Episode 3519: City Burn Liverpool, Chelsea Hammer Enzo

The Champions League quarter-finals is usually one of the most exciting weeks of the football calendar and an entertaining bunch of FA Cup quarter-finals got things off to a good start, with family members of participants like Maria Guardiola and Danny Dyer adding to the gaiety, and Finn Azaz, Ryan Manning and Tomas Soucek experiencing reversals of fortune.

Arsenal began “the most beautiful part of the season” with defeat at Southampton but they’re still going to do it right? There’s nothing to worry about… right? Meanwhile, Liverpool completed their three match series against Manchester City this season and their record reads: played three, lost three, scored one, conceded nine. How have Slot’s team come to be so awful?

We also speculate as to why Chelsea have come down so hard on Enzo Fernandez for giving the same “South American player would probably rather play in Spain” interview nearly every South American Premier League footballer gives on a regular basis.

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