Arsenal's title to lose⁉️ How Man City's draw vs. Everton hurts them in the EPL title race | ESPN FC

0:00 Manchester City three.

0:01 [music] Let's just confirm what that means for the title running.

0:05 It's now in Arsenal's hands.

0:07 If they win their remaining three games,

0:09 it doesn't matter what Manchester City do.

0:12 Arsenal will be crowned champions of the Premier League.

0:15 As you welcome in, Mario Melchiot joins us and never

0:18 have I been happier to see Nader on the show.

0:24 [laughter] How you feeling, boy?

0:26 Uh I feel I feel great, Dan.

0:28 I feel great.

0:28 There's nothing to worry about.

0:30 It's been a great weekend of football.

0:32 You know, Arsenal City going toe-to-toe.

0:34 City obviously were great in that second half as the stats would show.

0:37 But yeah, genuinely, Dan, that's um I didn't see that coming.

0:41 I know you mentioned at the start of the say the first

0:43 half of City and Everton it wasn't a great first half,

0:45 but City did feel like they were in control when they went 1-0.

0:48 I think it was some people thought that's probably going to be

0:49 the way that the game will continue into that second half.

0:52 But there was mistakes from those experienced players

0:53 who helped City to get to this point.

0:55 And you can't really legislate for that.

0:57 And then when it goes 3-1, I'm thinking, "Oh my god,

0:59 I'm going to be on TV with Dan Thomas in 20 minutes.

1:01 I want nothing to do with this." However,

1:04 you know, they've come and made it 3-3.

1:06 Two great finishes from from uh Jeremy Doku.

1:08 You know, huge credit to him.

1:09 And as you said, it's in Arsenal's hands.

1:11 And Arsenal, I'm sure they'll be absolutely delighted

1:13 with that because they know they're so so close

1:15 to regaining that to get that title for the first

1:17 time in such a long period of time.

1:18 But for City, that goal from Doku gives them a little bit of hope.

1:22 But right now, it feels like it's the hope that kills you.

1:25 So, I'm a little bit down.

1:26 But again, great goals from Doku.

1:28 So, I'll celebrate that at least.

1:30 How the heck did this happen?

1:32 Uh Manchester City stopped playing.

1:34 You know, that that let that little edge they

1:37 had in the first half disappeared in the second half.

1:40 Uh and I think we're all we're all pretty much thinking the same thing.

1:44 At 1-0, this game was done.

1:46 I mean, we actually showed an opportunity for Everton.

1:49 But that was it.

1:50 Up until the equalizer, they looked as though they could play all day,

1:55 all night, all week and not even get close to creating a chance.

1:59 And I think City, it seems like they fell

2:01 into that trap of we're ahead, we'll just go safe,

2:05 we won't we won't try and overdo it, and they just they just lost the edge.

2:09 And then the mistakes come.

2:11 All of a sudden, two quick goals, then it's three.

2:14 And then they liven up.

2:15 All of a sudden, they they wake up.

2:17 So, yeah, I think this is more to do with Manchester City than Everton, really.

2:22 City just I think felt 1-0, we're safe.

2:25 Let's just see it out.

2:26 And all of a sudden, it it went horribly wrong.

2:29 City got what they deserved, didn't they?

2:31 In the end, yes.

2:32 I'm I'm I'm with Stevie in that Well,

2:34 this game changed entirely on that totally uncharacteristic I think a mistake.

2:40 Before that, while we could debate how many

2:43 saves Jordan Pickford had to save and whatnot,

2:45 there was no question that Turkey was bossing the game.

2:47 So, many of you Doku just absolutely bossing and and it

2:51 felt like while again Jordan Pickford wasn't being overly tested,

2:55 it was only a matter of time.

2:57 Then all of a sudden, the mistake.

3:00 All of a sudden, City at the back just come apart at the seams.

3:04 But at the same time,

3:05 nobody higher up the park was able to get control of the ball,

3:08 start to dictate the pace again,

3:11 maybe get some of that momentum back [music] into City's favor

3:13 that we'd seen for at least the first half of and [music]

3:17 going on to an hour in into this game.

3:19 And and City all started to look very nervy all over the park,

3:24 and and then Everton just played their role.

3:28 I've I've I've been both sides of this coin.

3:30 And and for for Everton at home,

3:33 you just don't want people coming onto your park and celebrating.

3:36 You you Your whole mindset is we're not going

3:38 to be we we are going to be party poopers here.

3:41 And and they played that role perfectly right to the end,

3:45 took the chances as as as they came.

3:47 And so, it turned out well.

3:48 Sorted out in terms of not losing the game.

3:51 It's is why we love sports, Mario.

3:55 Yeah, I know.

3:55 I think this was the game that we all wanted to see.

3:58 I think you know, also because of the battle because I felt like,

4:02 you know, this was City's time and they were going to catch up.

4:04 But, I don't want to jump on any other game, but one thing I have to say,

4:10 the hunger that Arsenal showed me in the first

4:13 half was different than I saw at City now.

4:15 You know, like what what Xhaka said?

4:18 They You know, when you When you're in a game

4:20 like this, Everton is a team and it's built like that.

4:23 David Moyes always built a team that we stay alive no matter what.

4:27 And that is exactly what City had to kill off from them.

4:31 They should have taken that away because after they scored the 1-0,

4:34 they should have gone all the way

4:36 and scored another one and just keep on pressing.

4:38 Also because you got to think about the goal tally, yeah?

4:40 Because if they if both teams are having the same points,

4:44 we're going to look at the goal tally.

4:45 So, you got to go after that, too.

4:47 And I felt sometimes there were moments where they

4:48 were like they they had the opportunity to go

4:51 all the way and then every time there was

4:53 a moment where we all were like kind of like,

4:55 "Oh, something's going to happen." Because Donnarumma had

4:58 to come in action and he was great.

5:00 Except from the moment when Gay passed the ball back,

5:02 it was almost like, "I've done so much.

5:05 I cannot do this."

5:06 And you can't even cry about the schedule,

5:08 which obviously was going to be the excuse later on in the running,

5:11 Nathan, because they had a lovely rest for this game.

5:15 Listen, Don, I don't cry.

5:16 Do not cry about football.

5:17 Don't do that.

5:18 But, yeah, it's a fair point.

5:19 I think the players had some time off after their last game.

5:22 So, they should have been prepped prepared and fresh.

5:23 And to be honest, the way the first half started,

5:25 they did seem to be in that sort of vein.

5:27 But, that second half, wowzers.

5:29 I think for definitely the second half of the season,

5:31 there were questions being asked about City's second half.

5:33 But, in their sort of rise to right back in in the mix in with Arsenal,

5:37 I thought maybe some of that had been dispelled.

5:39 But, those stats, you know, they speak for themselves.

5:42 Like, Everton have been actually 2.77, I I it was,

5:46 in a game against the side that's trying to win the Premier League.

5:48 Like that's absolutely unacceptable.

5:50 So, yeah, the the schedule, the tightness,

5:52 like it's not going to get any easier.

5:53 Obviously, they've got an FA Cup final coming up as well.

5:56 But, you know, it's out of their hands and they're just going

5:57 to be watching Arsenal every single week now hoping that, you know,

6:00 maybe magic can happen for them.

6:01 But, if it's to happen,

6:02 they have to play a lot better than they did in that last 45 minutes.

6:05 Is it too lazy just to say it was complacency, Naden?

6:10 Um yeah, I think so.

6:11 I think so because like the pass back from Gahi, that's not like complacency.

6:15 That's just That's just a really bad error.

6:17 Something that he's not really been,

6:18 you know, culpable for since he's joined City.

6:20 I think he's been great overall.

6:22 And then some of the miscommunication and things

6:24 like that, like it's just I don't know.

6:27 It's just It's weird.

6:28 It's not really who they are as a team.

6:30 Like at times maybe they've looked weak defensively throughout the season,

6:32 but they've still got one of the best defensive records in the league.

6:35 But, Gahi and Kuznov, who, you know,

6:37 have been a foundation of City in recent weeks to get them back up the table,

6:40 even center Nunes and Araujo, it's just today just wasn't that day.

6:44 And, you know, in some ways I'll give credit

6:45 to Everton because the way they were in the first half,

6:47 they couldn't continue in that way in the second and they found some energy.

6:50 They were really aggressive.

6:51 Like O'Brien was going up against Doku, you know,

6:53 they were trying to win as many battles they could,

6:55 be strong and aggressive as they could in the way that Everton should do,

6:58 in the way that they would do, you know, in normal circumstances.

7:01 But, from City, I'm I don't know.

7:02 Maybe me as a former player,

7:03 I'm always very reluctant to use the word

7:05 complacency because in the minds of most players,

7:08 I don't think many of them do get up to that, especially

7:10 a side in City who've been so successful in the last decade or so.

7:16 How do you deal with Gahi after this theory?

7:18 Leave him alone.

7:19 Is that what you'd want?

7:20 Leave him alone.

7:21 Yeah, he's made a mistake.

7:22 He's made one He's made one mistake since he signed for them.

7:26 Right.

7:25 He's been fantastic.

7:26 So, no, you you leave him alone.

7:29 Yeah.

7:29 Do you do exactly what happened?

7:31 As soon as the ball went in the back of the net,

7:32 somebody ran over to him, gave him a slap, said, "Come on, let's go." That's it.

7:36 Do Done.

7:36 How is that an advantage for anybody, namely City,

7:41 to get an advantage from somebody being offside.

7:45 And then Everton take advantage.

7:47 They are 100% Barrie takes advantage of being offside.

7:53 That in itself is completely and utterly wrong.

7:56 And that should have been given offside in my opinion.

7:59 And if people say that the I don't know the insides and outsides of the rules.

8:03 Let me tell you that.

8:04 But if somebody gains an advantage and scores

8:07 a goal from being offside, it's wrong.

8:10 But as we said, the rule obviously

8:12 the law is because he deliberately played that ball,

8:15 that resets everything and then we go and that's why in fact the goal stands.

8:19 I I I will say I I agree with Stevie,

8:21 but we've had this we've had this very conversation

8:23 for I I want to think four, maybe five years.

8:27 And while we may disagree with the law how it's written,

8:30 it has consistently been applied this way.

8:35 Mhm.

8:34 How how that Well, the goal was given.

8:38 That's that's nothing new at all.

8:40 And again, as players, if you ask one thing of referees, it's consistency.

8:45 Michael Oliver applied the law with consistency here.

8:48 Mario, you brought it up.

8:49 Why didn't we see that start from City that we saw from Arsenal?

8:54 Why didn't they come out flying flying from the traps,

8:56 3-0 up, get it done and then you go and move on?

9:01 City started and they were in control.

9:03 And it took Everton about what is it,

9:04 20 minutes or something for them to get one of the first attacks.

9:07 So that was kind of like how City felt like, you know, we in control.

9:11 We really the the game set up properly and it was like the two wingers,

9:15 they knew they that was the outlet.

9:17 You understand, especially Doku.

9:19 And one of the good things that I like about Doku,

9:21 especially now because there was a a point,

9:23 you understand, when he was in Belgium,

9:25 when he was working with Thierry, he he he he heard he kept on saying to him,

9:29 "Look, the speed is great, but if you don't have the vision, you have nothing.

9:32 You know, you just have speed and you just keep on running running

9:35 running." But now look at the attributes that he adds to his game.

9:38 He's got scoring goals on both sides.

9:40 You understand?

9:40 Left, right.

9:41 I mean, I think Stevie mentioned that.

9:43 But, one of the key things is for me is

9:45 that when you when you play in a game like

9:47 that, you have to make sure you start the game

9:50 and you press and you fight and you make them suffer.

9:56 And I don't think City did that.

9:58 Yeah, by keeping the ball, yeah, but we know that we can they can do that.

10:01 But, there will have to be moments as well.

10:03 They had to make them really like don't even give them a chance.

10:06 And I think they gave them too much time and too much belief.

10:09 And the belief is one of the key things

10:11 because I've been in a team at that situation,

10:14 playing against top teams and the other way around, of course.

10:17 But, playing against top teams,

10:19 one of the key things we always had at a smaller team playing against top team,

10:23 we got to stay alive, guys.

10:24 No matter what the score is.

10:26 And that's exactly how Everton started the game.

10:29 Look how how far they were pushed back.

10:31 I think they didn't have even possession.

10:32 What a The possession game was like 65% I think it was for City.

10:36 And then Everton just kept on going and I was like,

10:39 if you keep on going like that, I was like, this game is becomes really boring.

10:42 Next thing you know, boom, they get the first goal.

10:44 I would I would love to

10:45 Then it gets 1-1 and it's a whole totally different thing.

10:48 No, no, no.

10:49 I would love to be in the dressing room

10:50 in the last 5 minutes before they left the dressing room,

10:54 what what Guardiola and his coaching staff were like.

10:58 Because the only thing that was going to catch City

11:01 in this game against this team was not having that edge.

11:06 Yeah.

11:06 You know, I don't think they were complacent,

11:09 but that edge wasn't there in the second half.

11:11 And that for me is down to them leaving the dressing room.

11:14 If I'm their manager, the last thing I'm saying to them is one up.

11:20 We have to go and get the the the the next one

11:22 and we cannot we cannot just sit on this lead against this team.

11:27 But, if you look maybe at the evidence

11:29 leading up to this night and there were signs.

11:31 Obviously, struggled against Burnley, and against Southampton,

11:35 knocked out by Real Madrid in the Champions They haven't as much as excited

11:39 as we got about the run they've been on in the title race.

11:42 They haven't been at their scintillating best best of late.

11:47 Yeah, in some ways I think that's fair.

11:49 I think it's a bit of a reach to say they struggled against Burnley.

11:51 You could say maybe they struggled to convert their chances,

11:53 but they didn't struggle in the game per se.

11:55 And I think Stevie's making a good point,

11:57 but it's like it's like half the story in some ways because I think Stevie

12:00 as a coach would understand the message he needs

12:02 to give to his players from a City perspective.

12:04 But what message would a very experienced David

12:06 Moyes be giving to his Everton players as well?

12:08 Cuz he knows that they didn't play up to the standards that, you know,

12:11 he expects of them in that first half.

12:13 So they're always like with me when I watch these games,

12:15 if a team in particular is poor in one half, I almost expect them to get better.

12:19 And I think I agree with Stevie like City

12:21 did lose their edge as such in the second half.

12:23 But Everton were always going to get better.

12:24 And them compared to like Fulham, I think it's two completely different

12:28 tests in my opinion because Fulham themselves,

12:30 they're like a good football inside,

12:32 but I think two a man in terms of like just generally battling,

12:35 I think Arsenal probably have the edge

12:36 over them throughout most positions in the pitch.

12:38 Not least of all when they're playing at home in front of their own fans.

12:40 Whereas as City were struggling today,

12:42 it was getting louder and louder and louder in that stadium.

12:45 And I think for some of those players, you know,

12:47 rightly or wrongly, that started to affect the way that they played.

12:50 But I think as players, former players,

12:52 we've all been times which we've played in games when like the the noise

12:56 is so loud that it does feel not overwhelming because you want to manage that.

13:01 You want to be in those moments because it means that it matters.

13:03 But that's a very different game to Fulham going

13:05 to the Emirates because if they were playing well,

13:07 the noise would never be that great anyway.

13:09 But credit to Arsenal as obviously they were brilliant.

13:11 But City in that second half, with all due respect,

13:14 for about 20 minutes was an abomination.

13:16 Here we go then.

13:17 Let's remind you of the title run in and as I mentioned,

13:20 Arsenal win their remaining three matches,

13:22 it doesn't matter what Manchester City do

13:25 because Arteta's side will [music] be crowned champions.

13:29 At West Ham, home against Burnley,

13:31 final day of the season, away against Crystal Palace.

13:34 City have got Brentford, they've got Palace,

13:36 they've got Bournemouth, and they've got [music] Aston Villa.

13:43 Needham.

13:46 Hello.

13:49 [laughter] Guess the question, Needham.

13:51 Give me Give me some uh Give me some uh percentages, mate.

13:56 A percentage chance of City winning the Premier League title right now.

14:01 Uh obviously, let's let's be a prisoner of the moment and say

14:04 that Arsenal looked exceptional in that first half the other day.

14:07 And after City's result today, the vibes will be high.

14:10 You know, I do fancy them to win their last three games,

14:12 especially given the fact, you know, it's against West Ham.

14:15 Uh it's against Burnley.

14:16 And that's Burnley at home as well.

14:18 And then that last game against Crystal Palace,

14:19 there's a very good chance Crystal Palace

14:21 might be thinking about their Conference League final,

14:23 which will be coming three or four days later.

14:25 So, I do heavily like Arsenal's chances.

14:28 And you know, if that's to be the case that they win all three,

14:29 then you know, they're very deserving of it.

14:31 And I think from a City perspective,

14:32 I think they obviously can win the games that they have left,

14:34 especially because three of the four games are at home.

14:38 But it's weird that they've got more of like a fixture pileup coming up.

14:41 And some of those games are against higher-ranked sides

14:44 than we see from the Arsenal side of things.

14:45 So, City's chances right now,

14:48 probably going to put it not zero, but I'll say 10%.

14:52 10%.

14:52 90% then for Arsenal to win the Higher Higher or lower?

15:00 Uh I think I think what I seen over the weekend, right?

15:04 Because you know what the key thing is with Arsenal,

15:06 it's always they give us mixed feelings as City,

15:08 you know, like I felt like City,

15:10 you you guys are ready, now you're going to do it.

15:12 And then I look at this game and I look at the Arsenal game, I'm going like,

15:16 if Arsenal plays like the way I saw them play this weekend, they win it.

15:22 And so percentage wise, yeah, I mean,

15:25 I think they're still close, you know what I'm saying?

15:27 But they of course they're leading now, what is it?

15:29 Even if I give them 5% more, it's because Arsenal is now in the running.

15:35 85-15?

15:34 that's up front?

15:37 Yeah, you know, like you you you got to give it to them.

15:39 If you're running it, you got to give it to them.

15:43 I'm with you then.

15:46 90-10?

15:46 Well, there's two things here.

15:48 There's no question.

15:52 Arsenal are going to win two of these three games.

15:56 Okay.

15:56 Do we Are we How sure are we that City are going to win the rest of their games?

15:59 We're really not.

16:01 Yeah.

16:00 So, I'm 90-10.

16:01 I'm with you then.

16:03 I'm going to go 80-20.

16:07 Okay.

16:07 And that a couple of things.

16:08 I think that that last game away to Crystal Palace is

16:12 is maybe a little bit more difficult than it is on paper.

16:15 I also think that game against West Ham to come next

16:20 weekend will be will be a bigger test than maybe it shows.

16:25 West Ham haven't lost at home since January.

16:28 Now, let's for argument's sake see Arsenal in this Champions League tie to come,

16:35 it will be a difficult encounter against Atleti Atletico Madrid.

16:39 Every chance that goes to to extra time all of a sudden

16:43 that that West Ham game becomes a whole

16:45 lot more difficult given those two things.

16:49 Arsenal beat West Ham um at at at West Ham if you don't to 99-1.

16:55 It It's that big a swing on that one game.

16:58 To Stevie's point, do you see City winning out though?

17:03 I As we'll keep saying it's easy to chase than than than than it is to lead.

17:10 And now all of a sudden City find themselves again chasing.

17:14 I think there's there's every chance that they win it.

17:16 Every single chance.

17:18 But for Arsenal's performance against Fulham, again,

17:20 we we You didn't see this coming.

17:23 You didn't see the the Fulham performance or result coming.

17:25 That just came out of the blue.

17:27 So, now you're asking yourself quite quite similarly about City,

17:31 about this result, and this performance.

17:34 Um there's there's no question this is Arsenal's title to lose.

17:38 And looking at it from an Arsenal perspective,

17:40 I just think that this West Ham game is bigger,

17:44 more difficult than maybe the table would suggest.

17:47 I don't think anyone really thought we'd

17:48 be sat here today having this discussion,

17:50 but that's exactly how it has played out,

17:51 and it will continue for Nadem on extra time,

17:54 which always you can check out over on our [laughter]

17:58 Have you been sending questions in?

18:00 Tam right.

18:02 Another dreadful dreadful performance from Chelsea.

18:05 Forest almost guaranteed safety then [music] with that 3-1 victory.

18:10 Take a look at Chelsea's run of late, of course Recinia out,

18:13 but they've lost six on the trot in the Premier League.

18:17 Embarrassing stuff for your club, Mario.

18:20 How How does today make you feel?

18:22 Because you looked at that team sheet at the start you thought, "Right,

18:25 here's a chance for Chelsea to go out there and give them fans

18:28 the fans something to smile about." And they

18:30 were dreadful against this Forest B team.

18:35 You know You know when teams come to the bridge,

18:37 they they They know what's going to happen.

18:40 What Do you know you you you have a talented team,

18:42 and they try to open you up and stuff like that.

18:44 But when you face a team like Nottingham Forest, they made so many changes,

18:47 but one thing they didn't they didn't change, the the philosophy of like,

18:51 "Listen, guys, we're going to sit deep,

18:53 and we're going to wait till we get closer to the goal and try to, you know,

18:57 out-muscle you whatever happens." If you look

18:59 at Hazus you understand up front and Awoniyi,

19:02 Awoniyi It's just Sometimes when you look at the back,

19:06 even when you saw some of the goals we scored,

19:08 especially the first goal, you know, the header, bad defending.

19:11 The second one, do we call it the penalty kick?

19:14 The only chance that they had was the the one that you highlighted,

19:17 the one that the we had strikes on the post by Van [music] Aanholt.

19:20 But away from just the way they played, you understand?

19:23 It was like there was no not a lot happening.

19:26 I know that Palmer plays out of position and people

19:28 say like oh he [music] but that's where he started.

19:30 That was the position that he had prior to what we saw him,

19:34 you know, having all his glory in this team.

19:36 But that was on the on that side.

19:37 [music] It was it was new for him.

19:39 It felt like it was something that they they put him there [music]

19:42 but I'm not sure if he felt as free as he normally felt feels.

19:46 So that's why when I watched Chelsea,

19:47 I I felt like I was always watching a game of a team

19:51 that had no answer to a team that knew what their their setup was

19:56 in the sale like we going to battle with you and we going to make

19:58 it a physical game instead of the game that you guys want to play.

20:02 And we going to make it a physical game

20:03 and we going to show you that we going to be,

20:05 you know, like we going to be ready for it.

20:07 And I don't think Chelsea was ready.

20:08 They had no answer, you understand?

20:09 They Away from the the young kid that came off was actually

20:13 what the game needed because it was that stale that people were like,

20:17 you know, they probably wanted to go and people left at the end before the end.

20:21 You don't see that that much at the bridge.

20:24 Uh Noni, it's interesting.

20:25 You think back to Rece James' last game.

20:26 Was that Brighton the 3-0?

20:28 I I think it was where they were just horrible throughout that whole tie.

20:32 They weren't much better today at all.

20:34 They were turgid.

20:37 Yeah, they were.

20:38 They were turgid but that Brighton game I think is one that will

20:41 live in the memory for probably a bit longer than this one itself.

20:43 I think today the the start that Forest had like I think again we've all

20:48 had it as players where when things are going well for your club you can

20:50 go 1-0 down and if you're playing at home the crowd will still continue

20:53 to get right behind you but as soon as that goal went in for Forest today,

20:56 the first one, you could hear some of the murmurings and then it goes to two

21:00 and it's a poor decision from Gusto and then

21:02 the the atmosphere just basically leaves the stadium.

21:05 Like losing to a Nottingham Forest a side whose

21:07 focus is the Europa League semi-final coming up in midweek.

21:10 This seems like a crazy thing to say.

21:12 A team that's down near the bottom of the Premier League table.

21:15 And it's just these are these are the toughest times for them.

21:18 Obviously, when it was that Brighton game, the way that Brighton played,

21:21 links with say with senior players not playing for them and so on.

21:24 Well, the manager's not there anymore.

21:25 And obviously, McFarland's in here and he's probably not going

21:28 to be the most dominant of guys cuz he's essentially,

21:30 you know, the 21's manager and I'm sure he's very good at that role itself.

21:34 But, the players themselves need to have a look at what's going

21:36 on at their football club because there's an element of personal pride,

21:39 whether you're playing at the top of the league or bottom of the league,

21:41 when it comes down to losing games of football.

21:43 And six in a row with only one goal scored.

21:45 Like, this is the way we talk about Wolves in the first third

21:48 of the season where we wondered if they'd ever win a game this season.

21:50 But, with the quality that they have, whether we think it's, you know,

21:53 elite quality to what Chelsea should be,

21:55 the fact is it's enough to not be having these results,

21:58 to be having these performances, to be two and three goals down at home

22:02 in games where you're playing essentially to still qualify for Europe.

22:05 Well, today certainly didn't look like that.

22:07 And as these fixtures now arrive,

22:08 I think one of the next games is against Spurs, one of their biggest rivals.

22:11 And I from hearing some talk from Chelsea fans previously,

22:15 the talk was they want to get a chance to relegate Spurs.

22:17 All of a sudden, Spurs might be safe in the league

22:19 based on what they're going to do against Chelsea.

22:21 And what a turn that is.

22:23 And to finish the game,

22:25 Chelsea are now only six points ahead of Nottingham Forest,

22:28 a side who are very much part of a relegation conversation.

22:33 Barring uh a victory in the Europa League,

22:34 who's it for Nottingham Forest whoever wins that it could come for Aston Villa,

22:38 sorry, it could come that they won't

22:40 finish in the Champions League unless that happens.

22:42 They they can't catch uh the team that is sitting obviously

22:45 Chelsea you're talking about.

22:46 Yeah.

22:47 Yeah.

22:47 That that

22:47 Well, they won't.

22:48 So, my question my question,

22:50 which I've gone around the houses to get to, is if you're a top-class manager,

22:54 like obviously Xabi Alonso has been mentioned, do you really want this job?

23:01 Well, until I saw Spurs at the weekend,

23:03 I probably would have given you a different answer,

23:04 but seeing what De Zerbi has managed to do with his Tottenham team,

23:10 the answer has to be yes.

23:12 The problem right now is this team, no question, is lacking direction,

23:17 and they're lacking a real leader on and off the field.

23:20 This team has got no guts.

23:22 It's got no balls, cojones, whatever you want to call it.

23:26 They lack that.

23:27 And you can just watch They They try to play football.

23:30 I'm not saying they're not trying.

23:32 They're trying to pass the ball,

23:33 and they're trying to But where's that extra dynamism?

23:38 Where's that extra energy and desire?

23:40 I mean, you you watch Nottingham Forest, and it's a real simple setup.

23:45 They defend They defend strong, and then they burst with pace.

23:49 But when you watch Nottingham Forest players,

23:52 and Spurs players had it at the weekend,

23:54 whenever they're doing something,

23:56 they are absolutely banging out every single piece of them is doing it.

24:01 This Chelsea side are just trying to play football without a real emotion.

24:06 And And the energy around the crowd, you can hear it.

24:09 So, does Does How much does a manager come in and change that?

24:14 Well, I think the right manager can absolutely do that.

24:17 Right.

24:17 And the reason I'm saying that is because I've just seen De Zerbi doing it.

24:21 Oh my goodness.

24:21 If you saw If you watched Tottenham at the weekend,

24:24 you wouldn't If If If nobody'd ever seen them before,

24:27 and somebody turned around after that game and told a person

24:30 for the first time seeing it that this team could get relegated,

24:33 they would they would think you were off your head.

24:35 So, yes, a manager can make that big a difference.

24:38 But unfortunately, they don't have a manager,

24:40 and between now and the end of the season,

24:42 we're going to see the same gutless performances from this team.

24:45 To that point, Dan, you absolutely, yes, a manager does does make a difference.

24:49 And on on that list,

24:50 there are a couple of a couple of names who I don't think get the job.

24:52 Felipe Luís, I I don't think he gets the job.

24:55 Frank Lampard, I I don't think they'd go back there.

24:57 But to your point, if you're Xavi Alonso, I'm not sure you want this job.

25:03 Given Given You don't have Champions League football.

25:05 But well, not only that.

25:07 Listen, managers would maybe would embrace an opportunity

25:10 to to to to kind of build this club back up to to where certainly Chelsea fans

25:16 believe they should be where we've seen them.

25:18 But given the dysfunction within this club,

25:22 particularly in leadership, the changing of managers,

25:26 the signing of players to 9-year contracts,

25:29 the everything that comes along with it,

25:32 given me I I still think that Xavi Alonso's reputation is solidly

25:37 in contact in in in in in in in place despite Real Madrid.

25:43 Um despite that uncertainty and and everything that came with it.

25:47 You go into Chelsea, or Xavi Alonso goes into Chelsea,

25:52 is met head-on with this dysfunction, and goes the way of Enzo Maresca.

25:56 I think his his reputation takes a really huge hit.

26:00 As we sit right now,

26:01 I think Xavi Alonso is still first on any number of club lists,

26:06 very well-run clubs who have money to spend,

26:09 and will will will back him with with all question.

26:12 Um I'm not sure you can say that about Chelsea.

26:15 Mario, with your Chelsea hat on, who would you appoint?

26:21 Look Look, okay.

26:22 The way Chelsea wants to play the game, Alonso would be the perfect fit, right?

26:25 Because the way they want to play they want to play the beautiful game.

26:28 They want to be, you know,

26:29 like the way they they see themselves playing and with all

26:32 the individuals that they brought to the club are all very talented.

26:36 But they are very talented, but you ask yourself,

26:39 um you need you need an experienced head.

26:42 Someone that really turns up and says like, "When things go wrong, right?

26:46 You I don't want a guy that that that that whispers in the other one's ear,

26:50 and the other one whispers in the other

26:51 one's ear and telling "Oh, he should do this.

26:53 You shouldn't No, you need one guy in a team that clearly just stands up

26:57 and just tells you right in your face." And I don't know if they have that.

27:00 You know, the guy that just calls you out

27:02 and tells you just straight up like I give an example,

27:05 the time I was at Chelsea, it was like that.

27:08 You know, it's like one point to finger in the dressing room.

27:11 He's the leader.

27:11 He just tells you like, "Hey, listen.

27:13 If you don't step up, you going to you're not going to win the game or you're

27:15 not going to score or what are you thinking you're doing?" You know,

27:19 so everybody was pumped up and sometimes you

27:21 get angry because sometimes someone calls you out,

27:23 you get that passion, you get that anger,

27:25 but it doesn't matter because that anger and that passion

27:27 is probably what you're going to carry on onto the field.

27:30 And I feel like that's missing.

27:31 So, whoever takes the job that's going to take control of this club, one,

27:36 they have to have a good conversation with the people

27:38 that is up there what they really want.

27:40 And if this manager is capable of listening

27:43 to them because they clearly have their own strategy,

27:45 but they now have to make sure if you want

27:47 to make this cup bigger than what it is already,

27:50 you got to understand that you're going to bring a man that has

27:53 his philosophy and you have to make sure that it fits in your philosophy.

27:57 But if it's just only your philosophy, it's not going to work.

28:00 The club cannot think like that.

28:01 They need to go two ways.

28:03 Uh meanwhile, fair play to Forest.

28:05 Goodness me.

28:06 Four managers down and it looks like they will be safe.

28:09 Mathematically, of course, they can still be caught,

28:11 but they look in a great position.

28:13 And especially, Natham,

28:14 when everyone looked at that team sheet, they thought, "Oh,

28:17 they're throwing the game cuz they're worried about the Europa League." Well,

28:20 that shut everyone up.

28:23 [laughter] Yeah, and those people are I'm talking about mostly you, I'd imagine.

28:27 But um yeah, fair play to them.

28:29 I think the form that they're in I think it's

28:30 been a long time since they lost a game domestically.

28:32 And this is off the back of them winning,

28:34 you know, by quite a few goals away at Sunderland,

28:37 a side who earlier in the season had one

28:38 of the best home records in the whole division.

28:40 So, fair play to them.

28:41 And obviously, the model for staying up in the Premier League is

28:44 to go go the Europa League and have four managers every season.

28:47 That is the key.

28:48 And if you're not doing that, are you really trying?

28:51 But yeah, like I say,

28:51 the changes that they made and even the result midweek against Aston Villa,

28:54 I was impressed by that.

28:56 And they know that they are in form.

28:57 They're a tough side to play against.

28:59 I think Stevie was saying as well,

29:00 like they knew what they needed to do as a collective and they do it.

29:04 And even the manager himself, he said, "We made changes today,

29:06 but the spirit will will remain the same." And that's exactly what it is.

29:09 Those players, they have the belief,

29:11 they have the quality at this moment in time.

29:13 And you know, right now you could say they're as good as anyone in the division,

29:15 so more power to them.

29:17 Uh if you want more on this game,

29:18 I invite you to my garden as I was joined by Don to reflect at full-time

29:26 [laughter]

29:25 of Forest's victory against Chelsea.

29:30 Uh Chelsea, of course, involved in the FA Cup final against Manchester City.

29:33 There's a game you can see live on ESPN 2 and ESPN Plus.

29:37 Our coverage starts at 9:00 a.m.

29:39 Eastern.

29:40 And Champions League action returns, of course, on Tuesday.

29:45 Everybody, everybody has got Arsenal going through to the final, of course.

29:50 1-1 it was in the Spanish capital and [music]

29:53 pretty much I don't know what else to say.

29:55 I was going to go to someone who's got something different to say,

29:57 but nobody really has.

29:59 Um

29:59 You're different.

30:00 You said something different from everybody else.

30:01 Uh yeah, I said

30:02 Have a chat with yourself, Don.

30:03 Well done.

30:04 You and Jürgen Klinsmann we're often said in the same sentence.

30:09 [laughter]

30:09 Like extra time and penalties.

30:10 I think with that sort of game when you need him.

30:12 We have He's Frank when you need him.

30:14 [laughter]

30:15 That's also something that we don't say very often, either.

30:17 Um are we expecting something similar to what we saw in the first leg, Mario?

30:25 Yeah, I mean, look, this you you know what the key thing

30:27 is is going to be now you the way I saw Arsenal,

30:30 right, this weekend,

30:32 I expect the team you they might not go as hard as what had it went,

30:36 but I still think they want to make sure that they they ain't control

30:40 because Atlético is a team that it it's a team that never gives up.

30:44 So, you want to make sure that they don't come to your stadium and surprise you.

30:48 Because the way he sets them out is

30:50 like I I played against I played against him.

30:53 And playing against him when I was like a young boy,

30:56 he was ruthless and and dirty.

30:59 So, I feel like if Arsenal doesn't take

31:02 control and leads the game from the get-go,

31:04 they don't have to worry about that.

31:06 But if not, it becomes a game that now they have to worry about oh,

31:10 they're going down too early or they're trying to get us a free kick

31:13 or they're trying to kick us or they're All those little teeny teeny things,

31:17 if they want to get stay away from that, they got to make

31:19 sure they take charge from the get-go all the way to the end.

31:24 Neymar

31:26 Yeah, I think for me I'm going Arsenal just because in that first leg,

31:29 I thought Arsenal were good in the first half,

31:31 but in the second half they really suffered against Atleti.

31:33 But the fact that Atleti couldn't continue to break through and then,

31:37 you know, Arsenal obviously had the penalty claim and so on.

31:39 I thought that was Atleti's best chance.

31:41 You know, if they would have been taking a lead to Arsenal,

31:43 then it's a different type of game.

31:44 Maybe could go back to a classic old school like Atleti dark arts type game.

31:49 But Arsenal at home playing in their conditions,

31:51 playing with the belief that they have,

31:52 with the win that they've had at the weekend,

31:53 the the happiness that's probably come from seeing Man City drop points today,

31:57 I think the atmosphere in there is going to be absolutely

31:59 electric and I personally don't think Atleti is set up for that.

32:02 Obviously Simeone's made changes again in the league

32:04 at the weekend and this is their focus.

32:07 But I think the style that say Atleti have isn't going to be

32:10 enough to sort of win this game on the road away Arsenal.

32:12 So, you know, I'm going for Arsenal making it to the second final.

32:16 Uh meanwhile, Coventry had their celebrations today,

32:19 of course, winning the championship.

32:20 [music] They will be in the Premier League next season.

32:25 Never Liverpool play Coventry a lot, Steve.

32:26 And then of course they were back in the day, first division, weren't they?

32:30 What?

32:31 Yeah.

32:31 Yeah, man.

32:31 There we go.

32:33 What?

32:32 That's it.

32:33 What do you want me to say?

32:34 Well, I remember Welcome in to the latest edition of extra time.

32:41 We've received a letter.

32:42 We'll get to that a little bit later [music] on.

32:44 But let's start off with "See Dan,

32:46 there are no layups." This was when I was suggesting yesterday [music]

32:50 that Arsenal had a rather lovely running with Crystal Palace and Burnley.

32:54 And uh they're obviously suggesting that I

32:57 said Everton as well, which I did not.

32:59 I did not say it was going to be a layup.

33:03 You didn't.

33:03 I'll tell you what you didn't say.

33:04 You didn't go "Oh, that's a tricky fixture for City." Oh,

33:07 I wonder what happened when we previewed it yesterday and I said

33:10 "Does anybody think City are going to drop points?" And nobody said yes,

33:13 I think that they will.

33:15 What's that got to do with saying something's a layup?

33:18 But I never said it was a layup.

33:19 why would anybody say Everton's going to beat them or draw with them?

33:24 Well, cuz you said same way in this In the same way, hold on.

33:27 In the same way In the same way we're going to say, well,

33:31 nobody's going to say that Arsenal's going

33:33 to lose to West Ham or Burnley or Palace.

33:35 They're not.

33:36 Right.

33:37 But that doesn't Well, that doesn't mean they're layup.

33:39 Right.

33:39 Thank you.

33:40 Okay.

33:40 Premier League still boring.

33:43 What do you think?

33:44 [music] Who said it's been boring?

33:45 Not today.

33:46 Not today?

33:46 Not today.

33:47 No?

33:48 Shaka?

33:48 No, I I I don't know where that come from.

33:49 I just And [music] Rajang just seems to be firing.

33:52 No, I think they've seen a lot of boring games within the Premier League.

33:55 I think that's a fair statement, isn't it?

33:58 Not today.

33:58 Yes, not today.

33:59 Oh goodness me.

34:00 Right, Mario, do you want to add anything, please?

34:04 No, because come on, guys.

34:06 We are being excited.

34:07 Look, two teams are fighting to win the title.

34:09 The other ones are fighting to get in Europe.

34:11 And then we got the relegation.

34:12 We got three spot No, man, come on.

34:14 That person is not watching football the way he should.

34:17 Oh, right.

34:19 Shaka, would you have been able to run up

34:20 and down the pitch four times like Donnarumma did today?

34:23 He went up for two corners, didn't he?

34:24 That wasn't doing enough.

34:27 No?

34:26 No.

34:26 After the first one, I'd say [laughter] I'm giving you one.

34:30 One?

34:30 That's it.

34:31 Hey.

34:32 Mario, does Chelsea's performance this season highlight

34:35 the irrelevance of the Club World Cup?

34:41 Oh, man.

34:42 Yeah, I mean, I look, when I saw that Club World Cup, I was excited.

34:46 You understand?

34:46 Because I thought like, "Ooh, this is something special going to happen."

34:49 But what they've been showing me lately,

34:52 I'm I'm not as happy as I was at the beginning of the season.

34:55 [music] And also, the big change, of course, guys, you know, Marlos Moreno left.

35:00 They changed.

35:02 Limousine took over.

35:03 They didn't give him the time if it was good or bad.

35:06 It was still [music] too quick and everything, man.

35:09 They got to slow down there because I'm

35:11 worried if they keep on dismantling this team,

35:14 it's going to it's not going to get

35:15 better because people are start disappointing everybody then.

35:20 Nathan, were any of the panel relegated with numerous games to spare,

35:23 and if so, what was the atmosphere around the team and dressing room like?

35:28 Oh, it's funny that you said Nathan.

35:30 Um, but yeah, [clears throat] sure, that's definitely happened to me before.

35:33 Um, and one thing I think the lowest points that I had was maybe like 24.

35:38 But for most of the season, like you feel like you're in the mix,

35:40 and all of a sudden, it's like, "Oh, we're going to win this game.

35:42 We're going to win this game." You don't win

35:44 the games because you don't win games, full stop.

35:47 But I think it was the second relegation I had.

35:49 Um, we were playing against Reading.

35:52 Against Reading at the Madejski, and it was on Sky for some reason.

35:56 It was on TV.

35:57 Don't know why it was on TV,

35:58 but both teams needed a win to continue their chance of survival.

36:04 And the game finished nil-nil, and we both went down on the same day.

36:08 So, in terms of like of vibes,

36:10 a nil-nil draw in a game where you needed to win to sort of prolong it.

36:13 Yeah, and then for the last three-four weeks,

36:15 all it was was talk about you're going to show your pride because

36:18 you need to show to the fans you're going to turn up every week.

36:20 You know, they deserve uh the effort,

36:22 and we need to start making plans for next season.

36:25 So, it was a weird position to be in.

36:27 But, ultimately, you know, you're still a professional,

36:29 so you have to do your job.

36:31 Mario, have you been in that situation?

36:35 Yeah, we we were relegated, I think, ooh,

36:38 [music] how many games we had to play left,

36:39 but it was 80% You know, look, when that happens, man, I'm telling you that

36:44 [music] it's not even the games that you still have to play.

36:45 You know what's the the hardest part?

36:48 You know you go on holiday, but you on holiday,

36:50 but you only think about what happened.

36:52 Because [music] it's not it's not that like people

36:55 sometimes think like it's it's the easiest way, right?

36:57 When you relegate, oh, he forgets about it.

36:59 They don't even know, man.

37:01 You As [music] an individual, you really suffer.

37:03 Those are one of the lowest moments in your career.

37:06 So, relegation, Ooh.

37:08 I don't wish it for no one.

37:11 You relegated with Notts County.

37:12 I mine was a really strange situation because it

37:15 because they were pretty much doomed very, very early on.

37:20 I joined them in in January.

37:23 Right.

37:23 And it wasn't official, but it was pretty much a kind of Wolves situation.

37:30 And the reason I'm saying it was a strange one because Howard Kendall,

37:33 who took the job a couple of months before I got there,

37:38 what he did was he got rid of all the all the moaners,

37:43 all the wingers, all the cancers,

37:45 everybody who just who was just walking in every

37:49 day and and just trying to be horrible.

37:53 Right.

37:52 He stopped them all on on the on the way dressing Mhm.

37:56 and everybody who he thought was trying to do something.

38:00 And obviously a lot of guys were looking to get

38:03 a contract or to to stay with the team.

38:07 Right.

38:07 And he got them all in the first team dressing room.

38:09 So, basically, what he did was we separated all

38:11 the pests and had nothing to do with them.

38:14 They came in for training, but they were away over the other side,

38:18 and kept out the road and told to just [music] keep away.

38:21 And so, there was a decent atmosphere.

38:25 I mean, when you're getting relegated and you know you're getting relegated,

38:28 there is there's obviously going to be a little bit of sadness around.

38:31 Right.

38:32 But, we kind of negated it.

38:34 There wasn't that toxicity that maybe there was Not in the one dressing room.

38:38 However, the other dressing room, oh my [laughter] Oh, you can hear them.

38:44 You can hear them moaning through the walls.

38:47 Chucky, you never relegated, no?

38:49 Nah.

38:49 No?

38:49 There you are.

38:50 Me neither.

38:51 Good.

38:51 Right.

38:53 Final thing.

38:54 Now, we received a letter.

38:55 We received a Well, we've got one more go.

38:57 Okay, sorry.

38:57 I was going to do the letter.

38:59 Okay.

38:59 Two false starts you've had.

39:01 Well, if Marc Guehi and Arsenal end up

39:03 winning the Premier League, how would you cope?

39:06 If you're Marc Guehi, how would you feel, Mario?

39:08 You talked about obviously relegation playing on your mind.

39:14 If Did you ask me that?

39:16 Because I couldn't hear you.

39:18 Yes.

39:18 Yeah, if you're Marc Guehi,

39:19 how do you get over making that mistake today if Arsenal win the league?

39:26 Look, you know, if Arsenal win the One

39:28 of the key things for him, you understand,

39:29 because coming in like I think we prior to the show

39:32 we said that he changed a lot of things for City.

39:35 So, it will be sad for him then to be seen as the guy

39:38 that that stopped them from winning it because he he stopped so much.

39:43 Even in the game, if you saw the tackle that he made,

39:45 you understand, you know, one of the Everton players that broke through.

39:48 He went to go and help still if I made a tackle and if not,

39:51 it was a clear goal chance.

39:53 So, for that, I mean, look,

39:55 football is a game of about mistakes and I don't think he

39:58 has made enough mistakes for me to highlight him and say like, "Hey, [music]

40:02 because of him they didn't win it." Because

40:05 they still they still have a running to do.

40:08 [music] And now we have to make sure that Arsenal win

40:10 all the games and then we can say something like,

40:13 "Okay, they they dropped it earlier." Because I don't think

40:16 this was the only game they they could have won.

40:19 But no, I will not give it to him now.

40:22 My Magui, I like him as a player.

40:24 [music] I would not do that to him.

40:25 And Nathan as a player, would you carry these things with you?

40:31 I think he'll be thinking about it tonight,

40:32 but then in fairness he's like halfway towards some level

40:35 of redemption because City didn't end up losing a game.

40:37 So he's probably going to give Jeremy Doku a pat on the back

40:39 and say thank you for giving us a little bit of hope at least.

40:42 But I think between now and the season he's he's

40:44 going to probably play in the last four league games [music]

40:46 and maybe play in the Champions sorry in an FA Cup final.

40:49 So if he gets a chance to lift silverware again,

40:52 you know, after winning it with Crystal Palace last season, then yes,

40:55 he'll be disappointed that say City haven't won the league,

40:57 but he knows it's never really down to any particular moment.

41:00 You know, he's an experienced player and when the season's done,

41:02 if Arsenal win it, credit to them,

41:04 but he'll also probably be down in a tracksuit to go

41:06 across to the United States to try and win a World Cup.

41:08 So I get the feeling he will be just fine.

41:11 Uh you had that big miss obviously which cost Scotland

41:13 a place in the knockout stage of the World Cup.

41:16 Do you still carry that with you, Stevie?

41:19 Well, you don't forget it.

41:20 And he won't forget this.

41:21 People keep reminding you.

41:22 But at the same time,

41:25 it's not going to take him long because had this been the last day

41:28 of the season and they lost 1-0 and he did that, that's a different ball game.

41:34 Mhm.

41:34 But the one thing that will that that he will carry is the next time

41:38 or every time between now and the end

41:40 of his career when he's that same situation, I bet he doesn't do it again.

41:45 Right.

41:44 Because your your brain kicks in straight away and everything

41:47 happens so quickly and he'll remember it and he'll

41:50 make sure he does everything correctly between now and the end

41:53 of the end of his career, I'll bet you.

41:55 Goalkeepers live with this.

41:56 You live with it every week.

41:57 Yes, Dan.

41:58 Yes, I did.

41:59 But he's not a goalkeeper, Dan.

42:01 No, he's [laughter] not.

42:04 I I'm receiving that.

42:05 I I think I think this bothers him.

42:06 I I think he carries until the point and I'm just now I there's

42:10 is Cup final to come and I work up until City win a title.

42:15 Yeah.

42:14 With Grealish in it, I I think it's on the back of his mind.

42:18 Yeah.

42:18 Right, last thing.

42:19 We've received a letter.

42:21 Dear ESPN FC, my name is Chris Takeuchi, and I'm from San Diego, California.

42:26 And I've been a long time fan of the show,

42:27 and used to participate in Extra Time.

42:30 I'm getting married on April the 3rd,

42:32 and I was wondering if it'd be possible to have

42:34 some of the pundits and hosts to sign something.

42:36 I don't know how many autographs request Dan Thomas gets,

42:39 but I hope he has the time.

42:42 Uh he also mentions that we're welcome to come along to the wedding.

42:45 Unfortunately, the wedding was April the 3rd,

42:48 but we will definitely sign that for you.

42:50 And it got us thinking, out of everyone,

42:51 who would be the best guest [music] at a wedding?

42:55 Mario's got to be up there.

42:57 Uh Mario would be great for I vote for Stevie.

42:58 I vote for Stevie Nicol.

43:00 I vote for Stevie Nicol.

43:01 If it's a it's a free bar.

43:03 Yes.

43:03 Yes.

43:05 Yeah, I think me and you should be.

43:07 [laughter] If it's a free bar, send me.

43:08 Who's who's bad at lots?

43:10 I think you I think you'll you'll be entertaining.

43:11 Unless it's not I mean, the ambassador.

43:14 No.

43:14 You think Shaka?

43:15 Shaka's an ambassador.

43:16 Well, why are you declining the wedding?

43:18 Yes.

43:18 Shaka's an ambassador.

43:19 No, I'm not.

43:19 I'm not.

43:20 I'm not the wedding [music] type.

43:22 Why?

43:22 You're Look, Nadem definitely not the wedding type.

43:25 [laughter] Nadem doesn't carry that sort of vibe.

43:31 I I can't see Nadem doing a conga line with with the bridesmaid.

43:34 The power rankings of life of the life of the party,

43:36 Nadem's with Nadem, and Nadem's with ROBBO AND GABBY.

43:40 [laughter] OH BOY.

43:44 IT'S DEFINITELY IT'S A CRAZY

43:46 It's definitely have Mario, I think definitely at the top.

43:50 Frank.

43:51 Frank is Oh, Frank.

43:52 Frank.

43:52 We've got a good wedding list.

43:54 It'll be all pretty good, won't it?

43:55 Cain and Abel would be good value as well.

43:58 Yeah.

43:58 I I think we are.

44:00 Okay.

44:00 The duration Then you CAN SAY TO [laughter]

44:07 FOR ME TO GO THERE, FOR ME TO GO THERE,

44:09 I GOT TO tell you, if the kitchen ain't rocking, I'm not coming.

44:13 They better rock that kitchen because if not [laughter] They better.

44:19 You know Luke Shaw, whatever happens, I got to eat something.

44:22 Yes, yeah it's Steve.

44:24 I got to eat something.

44:25 I got to turn up my thinking, you know, something.

44:29 [laughter] Well, congratulations on your wedding.

44:33 We'll sign Congratulations.

44:35 Um and we'll be sending along Burley TO THE DIVORCE.

44:43 OH, YOU'RE SO BAD.

44:44 YOU'RE SO BAD.

44:45 NO.

44:46 Good luck, big man.

44:47 Go and enjoy it and your princess.

44:49 Good luck with his marriage and lots of all that.

44:51 Lovely, well done.

44:52 Congratulations.

44:53 Great stuff mate, tomorrow.

44:57 [laughter] SPEAKING OF DIVORCE.

44:59 SPEAKING OF MISERY.

45:01 Be sure to join us.

45:07 [music]