Episode 3530: It’s Happening Again…?
It’s done. Or is it? Is it done? It was hard to know how to feel at the end of that, as Arsenal played one of their best games in many weeks but still ended up ceding the title initiative to Manchester City.
City still need to win six games – and even then they can’t be 100% sure. We talk through a great game that concluded a great PL weekend with Jonathan Wilson and Jamie Hamilton.
Did the game conform to the pre-match narratives, or defy them? Why is Rayan Cherki “the most important footballer in the world”? With teams now regularly conceding goals due to taking crazy risks in defence they’re not actually equipped to handle, is it time to rethink the principles of build-up play? And if Arsenal do finish the season with nothing, where does that leave Mikel Arteta?
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