MNC: Are Arsenal 'bottling' it & will Spurs survive?
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Is it fair to say that Arsenal are 'bottling' it?
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Do Arsenal really have a style-of-play problem?
This is the Monday Night Club with Steve Crossman on the Football Daily Podcast.
Hello, welcome to the Monday Night Club on the Football Daily podcast. Loads to get into. We'll do a big breakdown of the title race. Manchester City going six points behind Arsenal with a game in hand, with Arsenal visiting the Etihad live on Five Live on Sunday. We'll talk Spurs. Roberto Deserbi losing his first match in charge. They are in the relegation zone and they're two points from safety.
Is it time for psychology in Arsenal's title race?
All of that on the way in the company of Chris Sutton, Rory Smith and Neda Manua. Hello, everybody. Hiya. Unsurprisingly, we will start with the Premier League title race. So Arsenal's lead at the top is six now. They lost at home to Bournemouth, Manchester City thumped Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. So six points, but City obviously have a game in hand and they face each other at the Etihad live on Five Live at 4.30 on Sunday. We thought we would talk a bit, Rory, about the notion of bottling it up.
Are the fans affecting the players' performance?
because it's come up a lot as a phrase. Is it always disrespectful and is it unfair? And if so, is there a better adjective to use for what's happening at Arsenal? I think over the last three years, Arsenal have been unfairly accused of bottling various things at various times. The first season that they finished second, they were very much on the up. They were a young team coming together. They went close. They fell short. That's fair enough.
What does De Zerbi's first loss mean for Spurs?
The second season, I think you can maybe make the case that they had the chance and didn't take it, which I suppose in some harsh lights might be the B word. But also you're dealing with a Man City team that was about to win its fourth straight title. You have to kind of take the quality of the opposition into account. Last year, I don't think they bottled anything because they didn't lose that title. Liverpool won it. And those are different things. This year... Obviously, there's still six games to play.
Can De Zerbi save Spurs from relegation?
It all depends. It's been a significant few weeks in terms of shifting momentum in the title race. But I think what you can definitely accuse Arsenal of this season, not just on Saturday, but they have had quite a few opportunities to put daylight between themselves and Man City and they have taken none of them. And that's why they're now in a position where having led the Premier League for six months, more or less, having looked like nailed on champions most of that time, they go to City on Sunday and if they lose, it will feel very much like it's Man City's title to lose. So is there a way to express all of that in a sentence then, Chris? Because there is part of me that thinks that because of the culture that we live in now where everything is either amazing or awful, if Arsenal win at Manchester City, there will be mentality monsters or whatever.
And if they lose, then they are inverted commas bottling it. Like a team's never as good and never as bad as we think or what?
What impact does mentality have in a title race?
I think so, and I think you're bang on with that assumption. Next week, if Arsenal get any sort of result, we'll be praising them to the hilt. I don't think they're bottling it. I think that... Anybody can lose to Manchester City, as Arsenal did in the League Cup final. Did Arsenal perform well? No. It was Arsenal reserves who lost to Southampton. And losing to Bournemouth? Bournemouth are a good team. I mean, they are. It was more the manner in which Arsenal lost, I think, which would worry the Arsenal fans. And I think the Arsenal fan base are very nervy. That's not helping. but I'd still rather be in Arsenal's position than Manchester City's position. I think they just feel, you know, I think that they feel like they're a club because of recent results, where from the outside, I think...
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:06
2
Is it fair to say that Arsenal are 'bottling' it?
0:06–0:38
3
Do Arsenal really have a style-of-play problem?
0:38–1:06
4
Is it time for psychology in Arsenal's title race?
1:06–1:38
5
Are the fans affecting the players' performance?
1:38–2:07
6
What does De Zerbi's first loss mean for Spurs?
2:07–2:34
7
Can De Zerbi save Spurs from relegation?
2:34–3:31
8
What impact does mentality have in a title race?
3:31–52:20
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