Will Liverpool & Man City's Champions League results impact the title race? | The relegation battle continues | Fulham, Bournemouth assessed
The Sky Sports Football Podcast
Sky Sports
4 • 718 Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2022
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
PART ONE | The panel reflect on differing Champions League fortunes for Liverpool and Manchester City in midweek. Liverpool overcame a bit of a scare to power past Villarreal, while Real Madrid produced an epic comeback to knock out Pep Guardiola’s side. Will those results have any impact on the Premier League title race as Jurgen Klopp’s side prepare to face Tottenham and City hist Newcastle?
PART TWO | Burnley’s turnaround, Cristiano Ronaldo’s incredible goal scoring form, Everton’s poor away record, Arsenal’s chase for the Champions League and Leeds’ relegation concerns are also up for discussion as continue to look ahead at the weekend’s action in the top-flight.
PART THREE | Finally, the guys by Dan Long to look at what Fulham and Bournemouth can bring to the Premier League after winning promotion back to the top-flight. With the final day of the regular Championship season this weekend, who will join Nottingham Forest and Huddersfield in the play-offs and who will eventually seal promotion at Wembley?
All that, and much, much more!
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| 0:42.9 | Hello football fans, I'm Ron Walker and welcome to the Essential Football podcast. Well, it's happened again. Liverpool are into a third Champions League final in five years, while Manchester |
| 0:47.3 | City threw it all away at the Burnabow last night, meaning it's Real Madrid with more |
| 0:51.5 | comebacks than Rocky Balboa, who will face them in Paris later this month. |
| 0:55.5 | It was a bonkers night on Wednesday with panic and drama more than playing their part. |
| 0:58.9 | But enough about the Sky Sports Digital Football Desk, let's get down to the essence of what it all means and look ahead to the weekend's action |
| 1:04.5 | and what knock-on effect the midweek exploits might have on the title race. |
| 1:08.7 | To do that, I'm joined by two gentlemen who would always make sure |
| 1:10.9 | they saw a game out. It's Sky Sports Features writer Nick Wright and Sky Sports News is Northwest |
| 1:15.3 | reporter Ben Ransom. Now, Ben, I've got to start with you. Be honest. Did you see that coming |
| 1:20.0 | last night? Being honest, I was already looking at flights to Paris like most of Manchester, I suspect. |
| 1:25.8 | But no, I mean, look, even Carlo Ancelotti surely could not have seen that coming again. |
| 1:30.4 | But wow, Real Madrid have a certain belief in history, don't they, in that competition? |
| 1:35.1 | And I've got no doubt this morning, Guadiano is going to be left. |
| 1:38.9 | Again, scratching his head. |
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