FOOTBALL DAILY: 'They make their own rules... ' Hurzeler on Arsenal's rugby-fication, Carrick suffers Newcastle loss, and Parrott into another Dutch Cup final
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What recent Premier League matches are highlighted in this episode?
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Welcome to Thursday's Football Daily. I'm Phil Egan. Coming up today, we'll look back at last night's action in the Premier League as Arsenal take a huge step towards the title. Michael Carrick takes defeat for the first time as Manchester United boss and Spurs will look to pick up their first win under new boss Igor Tudor when they face Crystal Palace tonight. But first, Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta brushed off criticism of their playing style after a 1-0 win away to Brighton moved them seven points clear at the top of the Premier League with eight games to play. Brighton boss Fabian Herzler wasn't happy.
How did Arsenal's playing style spark criticism from Brighton's manager?
The Gunners appeared to be time-wasting. He says it made a boring game, but Arteta wasn't having any of it.
What a surprise. I mean, you just go back for the previous games and you will find a lot of comments like this always.
I love my place and I love the way we compete. Every time they talk about our players, I think they are the most loved ones in the country.
What significance does Bukayo Saka's 300th appearance hold for Arsenal?
Arsenal took 30 minutes and 51 seconds to restart play, their highest total in a Premier League match this season, according to Opta. Herzler has questioned how their opponents are approaching the title race.
I'm not sure if I would ask now, everyone here in the room, did they really enjoy this football game? I'm sure maybe one raises his arm because he's a big Arsenal fan. But... Besides that, no chance. The German coach added only one team tried to play football last night.
What led to Manchester United's first defeat under Michael Carrick?
Different kinds of winning. If they win the Premier League, no one will ask how they win the Premier League. I think you can really feel that they do everything now to win this game. In the end, it's about the rules. So if the Premier League, if the referee allow everything, then it's difficult. They make their own rules.
And on the football show last night, former Ireland international Keith Tracy joined down Sheehan and Arthur O'Dea and said Arsenal have to approach the title race in a different way to Manchester City.
Keith, what have you made of all the talks on Sunday about the grappling and the wrestling and the Arsenal style of play, the reliance on set pieces and the constant sense of doom when it comes to conversations around this club? And to be fair, an extension of that being them leading the league and where the Premier League is at at the moment.
I don't think it's a new conversation I think there's always been grappling from every set piece from balls into the box from free kicks from corner kicks especially so I don't think it's anything new the fact that it's been highlighted all of a sudden in an Arsenal vein is sort of annoying because Arsenal are being set pieces it's all to do with Arsenal but if Mikel Arteta sat down with the Arsenal team at the start of the season and said look lads our ambition is to win the league how's our best bet to go about it
How did Chelsea's João Pedro perform in their recent match?
Can we outplay Manchester City over the 38-game league? Probably not. Very, very difficult thing to do to play better football over 38 games than Manchester City. So you're going to have to go about it a different way. So they play some good football. There's a mixture of good football. They rely on their offence as they are doing tonight against Brighton.
What impact does West Ham's win have on their relegation battle?
They rely on set pieces. They lean into game management and the dark arts. I have absolutely no problem with that because sometimes... a team is too good to go toe-to-toe and look, over a one, you know, a cup final as Arsenal have Manchester City in the EFL cup final, over a 90-minute game, okay, you can go toe-to-toe, you're possibly going to beat them but over 38 Premier League games, I don't think Arsenal can have that sort of game plan. I think it has to be a little bit of a mixture and what's the point in having brilliant defenders if you're not going to have them defending? Look, I wouldn't want to be relying on them as much as we are tonight against Brighton. And David Rea has made some brilliant saves.
How is Troy Parrott contributing to AZ Alkmaar's success in the Dutch Cup?
But every Premier League team, Premier League winning team over the last God knows how many years, has had an instrumental goalkeeper.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What recent Premier League matches are highlighted in this episode?
0:00–0:51
2
How did Arsenal's playing style spark criticism from Brighton's manager?
0:51–1:10
3
What significance does Bukayo Saka's 300th appearance hold for Arsenal?
1:10–1:36
4
What led to Manchester United's first defeat under Michael Carrick?
1:36–2:48
5
How did Chelsea's João Pedro perform in their recent match?
2:48–3:07
6
What impact does West Ham's win have on their relegation battle?
3:07–3:45
7
How is Troy Parrott contributing to AZ Alkmaar's success in the Dutch Cup?
3:45–4:16
8
What changes are being made to the Championship playoffs format?
4:16–11:23
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