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Oct 2020
1h 37m

Reverse Goldilocks

THE ATHLETIC
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Bielsa takes on Guardiola on Saturday. How will Leeds look to expose Man City? And will Ruben Dias be making the most high-pressure debut in Premier League history?Liverpool travel to Villa Park on Sunday – how many clubs have had a better window than the Villa? And is Everton’s Dominic Calvert-Lewin on the Harry Kane trajectory?Plus we have heated debates on handball, financial disparity and goals that made opponents look stupid.And Duncan fires up his Flip Reverse machine and enters a parallel universe – what if Fergie had signed Thiago for United?RUNNING ORDER• PART 1a: When nature calls (01m 30s)• PART 1b: Transfer talk & financial disparity (04m 00s)• PART 2: Leeds v Man City & Man Utd v Spurs previews (13m 30s)• PART 3: Villa v Liverpool, Leicester v West Ham & Everton v Brighton previews (29m 00s) • PART 4: The rest of the weekend’s action, humiliating goals & Joe Kinnear (49m 00s) • PART 5: The odds with Lee Price from Paddy Power (58m 00s)• PART 6: Flip Reverse: What if Fergie had signed Thiago? (60m 00s)


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