Derby Day weekend: Who will reign victorious in Manchester and North London? Plus: Graham Potter's league bow and managers under pressure
The Sky Sports Football Podcast
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4 • 718 Ratings
🗓️ 29 September 2022
⏱️ 54 minutes
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PART ONE | Both sides come into Sunday's Manchester derby in fine form - have we seen the best of Man City so far, and how has Erik Ten Hag turned Man Utd's fortunes around so quickly? There's some big claims over Erling Haaland's brilliance already - and that of unlikely hero Lisandro Martinez too.
PART TWO | Who has the upper hand going into Saturday's North London derby? Arsenal's Thomas Partey stats lay bare how important his fitness will be to Mikel Arteta, while Heung-Min Son's sudden resurgence is also on the agenda. Despite only leading them for one game, there's some talking points from the type of Chelsea side we can expect to see - and the tough challenge facing them at Selhurst Park on Saturday.
PART THREE | Some of the question marks hanging over Brendan Rodgers' Leicester future, and Steve Cooper's at Nottingham Forest, are answered ahead of the pair going head-to-head on Monday Night Football. Plus those around Steven Gerrard, whose Aston Villa side face a potential crunch clash at Leeds on Super Sunday.
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| 0:41.3 | Hello football fans, welcome to Essential Football. With the international break firmly behind us and no need to pretend you understand the Nations League for another year, |
| 0:46.3 | it's Derby Day Central as the Premier League returns this weekend. |
| 0:49.3 | We're back with a bang with the North London Derby kicking off the weekend at the Emirates before Eric Tenhaar gets his first taste of the rivalry across Manchester as Man City host his Man United Side live on Super Sunday. |
| 1:01.9 | I'm Ron Walker and I'm joined by two of Sky Sports's finest football reporters in Pete Smith and Joe Shred to look ahead to those games and the best of the rest of the weekend's action. |
| 1:11.8 | So let's start at the Etihad, where Man City may have the chance to top the table on Sunday |
| 1:16.2 | and United arrive in confident form on the back of four wins in a row. |
| 1:20.6 | Let's start a bit more generally because the last few weeks have been a bit strange with all of the postponements. |
| 1:27.0 | The last round of games were on September the 18th, but there's some teams coming into |
| 1:32.0 | this weekend who have barely played any football for a month. |
| 1:35.4 | Does form go out of the window a little bit in these kind of situations, Pete? |
| 1:38.4 | It's a really strange situation, isn't it? |
| 1:39.8 | I mean, preparing for this podcast, I'm thinking, when did I last see many nights is playing? |
| 1:45.0 | Who plays for them again? |
| 1:45.9 | They had that Europa League game, but they've won over Arsenal |
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