would spend that amount on Olivia Smith and be at 25 goals in 13 games like they would be like no we would and it's not that's not a knock on Smith I think Smith's been great actually but it's more they would have felt they would have had their attack in better shape than this because that's the cost of them as you say.

8:00They've been quite robust at the back actually. 10 conceded? So yeah, but work to be done and I think, look, maybe this is a good segue to Arsenal who won the first ever FIFA Women's Champions Cup defeating Corinthians in the final 3-2. After extra time, yeah. Big look for them in a way, I think. I think it's a big look. It's great. Yeah, yeah. I mean, I think following up the Champions League with this is a really really big deal they probably should have got it done in the 90 minutes Lotto Wobbe Moy giving Arsenal the lead the great header actually after a three hour so good the angle such a good header back and across goal after Olivia Smith had given Arsenal the lead Corinthians got back into it with Gabby Zanotti but I think that Arsenal should have seen that game out there was a I think a soft penalty to be honest for Corinthians in stoppage time at the end of the game I think such a I can see why because it was such a tired challenge.

8:58Soft isn't a soft concession or you don't think it was a foul? No, I think it was a bit soft in terms of the awarding but you just shouldn't give the referee a decision to make in that especially when the player's going away from goal. And I think Arsenal responded fairly well in extra time because the game slowed right down. I think both teams were extremely tired and Caitlin Ford giving Arsenal the win. The bad news was that Annika Borba at the end suffered a really horrible collision actually with Lotto Wobbe Mouy. and there was a big, big stoppage at the end of the game, maybe like 10 minutes or so, and she had to be stretched off.

9:32But it put a bit of a dampener on the closing stages of the game and just hoping that she's okay. Wild for Daphne van Domstelaar as well, having to do a proper warm-up just to come on for about 90 seconds as a keeper. It's really weird, huh? But yeah, amazing for Arsenal. Good to win at home at the Emirates as well. and yeah, just following up the Champions League with that I think is a big look. Yeah, definitely. And you know, we don't know how, like we do, like with any of those kind of competitions when they start, it's hard to, it's hard to get a true grasp of how big a deal it is but I just think winning the first one, especially when you're at home and being the European champions in there, it's a massive look.

10:14I think Corinthians absolutely brought it as well. Yeah, they did, out to the Corinthians fans as well. Not just, obviously not just on the field but off it too and you can see what a huge deal it was from the intensity they came and competed with. Great crowd. And I think, look, the home advantage, every bit helps. I wonder how different it goes in a different stadium because I felt like Arsenal needed every bit of intensity on and off the field to come through that one. That was a tough, tough test for them. But yeah. Big luck. Let's go to the Premier League. Let's do it. Feels like every weekend is a big weekend in the Premier League.

10:46We need to go to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for Spurs 2 Manchester City 2 Manchester City taking an early lead with Ryan Cherky great goal and then Antoine Semenya giving them the second just before half time and Man City just looked so in control it was uncomfortably anxious from a Spurs point of view and it just felt like City were going to absolutely cruise to like a 5-0 win and then the second half happened Well now actually it's funny you mention that because I think caveats caveats a lot fans will roll their eyes maybe at this but the huge injury list that Spurs had going into this Van de Ven Davies Porro Kulisevsky Maddison Bergvau Bentancur Kudus and Richarlison Let's play Jao Palenia at right centre back and Drago's in starting for the first time what over a year or something This is the thing so if you look at that that was absolutely huge amount of absentees playing with a back three which got hammered they got hammered for that but the other options weren't necessarily great now some might argue some might quibble and say well actually we went to back four it all looked a bit better okay but that's also good coaching and making adjustments now to City's uh for dominant first half they did some really interesting things and this is the thing Pep shuffling the pack again O 'Reilly playing as an eight I don't think O 'Reilly's played that advanced before under Pep as a not in the Premier League anyway he's played as the DM but O 'Reilly to play as the 8 and now that you're leapfrogging Phil Foden and Reinders to start alongside Bernardo Silva that is a huge look for a game that's important and I thought he had a brilliant first half I thought like are we looking at another unicorn we had like John Stones before doing amazing work but I think O 'Reilly's even more versatile because as brilliant as John Stones is you wouldn't have had him as a fullback, right?

12:45He wouldn't have stones as a fullback, like a proper attacking fullback. And this guy, O 'Reilly can do the defensive stuff, the attacking stuff, holding it down. I thought he was a standout for them. And City making it look so easy in that first half. And the balance, the balance of that like forward line, of that front, that four behind Haaland, Cherki, Silva, O 'Reilly, Semenya, all of them working quite hard defensively, putting in a decent shift, pressing, that's not necessarily a part of Cherki's game that he would get props for. but he was very attentive to the defensive work and in front of Rodri they just looked imperious like the way they peeled they didn't even open they peeled open Spurs for the second goal in particular it looked so straightforward and Semenya just looking he looks like he's been there for a season already and you can really with him there and Doku like interchangeably on the flank this City team is like you can see like what Pep is building The thing is, though, that the Death Star is not complete, though.

13:47And we saw that in the second half. When Frank made the adjustments, they looked transformed. And Archie Gray, my God, this man. Archie Gray playing in roles that weren't always his best suited. And yesterday, I thought he was like a titan. He absolutely roasted City down that right flank. I just thought, if we're going to be critical of Spurs at different points in the first half for being a bit passive, not getting about it, I thought him and Chavi Simons, both defensively and in attack, just... This was the Chavi Simons, like... Not the coming out party. He's had some really good games before then.

14:20But I think this in particular, when the game was at its toughest, Simons, both defensively and in attack, was just... He was lights out, man. Absolutely lights out. Well, I think it was interesting that Spurs looked like they couldn't really figure out what to do in the first half. You mentioned Chavi Simons. there was a moment where I think the ball gets cut back to Javi. He just looked a bit stuck. It was on the edge of the box and he tried to dribble a little bit and then he ended up getting dispossessed. And then I think that was in that passage of play where Spurs ends up getting a free kick right near the end of the half.

14:53I think it was at the end of the first half. I might be misremembering. But then in the second half, it just felt that they were way more confident. And I don't know what Thomas Frank said to them at halftime and I don't know whether that was just maybe because they started to have a bit more joy in that second half than they did in the first. but it felt like the gaps were opening a little bit. Everyone was getting a little more time on the ball. People were able to create a little more and I also think it looked like they were taking more risks. And I think it's interesting because he doesn't seem to have been a hugely popular signing but I thought Conor Gallagher was brilliant.

15:26It's not a massive wow signing, Conor Gallagher but I think he's such a sensible midfielder. He can adapt to a lot of players around him. While I do think that Spurs need another like a real ball playing centre midfielder they'd need a passer in there but when they get those more attacking options back and you have like Kudus, Richarlison Kulusevsky the way that they play especially with the three they really need to just find someone to progress the ball through the lines a lot quicker but once they get that piece I then think Conor Gallagher looks really good he's just a good footballer Conor Gallagher like he's just a good footballer like he will never probably be the most eye-catching but he's just he's never going to be a three out of ten either though you know I'm imagining Conor Gallagher bursting into the scene going like hang on a minute I got the assist well yeah yeah yeah but I mean by that but like that's the thing I know what you mean like a Lo Celso type player like someone that just punches the ball into feet and Gallagher like screens so so well and I love I love that you've said this because Gallagher is someone who can get involved is good enough creatively to make you like have to like watch him while the kind of creator gets on with the main work.

16:39You know, like Casemiro and Bruno Financi are trying to do or doing a certain points for United. I think you're right. He's such a good piece and I think he's an upgrade on what they had there. So we're going to talk about the goal. Okay. The goal. The Solanke finish. You know, it's so interesting about this. Like, so the official Spurs account very proudly calling it a scorpion kick following the tradition of a fellow north london forward who went on a similar journey actually the you could argue that the the emotional and the career journeys of girou and solanqui have not been that dissimilar like late era flourishing if you look at solanqui the early props he was getting and the clubs he was at chelsea liverpool like moving for big money and a player whose skill set was never in doubt but just things never quite coming together obviously brilliant at Bournemouth and the scorpion kick you see it and it's like that didn't come out of nowhere he has always had that ability to improvise in his locker and the funny thing about it is it's such a brilliant goal that the commentators themselves have to like re-watch it to fully clock how brilliant it is my favorite thing about it was when you could hear the the oohs and ahs from the stadium when they were watching it on the replay it's unreal the incredible thing about it is it's all completely intentional.

17:56And like, you see him like look in shock because not because he wasn't in 10, but he can't believe the brilliance of what he's just pulled off. Like he knew that was the idea. It's like, there's the moment of like, I'm a very good striker. I've got a great touch. I'm imaginative. I'll try this. And like Donnarumma like scrambling for it. It's almost even sweeter that he gets like a fingertip to it because that's how good he is. But the quality, he lets it come across his body and it was like the only thing and I apologize to non-basketball fans there's an amazing Nikola Jokic moment when a player makes a shot and fails to make the shot and Jokic deflects it for a pass as the balls move through the air like it's almost impossible at that level of basketball any level to deflect the ball from that type of angle and I think what Solanke did, I think, athletically.

18:49The Giroud goal is incredible. I hate to even compare them because I know they're scorpion kicks, but there's something about... Hang on, did you say that you took an issue with the Spurs account calling it a scorpion? No, I thought it was quite... I thought for Spurs to put it in that lineage, I thought it was quite... I respected it. I was like, yeah, they're giving those props. The Solanke finish is like, in terms of technical difficulty, there's talk of push gas like given the importance of the game timing and the finish it deserves it deserves a it deserves a shout i'm not saying it's the best goal he's scored all year i'm just saying that for what the timing of it and the quality of it it deserves like any any striker wants that in the locker but also i think i think the reason why i'm glad that we get to discuss it is because it's just like a bit of a solanke retrospective and a player who's been on a big journey and is finally looking like he's figured figured out actually missed him spurs yeah yeah and he's got he's been a really good run recently i just think about that like that crucial penalty the europa league this guy scores huge goals and now you're seeing it like i'm sure there's like the youth coaches going yeah yeah that's the guy that's the guy that chelsea like invested in that's the guy that lip will pay the huge money for.

20:08That's the club that, well, quite big money and that's the club that Bournemouth shelled out for. That was the vision. So yeah, really, really chuffed for him. And it caps a brilliant comeback for Spurs. Spurs could have taken it actually. Spurs could have taken it. You know, there's been so many swings to the Premier League this season and we've talked about why we think that maybe certain things have happened in the Premier League or whatever. I think you saw, I think this example is, you know, like a team like Manchester City who have in - parts this season looked incredible. I think that when whatever happens in this title race or this Premier League title and what happens at the end of the season, the speed at which the discourse has fluctuated, I think, might get forgotten.

20:51There have been moments when, you know, Arsenal had won the... Liverpool were going to run away with it in August, September. Then it was Arsenal's to lose. Then actually City were on their shoulder and City have been there before. So people were like, oh, I think City are going to do it. And then it was Arsenal's again and then Villa were in the mix and then blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. I think that what's going to get that, I think a lot of that's going to get forgotten at the end of the season. I think it's going to be looked at, looked back on as more of a whatever happens. Like say, for example, if Arsenal go and win it, I don't think the switches in narrative will be remembered that well.

21:25And I think that this is the thing that's kind of bending people's brains in the Premier League this season, right? Is that you've mentioned it a couple of times recently where you don't have the gap between the top and the bottom like you used to. There isn't a... There aren't a... It's such a cliche, but there isn't a, right, that's three points, that's three points, that's three points anymore. It's just not. But to see it in a game like this so much, and we kind of saw it with Arsenal-Manchester United last weekend as well, where periods of that game, Arsenal would look like they were playing football in a completely different universe, and then they get unstuck.

22:02And the differences between this and the past, I think is that the gaps used to be bigger that you could weather those moments right and now you just can't. Totally it feels more like it feels more like basketball now where the quality level is distributed to the extent that if a bad if a good team drops its level a team which isn't quite as good can just go on a run and just absolutely like tear it away from them and there was this game specifically for example you know the amount of joy Rodri was getting in the first half compared to the second half when it felt like in the second half it was much harder for him to thread the ball through gaps.

22:41He started getting cross-field switches, you know, still very good. But when Rodri is like going right down the neck, which he was doing in the first half, then you just can't, you can't deal with that. He was also very, very, very lucky to stay on the pitch. Yes, yes, he was. He was, he was. But also, look at City's last six results in the Premier League. four draws, one win at home over Wolves, 2-0. Again, they didn't coat Wolves, they could have been, I mean, that was two, but I watched that game, that should have been, could have been four or five at one point, but then Wolves locked down, Wolves got their act together.

23:19Again, to your point, it's really hard to just absolutely blow teams away in the Premier League now, for the most part. And then obviously they lost to United, but yeah, like four draws in the last six in the Premier League. Again, I have to say it, if that was another club running for the title, there'd be a lot more discourse around it. But that's more reflection on the quality of the league, I think, than City being poor. they're still second for goodness sake. So yeah, I've really enjoyed this league so far this year. And on that, on that title race, segue to Villa Brentford. Yeah. Cause this is the other game I think, which really shows where the Premier League is at.

23:56Right. So like you have a team going for the title and have a team against them, going a player down away from home before halftime and still winning 1-0. Taking the lead minutes after a red card away from home and then second half just being like strong enough defensively. It's extraordinary. Utara with a banger of a finish. So good. Went high rather than Del Piero. Great finish from Utara to put Brentford ahead and then withstood everything Villa could throw at them. I mean, Villa should have put this away. I think there's a, there'll be discourse about the disallowed goal, the Tammy Abraham, but the thing is it was such the ball was so far out it was so far out that you couldn't it was at Wolverhampton

24:47yeah it was I'm sure Villa fans will feel aggrieved about it but look it was so far out and if you had the technology you can't allow that such a shame for Tammy though because he timed the run really well and it would have been a great story great narrative You look sharp though. You did. Do you happen to know what Villa's possession percentage was in the second half? 76. That was their possession for, well, 72 for the entire game. Oh my God. So 76, well, it's not bad, not bad. But second half. Oh my God, I went low. I was low, wasn't I? You were low. 81. Nope. no no you're joking that's impossible 83 nope you're joking 86 86 that is impossible according to font mob do you know the last time i saw stats like that do you remember that time at inter of course you remember it inter at the sancero against barca that is the last time i saw possession stats like that.

25:53That is absolutely wild. Brentford had 38 accurate passes in the second half, which was a pass completion rate of 55%. That has blown my mind. Now, yeah, a lot of it was just getting rid. Yeah, yeah. Get rid. That's incredible. That's incredible. Again, though, I mean, I think there have been games in the past where Premier League sides have dug in and got results, right? And got points against stronger opposition. We've seen that. But I feel like what is different again this season is that the, how, I don't want to say comfy because it does, I don't think that when you're defending with the player down for 45 minutes, it's ever comfy.

26:36But it wasn't, it wasn't carnage. It's like, you know what it's like? It's like you see this actually, you see this in World Cups. The quality of defending in the World Cup just went to another level in the last few tournaments. So like 2010 World Cup, Spain-Paraguay when Xavi comes off looking stressed going, you have no idea how good that defence was. And everyone's like, Spain only scoring a goal a game. And Xavi's like, have you tried defence? Have you tried breaking down these deep blocks? Or then like Argentina against Iran when Messi scores the absolute world team. Like, was it Iran or Bosnia?

27:09I know it's both games actually, I think. When Messi is like, I have to bend the ball around six players. Because the quality now, the fitness level of these players and the tactical intelligence and the technical quality is so high now that the margins are that small. And this is again it. We talked last week, I was talking about punching plasticine, but that's what it is. That's what Villa were doing against Brentford, who were like, what a result. They missed a couple of decent chances, like Leon Bailey had one. They did, they did. This feels like the kind of game that Villa would win previously because of the goals from distance and now the goals from distance don't happen sometimes in games like this I don't feel like they created any real glaring clear cut super like relentlessly in the second half for that and that's not anything bad to do with Villa it's to do with how well Villa defended their own box because I swear to god they spent the entire 45 minutes in the second half apart from some periods at the end which I wanted to talk about quickly but I swear they spent the majority of that 45 minutes in their own box which when you compress the game to that degree it's so hard like it's so difficult and Villa just struggled to move them around enough the moments where it felt like Villa looked more dangerous in the second half were when Brentford occasionally ventured forward towards the end of the game where I was just like what are you doing?

28:39because there were a couple of times where Villa turned them around that was where Villa looked more dangerous but yeah just props to Brentford man 7th the seventh it's exceptional what they're doing what he's doing over there he's absolutely just look they lost Mbumo they lost Wisser and they lost Frank and they're seventh and they lost their captain they lost not just key players but arguably arguably V players not fair no disrespect but arguably like from that from outside they lost they lost a huge amount of talent like that's not like that is like coach of the year finalist without question it's incredible what he's done over there alright where do you want to go now do you want to go I suppose we should probably talk about the league leaders right before we talk about Manchester United.

29:22Why are we talking about United? This is incredible. We're back in the conversation. We're going to win the Champions League. Okay, now it's funny we haven't mentioned Arsenal until now, but I think that is a reflection on the quality and the performance. How boring they are. God, they're so boring. Arsenal are so boring that they went and did something that no one has done this season. They beat Leeds 9-0 on aggregate. I will say this. I will say this. I will say this. I think first of all, Leeds fans, it's only Arsenal that have done this to Leeds. And I think there's something in that, right, which we'll come to very quickly.

29:54Like the way that Leeds play in particular, this almost, they're not quite man for man in this, the formation is a bit difficult, but they do like to commit to the individual matchups. And I think in this case, and that exposed, I think in games where Arsenal won every technical and tactical battle. The physical battle, though, I think was so striking in this. And this was, this was a dangerous game for Arsenal. Leeds have been playing some decent stuff in recent weeks. Going to Ellen Road, not the easiest place to go and coming off that United defeat, potentially quite a traumatic situation. And they absolutely, what they did with this audition is extraordinary, actually.

30:40If you're auditioning for the league title, I mean, this is, this is exactly how you do it. and I just thought that Arsenal at each point were, in every phase, were devastating. Havertz not looking as if he's been out for months. I mean, and actually, you know what I love about the Havertz performance here? He completed six passes in an hour and he was brilliant. Six passes in an hour and he was brilliant. Like, two clearances, a ball recovery, and just like was a wall, a defensive wall. He reminded me a bit of actually like peak Oscar for Chelsea where Oscar had the attacking gifts but every now and again his job would just be like you are the first line of defence right up there and just pin them they can't play out it's almost like shake the tree and Madueke gets the joy and the tactical instructions that Havertz must have been given was so precise because number 10's touched the ball normally three times as much as that like at least so he was brilliant Trossard was great Rice, Zubimendi it was so fitting that he should open the scoring given his mistake against United last week you're in timber I refuse to believe that man is a right back because he appears everywhere but right back I think they've cloned him he's unbelievable and then you know what's so interesting about this game as well you have the kind of conversations about Arsenal and set pieces well look as Aston Villa will tell you how else do you break down a team in a deep block you can use shots from distance or you can use set pieces and as they opened up Leeds then you saw Arsenal more free flowing and then you saw the quality of playmaking you saw what they can do and you understood exactly why teams all over the country are like you know what if Arsenal are going to beat us let it be a set piece because it's no coincidence that Leeds have played the most open football against Arsenal this year in the Premier League and they've got cooked for it Yeah and also look I think that the set piece thing is it is what it is right if if you have a relentless amount of territory or you're defending against sides that are sorry you're playing against sides that defended very very deep and you have a winger like Saka or Madweke who runs at people you're going to get a lot of set piece opportunities I wonder how many he wins actually I wonder how many set pieces he actually wins and it's just another part of it like Arna Schlott has consistently talked about how difficult it is for them to break down deep blocks so therefore people have just been doing it more and I think the thing about Arsenal this season is I just think they're a more complete team and weirdly they're more I don't think they're boring I think they're more sensible some of the football that I've seen from Arsenal isn't like exactly amazing but I think it's I think it's dictated more by what the Premier League is doing as a whole if you take it into Europe like what they did against Atleti what they did against Bayern what they did against Inter that's what happens when sides don't defend in deep blocks against you if you open up against them this is what this is what happens well this is it I think the thing about Arsenal is that they just have that like if teams were open against Arsenal they'd absolutely cook in open play because they can cook teams in transition.

33:44They can suffocate teams with possession. They can transition really, really well. And I think you saw that. It's because of the range and the amount of depth they've got, right? So, for example, we haven't even mentioned the fact that Martin Erdogan was dropped for this game. Yeah. And I think that that is more of a tactical decision from Mikel Arteta than it is necessarily. I mean, his form's been very good in some parts since he came back. but sometimes there are games where you are looking for a little more from Martin Erdogan in this specific game as well with Havertz's energy this game was not the game for him and that's also sometimes fine right but it was the game for Kai Havertz losing Bakayo Saka in the warm-up you bring Nani Maduweke and then that's depth that Arsenal haven't been blessed with in the past but I think Maduweke Maduweke's delivery has vastly improved since early on in the season initially it went down as an own goal from Darlow.

34:39And I have a theory that the Premier League just decided to give it to Madweke, A, because that was the correct thing to do, but also just to stop the discourse. The hosts of podcasts would have all spontaneously combusted this week if they would have had to talk about an own goal, set-piece goal from Arsenal. I just think it's a nightmare because the delivery is so good and then you've got all that movement off the ball, you've got the physicality in the box. The thing about it, though, that one in particular, is that there was a lot of noise made about the Arsenal. There was a screenshot from the Arsenal-Manchester game last week.

35:06The thing about the Leeds one, there's not an Arsenal player near him right this is aura it is real aura at the set pieces it is it is and I think as well the weather was terrible and it got it's there was a little bit a bit of rain earlier on but it really by the end it was absolutely driving hammering down and they controlled the game throughout Gabriel Jays was the great fourth it was this was it this was the this was the performance and I just think look the approval needs to be as loud as the disapproval when a team doesn't play well We were very critical, I think, and rightly so, aspects of the 3-2.

35:42The psychological aspect, I saw that and I thought, that's concerning. I hadn't really seen that from Arsenal this season. And this was the complete opposite. This felt huge. I think what's happened in the last decade with Manchester City, and at points Liverpool, is that I think people are now conditioned to expect perfection or think that you need perfection to win a league title. I think as the league has evolved, you need that less so. because like we've talked about before, the strength goes so deep. I don't think it's necessarily perfection that wins you the titles. It's how you respond to things.

36:18I think responses are a major, major, major point of success. And if you look at Arsenal this season, I just think they've responded to disappointing results better than anyone else. They responded to the Villa away defeat late with a great run of form. They had that patchy run in the league where it's two goaliest draws and then the defeat to Manchester United. But sometimes you, I did joke in the chat about how, you know, I'm straying dangerously close to being like, well, maybe the Man United result was a good thing in the long run. But I don't hate that point of view where even though I don't want to do the whole like LinkedIn, hey, losing is actually winning.

36:56But sometimes you need, you need a reality check like that to refocus. It could have gone either way, Ryan. It could have gone, you're right, you're right, you're right. And I think, you know, Look, I think that defeat, I think defeat reveals character. I think you're right to that extent. The defeat showed us, because look, I hate to get all nostalgic and mention these old results, but I think it is relevant to this. Manchester United lost 5-0 to Newcastle in the same season they beat them to the league title. A direct title rival, and they lost 5-0. Like, goodness knows what the discourse would be like today with social media.

37:28It would be horrifying, right? But you can guarantee that if Arsenal lost 5-0 to Man City, if Arsenal lost five-year to Man City the discourse would be on the moon if social media and the kind of the content machine oh god that exists now was around when Arsenal went unbeaten the narrative would be yeah but they drew 12 games see I don't think I don't think a run like that happens now you know when basketball players I know basketball teams go on these like winning streaks of like 15-20 and then they lose and like you can see the players are actually grateful that they've lost because it becomes a distraction it shuts people up yeah it's a distraction I think there's an element of these long-run beating runs can be a bit of a curse to be honest and I think what I'm so impressed about, the way that Arsenal responded, and again as a United fan of course, seeing them lose like that I was like, ah, the cracks could be appearing and the reintegration of Havertz could not have come at a better time because both games he's like brilliant, everything you would have hoped he'd be in the defensive aspect, in the attacking aspect and there's a freshness with him.

38:31Completely. Because he had such another dimension to Arsenal and he's so important. And the chemistry that he has with players around him. And actually I think one of the most encouraging things from this game, not that it was super duper free flowing, but a bit of chemistry there with Jokeres. Who looked really happy. He looked happy didn't he? He looked really happy. I liked Jokeres' goal because it feels like that's three and four games now against very different opposition and very different goals as well. So just him getting rhythm and getting used to scoring and kind of starting to, you've already seen how different he looks like in terms of confidence.

39:06It's a big, hard to overstate how big a result this was for Arsenal. And also especially it happening before Man City played and before Villa played. And they play again next weekend before City go to Anfield. Which is looking huge now, given the quality that we're seeing now from some of the Zippel players. Win against Newcastle is a big win. Dude, that's a big look. Do you know what I love about it? For Liverpool perspective, like just the players who they backed, who, you know, had something, Ekotique was just out of the blocks, like flying out of the blocks. It was great. But Florian Witts, listen, Flo, always believe in your soul, man.

39:50We always had your back. Like I'm so happy for him, watching him move through the gears. Fascinating game this. So Liverpool took a while, I think, to establish dominance. And Anthony Gordon flying out the traps again. I thought it was going to happen again. I worried about it. When Anthony Gordon plays as a nine, he feels that pressure to lead from the front. And he's obviously told to lead the press. And this is on Eddie Howe as well. That man flew into some risky challenges, but it's all about, he's probably been told, cut off the supply, cut off the supply, hype the pitch. And he is flying to challenges.

40:25I love Anthony Gordon as a player, but my God, I think he was a bit lucky to stay on. Liverpool really finding their way into this game. I thought Newcastle started with great intensity, but Liverpool showing, you said this at the start of the season, for them to finish up fourth would be a great look. And Gordon put them ahead with a really fine finish. He found his rhythm. But then Ekotike, we talk about players where within a small, like within a small frame they can just take the game away from you he has such explosive impact and again i've said this many times before but his arc is shocking how much better he's got so quickly like having seen him be quite raw at different places and have different elements and all of a sudden like he feels he's not the finished article because he's still very very young but he is not far off it actually dominating a game of this quality what he did to kieran Trippier for the second goal.

41:24Trippier turns around and he's like shouting at people. I'm like, I mean, that looked like embarrassment if I'm honest. Looked like embarrassment. And also like, what I love about this was there's talk about, you know, traditional centre-forward play not being a thing anymore. But those goals, both of them, could have come from the 1980s. Cutting across, I mean, also, brilliant run by Veers to the byline to cut it back. They've got really good chemistry. Cutting it back and him coming across his man in the near post. There's lots of talk about that being a dying up. but Beccatica going, I'm right here.

41:55And then the second goal. Such a disrespectful finish. Man. So disrespectful. This dude is toe-poking it from miles out. It was very George Weah. Listen, shout out to the George Weah heads there. Weah against Atalanta. Those who know, know. That was a very George Weah finish outside of the right foot. He was great. Vietz with a lovely finish. And then the most emotional moment of the entire game. Canati had been out. His father had passed. and then scores this like very late goal and then everyone sort of like crowds around him and given the season he's had on and off the field I mean he's beloved that guy like you see him like meet up with the French team and he'd like he did like a fashion style of the entire French team like he's beloved there and he's obviously beloved within the Liverpool squad as well really happy for him and Liverpool you know finding their finding their feet after a difficult few months it seems I did enjoy Florian Vietz's post-match interview when he said that Hugo Eketike was a joy to play with oh oh but Vietz has really been through it you know and I think he's just such a good footballer man he's so good and I think you know rather like your thing about United the United V being good for us in the long run his early struggles in the long run like he's it won't get it won't get harder than this it won't get harder than this Premier League defences are vastly different from Bundesliga defences and he you know he'd experienced that in the Champions League and he's experienced I don't think you know international defences are quite as consistently high but he'd experienced that before but he'd only really had one season doing that in the Champions League and I think it's it can be very very difficult to figure out especially when your job is to find spaces and gaps and weaknesses in a defence I think it was very difficult for those new signings As talented as they were and as much money as Liverpool spent on them, I think it was difficult to come into that side at that time.

43:56I think it was difficult to arrive at the club at that time. Your big move, your big career move and you're arriving at a time where the club is going through and grieving a huge loss and the expectations are high. Coming off the back of a title win, it can be really, really difficult. We saw how difficult it was for Kylian Mbappe to go into a Real Madrid side that had just won the Champions League. it can be tough and I think if you add all the emotional component and the Diogo Jota component to that Liverpool stuff we've talked about a lot this season and the fact that it is just a very different game and he's still a very young player, there's a lot of pressure on him from the fee as well I think it was going to take a lot of time to figure out and then the fact that he did it and you're seeing now that he's one of the people aren't going to be talking about his fee in like any like next season they're just not you know what's gonna happen as well we haven't even seen the final form of vits we haven't seen the bangers from distance no when that starts coming yep because those are on their way as well they're the untervigs he's just amazing to watch man like it's so good and him and nekotike is a pair i i just love it yeah i think it's so good so so good the biggest threat to that is the isak thing actually i don't know what they're gonna do yeah right I mean it is man it is it's going to be it's going to be a thing they're going to have to figure out I mean it's a nice problem to have but it's a problem it is a problem it is a problem and the thing the problem with it is I don't know that in the Premier League you can afford a 10 like that behind two forwards like that I just don't think you can like tactically I just don't think well actually no it's not you know what it is it's about the midfield they've got to work out that ball supply I think Liverpool so I think that they're not sort of defenders or anything but actually Vier it's surprisingly good defender I think for his size quite tenacious you can't exist in a Jabby Alonso system without putting in defensive work no no we saw him do some great we saw the guy playing as a nine basically at certain points I just think it's about who Liverpool recruit and there's talk of like Wharton well it has been for a while but they've got to get that they've got to get that right that supply line but we'll see we'll see do you know who has got everything right all of the time and will never do any wrong again.

46:12Who's that? Manchester United Football Club and Michael Carrick. I can't. They're going to win everything. We've won the Ryder Cup. They've seen it all. They've won the lot. They're going to see it all and win the lot again. Manchester United. Can I just say that? That actually, it's a bit of a hot take, isn't it? But this was as important a game as the other ones in its own way. This is Manchester United DNA. I'm telling you. Late wins. We were back. Then we weren't back. when we were back. Obviously, I'm loving it. I thought that, you know, credit to Fulham coming back into it. I love the fact, it sounds weird because you're never happy to concede two goals relatively close together, but the goals conceded were not the goalkeeper's fault.

46:57They were just like, one was a deflection, like, you know, deflection and then like came to play and like Lambert had no chance and then like the curler from Kevin was an absolute banger. But I thought United, I mean Casemiro is on his way out he's on his farewell tour now he's playing pretty well as well yeah yeah like he's just been I gotta say when they when United signed him I was a bit nervous because I thought it feels they were just signing him because he was there because he was available and I don't think that was untrue but he brought people often move from big clubs on their way down the pyramid and because United were not in the ascendancy when he got there and they're just mailing it in he came to United and he will leave I think he'll leave as a legend, actually.

47:40That guy helped restore United's identity to a large extent. That's huge that he did that there. Absolutely huge. And I think everyone knows that as well. He was brilliant. He came into the mix and did really well. His no-look pass for Kunja's goal is unreal, by the way. Kunja, again, outperforming his XG. The XG god himself. and then Seshko with the late winner which is huge for him and it's funny because he hits the post at 2-0 not a chance he should have nailed on scored but a shame to hit the post there but for him to get that winner for his confidence and his trajectory is just it's enormous I'm so so happy that he got that goal in particular because he'd scored before for us but I think he needed like a breakout like this takes United obviously three wins in the bounce but crucially maintain momentum after those big wins it would have been so united to be like oh yeah we've won the big ones but we've drawn one that we should win at home so yeah really really chuffed for Seshko in particular right let's round up the rest of the Premier League very quickly in a difficult weekend for Palace a good point away at Forest yeah and they played very very well actually yeah looked good Forest were down to 10 Brighton won Everton won a 97th minute equaliser for Beto didn't that work Wolves losing 2-0 at home to Bournemouth.

49:07Great goal in this game from Junior Kruppi. Kruppi with bangers. That guy can really want to watch, man. He's going after Uri Tillemans' crown. Bangers only. Yeah, yeah. Right, Chelsea 3, West Ham 2. Let's wrap on this from the Premier League. A 90-second minute winner for Chelsea after coming from two goals down. Yes, what a comeback. Poor West Ham. Nuno looked very, very sad because West Ham was so good in that first half. Yeah, yeah, yeah. but Chelsea I know they had Champions League in midweek and they were trying to rotate a little bit because they've got the second leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final against Arsenal tomorrow but that first half performance was not good and I think a lot of players who were on that pitch may not start many games in the coming weeks a much better second half from Chelsea drop head to his head it was so good absolutely like Robbie Fowler style like finishing clinic back across the keeper gutted for West Ham though only because this was obviously not that many games to go now some might say a third of the season but you know still in terms of momentum West Ham really showing some quality that was a great win over Sunderland would have been their fourth win on the bounce this and they've really put some form together I think again it's that thing of don't take the bad don't take the worst lesson from an adverse result if they keep on playing like that they could just about be okay.

50:35They could just, if they take that first half, bottle it up and take, you know, and again, to your point, the resources that Chelsea could bring off the bench, you're basically playing like, you're basically playing one and a half teams because most other teams that you go away and, you know, going to Stamford Bridge and giving them that, giving them that work, most other teams can't really take it away from you like that. And it became a different match when those players got involved, actually. Gerard Pedro, you know, probably the most dangerous attacker consistently speaking at this point not not their best attacker but the most dangerous at this particular point because obviously palmer is in and out of form at the moment um but yeah great comeback and whatever esenia is doing over there it's early days but i'm impressed his ability you know what it is it's not necessarily even the fact that he sets up well to start with his adjustments he adjusts he coaches that team i think really in the most traditional sense.

51:33Doesn't always get it right, still finding his rhythm, but he knows how to adjust and that I think is the, is the characteristic of a really, really, a really, really impressive coach. All right, man, let's start around Europe quickly before we get out of here. Can I shout out the Bastarby first because Athletic Club won, Real Sociedad won, San Mames, what a game. What a game. You know when we're talking about the Premier League and how stodgy it can be. This game was just the complete chaos end-to-end. People are like, defended? Best form of defence is attack. Attack, attack, attack. Bang. Great game.

52:18Very fun. And also, can I just shout out Pellegrino Matarazzo, who has only had... I think he's undefeated. He's undefeated since becoming Real Sociedad manager. and he nearly got a derby win as well despite them being down to 10 for the last period of the game Mendes got sent off but angry goal opener from Gonzalo Geddes absolutely ripped this one who hurt him? because he missed a chance before and he was really really annoyed about it because it was quite an easy it was a much easier chance and then this one just I scored a hard one so good Diga Larreta at the end equalising for Athletic Club Superb solo.

53:01It was such a good game, man. I think Real Sociedad had kind of been kicking themselves a little bit here. They definitely did enough to extend the lead. And the wild thing about this, actually, though, was that if Athletic Club had not got a point, they would have been 14th in the league. Now, as it stands down now, 11th, but they're in a really, really patchy run of form. They haven't won in the league for a while. But yeah, just a great derby. Always is. Always true. Still a bucket list man. Need to go to the Basque derby. At the top, I mean, Barcelona beat Elche 3-1. It was fairly, fairly routine for Barcelona.

53:40Nothing is routine for Real Madrid at the moment though. No. Abelho has won every game since he's come in in the league. But they've looked not great. Being Ryo Vallecano 2-1 at home, Ryo with two sendings off in the last, it was like the last 25 minutes really, even though the first one was in the 80th minute because there was so much stoppage time. I'm not a professional football manager, but I do not think this looks good. The Bellingham injury as well. Bellingham went off, what, after 10 minutes of the hamstring injury looked really, I think it's a bad one. I think he knew it was a bad one as well.

54:13I think we could probably go back and do another revisit the Real Madrid thing soon because I cannot see the thought process there. What Arbolora has done to a degree is essentially just put everyone on the pitch. The Galacticos era, when they bought them all and they felt the pressure to play them all.

54:32And I don't know, well, it's strange. And again, some might say, well, look, we're like, we're high up in the league, but it's the underlying numbers. It's like, where does this go? These performances are not impressive. Yes, they're only a point behind Barcelona. And like I said, could win the league with Xabi Alonso's tactics, but I don't know who's happy. I don't think these are, I don't think these are Jabba Alonso's tactics though anymore. I don't think these are them at all. It's his configuration. It's his setup. It's his setup. I don't know. They got the win. So there's that at least. The Bellingham injury, Real Madrid announced, they confirmed there was an injury to that region, but they didn't say anything else about it.

55:16More to follow. Fingers crossed for him and for the World Cup, obviously, because that's a big deal for him. But more broadly than that, just Madrid grinding, the win out. And again, it's hard to say any more than that on the we've already said because I don't think the state of players change that much. It's a bit of a disjointed mess. The real thing to watch, of course, is the Benfica tie in the Champions League. Oh, yes. That, I will be locked in for that. On Barcelona, very quickly, Elche, potentially quite a tough game that, because they've matched up quite well against big teams this season.

55:55But Barcelona coming through pretty straightforward. Rashford getting the final one there and Lamin Amal leading the charge. He's looked more in the flow in recent weeks. Felt like he started this season snatching at things, but I feel like he's in his flow a lot more as time's gone on. He's tuned out a bit of the noise, I think. Yeah, I think so too. I think the derby was interesting. You know, in the same way that the derby was a turning point for Vinicius and Real Madrid. The Clasico. but the Clasico yeah the Clasico the same with the Clasico was a turning point was a sort of turning point for Madrid I think it was kind of a turning point for Laminia Mar just been a bit less noisy since then yeah no I agree quick shout out elsewhere Betis are up to 5th they 1-2-1 on the weekend against Valencia they host Atleti in the Copa del Rey next but they also host them in the league next week so we've got a little like back to back I like it when the quirks like that throw up two fixtures against the set between the same teams in two competitions.

56:56Atleti drew to drew with Levante 0-0 on the weekend in a game that happened. One of the games of all time. In a game that happened. Right, we haven't talked about the Bundesliga. Let's talk about the Bundesliga very quick. Bayern dropped more points. It's time to Haas Fou away. Haas Fou have been looking pretty good actually at points. And Dortmund tried their best not to capitalise on it on the weekend. but they ended up accidentally doing it by beating Heidenheim 3-2 despite going from 2-1 up there was combined total of in terms of playing time there were three goals in seven minutes across half time either side of half time in this game Anton giving Dortmund the lead on 44 minutes Nihus equalising in stoppage time at the end of the first half and then putting Heidenheim ahead early on in sorry stoppage time at the end of the first half and then putting Heidenheim ahead earlier in the second.

57:55And then two goals from Gerratti in two minutes, one of which was a penalty. Iconic celebration for the second as well. Who else? And then skying a penalty. A failed Penenka. A Penenka that was too hit. Some solidarity there. Some solidarity there.

58:19Yeah, that one went into space. There's a thing though, isn't there, with like lifting the ball when the keeper is a good shot stopper. There is that though. There is that. You saw it with Mbappe against Vidal League when he goes around the keeper and has to hit the ball high because you have the defender sliding across on the line. So you have to go high because defenders are like good enough to be like, look, make them lift it, make them elevate it. And yeah, Gerasi got made to work. Should have got the hat trick. 13 big chances in this game. Nine of them missed. 13 fumbling the bag all over the place.

58:52honestly. Hoffenheim won again. I'm not sure that Hoffenheim are ever going to lose another game. They beat Union 3-1 and they face Bayern next. That's at the Allianz next weekend. But with Bayern's patchy form, if Hoffenheim can get something from that game... I'd love it if they get something. I'd love it. Christian Ilse doing absolute work. Wouldn't be the weirdest outcome if they got a result of Bayern, actually. In current form. Wouldn't be the weirdest. given Kramaric's appetite for big matches and he's you know he's surging at the moment Stuttgart beating Freiburg 1-0 to go fourth and at the other end of the table we talked about Heidenheim Augsburg beating St.

59:37Pauli 2-1 that was a good win for Augsburg it pulled him away from the bottom pack and Mainz beating Leipzig on Saturday was a massive result for Leipzig for Mainz sorry they've opened up a four point gap now and St. Pauli and they're currently in the relegation so the playoff spot Gladbach drew with Bremen which means Bremen are only a point clear of that that actual bottom pack is there are a few teams who could get dragged into either the relegation spots or the playoff there's three points separating Gladbach in 12th and Mainz in 16th even though might have won three of their last four games in the league half of their Bundesliga points have come from the season have come in their last four games since who's in charge Urz Fischer, man.

1:00:22Urz Fischer. It's almost like it's a coincidence. You get Urz Fischer in and stuff starts happening. That's a Bundesliga legend right there. Do you know what, though? It's wild how the impact he's had. It's absolutely wild. But very happy for him. Good to see him back in the Bundesliga. Every club. Every club, man. He's great, man. He's just great. Do you want a quick Serie A shout out? Yes. I think, I suppose, the highlight is Juventus winning away at Palma, the 4-1, and they're motoring. I think Inter still, Inter beating Cromenese 2-0, they're still looking. It's basically Inter and everyone else at this point.

1:01:00If anyone else can find a run, I think Milan will still just be cost by those draws. They're looking at Mateta, so they know they need firepower. They're clearly addressing... I think Mateta's full crew as well, man. They're addressing a need. I think Mateta, what he gives them, I think, just in terms of how he can knit everything together, I think is a really big look. I suspect it'll be an injection of attacking impetus just a bit too late I fear it's a bit too late I think Inter kind of they feel like they're pulling away with it Napoli with a good one over Fiorentina Vergara just living Roy the Rovers story after his great goal Champions League against Chelsea he followed up with another one here and an assist Saria looking looking like vibes and also what's this ridiculous someone posted in the chat this unbelievable like XG that Como beat a draw with Atalanta and the XG was like 5.5 to 1 or something yeah so it's Como 0-0 Atalanta 0-0 Atalanta were down to 10 after 8 minutes Como had 79 % possession 5.05 expected goals on 28 shots 12 big chances and yeah 28 shots 9 on target 12 big chances 0-0 one of the all-time nil-nils that's a hell of a point for Atalanta to play that long down to 10 absolute banger while we're in Italy very quickly I mean I know we're biased because we went over and watched a game there but the Nets here the run they've been on top of the league top of the league over they've leapfrogged Frozanone they've won seven straight in the league absolutely flying absolutely flying like they're playing some great stuff check them out if you get a moment absolutely bangers sound of the summer yeah so we went to the Monza game and that was the first game of this winning run that they've been on so not saying it was related but not saying it's not couple of players in that team the ones that stand out quite often when I check them out let me not single them out too much because the whole team's been great but Svoboda, Busio and Jouboa fantastic and Stankovic and Goal the son of Dejan all doing great work and also Kike Perez legend himself and a huge game next week when they go to Froznone which for the fact they're ahead of Froznone at this point massive unreal because they've kind of got a little bit of wiggle room now as well they're three points clear of Monza yeah good return but yeah I mean the surge up the league has been incredible so impressive yeah absolutely amazing anything else you want to shout out while we're here?

1:03:48No that's about it you sure? yeah good alright well let's leave it there for today we're going to be back on Thursday with some Carabao Cup stuff and then we will have the episode with Doc Brown going up Friday and we'll also just round up there's a couple of Copa del Rey Copa Italia and Coupe de France games on Thursday night as well but yeah until then if you're listening on the free feed make sure you go and sign up listen to those episodes on Patreon, patreon.com forward slash stadio if you want to listen to those and you get every episode ad-free info plus loads of other perks you get the newsletter as well just as a podcast member and you also want to sign up as a stadio social club member you get loads more perks including Discord go to patreon.com forward slash stadio alright, until later in the week don't forget to check the stadio out just play this on Spotify speaking of which, playing out on it's a chat by Jason Kolar called Taro.

1:04:46Anything you would like to add, Musogwonga? Nothing further. Alright everyone, much love. Have a great week. Back with you on Thursday. See you then.

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