Pitch to Post Review: Was Aouar meant to replace Ozil? Plus: The Spurs-Arsenal gulf, fans return, West Ham focus & Sheff Utd woes

The Sky Sports Football Podcast

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4 • 718 Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2020

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Arsenal's derby defeat means they sit 11 points behind Tottenham with just over a quarter of the season gone. Has the gulf in north London ever been this large? Jasper Taylor is joined by Dharmesh Sheth and Gerard Brand to discuss Spurs' continued fine form (03:35), as well as assessing Arsenal's lack of creativity as we ask: was Mikel Arteta expecting the Gunners to sign Houssem Aouar in the summer? And did he oust Mesut Ozil too early? (14:21) Sky Sports' digital journalist Oliver Yew also joins the show to give his first-hand experience of fans returning to stadiums (22:09), and Kaveh Solhekol is on the Regional Review to talk all things West Ham (34:07). And in part four, we discuss Sheffield United's woes as they prop up the table following the worst-ever start by any club to a Premier League campaign (46:08).

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Sky Sports Football Podcast brought to you by Bet365,
0:04.6	where every nail-biting nil-nil, every bizarre VAR, every foregone conclusion,
0:09.9	bad pass, slam dunk, tap-in, false start, dead heat,
0:14.1	and absolutely expected defeat is amazing.
0:17.7	From football to tennis and ice hockey to motorsport,
0:20.8	whatever the moment,
0:22.0	it's never ordinary at Bet365. Hello and welcome to the pitchitch to Post review show.
0:38.6	Now, just last week, we inferred that the traditional top six was no longer.
0:44.0	One week on, Tottenham, Liverpool, Chelsea, Leicester, Man United and Man City occupy the top six spots.
0:50.4	All rather familiar, isn't it?
0:51.7	Although that doesn't tell the full story.
0:53.9	Incredibly, just seven points separates the whole top half.
0:59.2	But Arsenal can only dream of being in that top half at the moment.
1:02.6	They slump to a North London Derby defeat at Leaders Tottenham.
1:05.7	That's our topic in part one.
1:07.7	And rejoice, rejoice.
1:08.9	The heart and soul of football is back as we welcome fans to
1:12.2	Premier League grounds for the first time since March. We'll discuss that in part two. In our
1:17.7	regional review, we welcome Cavei Solicol to chat all things West Ham, who sit just four points
1:23.1	off top four, but perhaps miss an opportunity this weekend. And in Section 4, we look at the foot of the table and Sheffield United, who have just
1:31.4	one point from 11 games, the worst ever start to a Premier League season.
1:37.2	So, so much to get through.
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