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Havertz Fires Arsenal Into Second

ESPN FC

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Sports, Soccer

4.22.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

The FC crew react to Arsenal's 1-0 victory over Ipswich Town and praise Kai Havertz for continuing to score goals despite poor runs of form this season. Plus, the guys argue if Joao Pedro should have been sent off for an attempted elbow and question if Ruben Amorim should be on the hot seat at Manchester United. Julien Laurens also explains why Dani Olmo's registration for Barcelona has been rejected. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:18.8

Hello and welcome into the latest edition of ESPNFC. K. Murray and Stevie Nicol here in the studio and the Christmas games are coming thick and fast in the Premier League.

0:26.6

Today we saw Arsenal be Ipswich Town 1-0 with a goal from Kai Haver. It's his 12th goal of the season.

0:32.6

It sees Arsenal jump into second place in the Premier League table, six points behind Liverpool, having played a game more than Arnold Slotsman.

0:41.3

Let's welcome in Julian Loron and Nadia Manua.

0:43.3

Jules, we'll start with you.

0:45.3

We need you to tell us why that match,

0:47.3

even though it might not have been the most electric of games,

0:50.3

was a very important one for Arsenal.

0:53.3

It's always important to win, especially after the Chelsea result of yesterday and the Nottingham Forest

1:00.0

result, I guess, going over Arsenal in the table before tonight. I don't think, I mean, I think

1:06.0

the performance was quite disappointing to be. Overall, it was just very slow in transmissions. Not many, not much creativity.

1:13.6

I think you felt already the mix of Saka, both for the team in Saka himself, but also for

1:18.6

another guard point of view, from a timber point of view, Martinelli playing on the right-hand

1:22.6

side, not the same bearings that he usually has on the left-hand side. So you could see what Austin were quite laborious in the way they played,

1:30.1

but I guess the most important, especially as such a busy period,

1:33.1

is to win the games.

1:34.7

Nadim, did you keep your eye on it the whole way through?

1:40.7

I didn't, but that was because there was another game on that fell a bit more exciting,

1:44.5

but I actually ended up having fewer goals. But I think Jules is right. The most important thing

1:48.1

is just the fact that they got a win on the board. I think seeing Liverpool turning out

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