Philippe Auclair

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2,083 appearances 17 recordings 3 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 15 Sep

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Football Weekly · PSG break Arsenal’s hearts and Arne Slot out at Liverpool – Football Weekly · 1 Jun 2026 podcast

I think it was actually better.

uh affect his opinion on their approach because i think it was another team he would be very critical of that approach i'm not so sure possibly i don't know i'm trying to think of similar examples and to be honest it's it's such a such a unique final in terms of the um

First of all, the quality.

I mean, to be honest, if League Two teams were playing like that, I'd watch a lot more.

I watched a lot of League Two last year, I'd say.

It's happened this season before, and I think actually I was on the pod after that game, that I was intensely frustrated by the lack of ambition showed by Mikel Arteta's team during the season.

One case in mind in particular, which really drove me absolutely nuts at the time, was the defeat at Anfield against Liverpool, where Arsenal were actually so negative.

And we had some very harsh words about that.

And one of the reasons for that was, for example, I think Zubi Mendy was playing in midfield that day.

And one of the reasons was that when there were passes available, threading, going past one screen of players, no, they wouldn't go, they wouldn't do that.

It would always be lateral and backwards.

This time, if you look at, if you watch the game against PSG,

When Lewis Kelly, who was absolutely magnificent, and Declan Rice had the ball in the pivot position, you could try and look at the availability of passes and players to them to progress the ball through the lines.

There were none.

It's just like PSG are absolutely amazing at blocking all the possible paths for the ball to be progressing from one line to the next.

So the ball went back because there was no opportunity to do anything else.

So, which for me shows the difference there is about the way you approach a game.

Against Liverpool, what we saw, and defeat at the end, was a negative approach at the game.

and which was punished, and rightly so, and infuriated me.

What you saw against PSG was something which was imposed by the context, but also by an opponent that we tend to forget is, as Steyer said, actually, and Iker said, the best team in the world at the moment, and could be the best team in the world for quite a while if it carries on like that.

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