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Feb 2023
1h 17m

Could Manchester City Be Relegated?

THE TIMES
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Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Alyson Rudd and Tony Cascarino - with Martyn Ziegler.


Sean Dyche started his Everton career with a 1-0 win over leaders, Arsenal. Can he continue to make progress as the season continues? (00:00)


Arsenal were let off by City’s loss at Tottenham but how will Mikel Arteta and the team react to this bump in the road? (13:40)


Manchester City’s form continues to show signs of cracking - what can we take from Pep’s comments and recent team decisions? (19:25)


Harry Kane becomes Spurs’ all-time top goalscorer - but is he better than Alan Shearer? (33:26)


Liverpool lose again and this time it wasn’t even close. Are Jurgen Klopp and his players suffering from both physical and mental exhaustion? (39:19)


The Times’ Chief Sports Reporter, Martyn Ziegler joins us to discuss the breaking news about Manchester City’s alleged rule breaking (52:21)


We round up the rest of the weekend’s games with Forest and Brentford feeling positive while pressure mounts on Leeds and Southampton (56:38)


Chelsea and Leicester did business at the end of the transfer window and it seems like they’ve made some wise purchases (70:08)


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