Has the Premier League table finally found its shape? Is there a chance La Liga or Serie A might see a new winner? And has our understanding of how we dissect teams finally shed the weight of where they are in the league table?
Part 1
With only five minutes to go before kick off between Manchester United and West Brom, Sky Sports were still debating over an innocuous handball decision in the first half of the Tottenham and Manchester City match. Because the game at Old Trafford was on BT, they simply refused to acknowledge its existence.
Hello and welcome to the Total Football podcast, I am your host Declan Harte. Joining me is Andrew Conway
Andrew, while I get why they do this, is it not still just a bit weird?
Part 2
Liverpool took a commanding 3-0 win against Leicester City. Rumours of their demise were greatly exaggerated. The champions put out a strong enough starting XI and the result never looked in doubt.
Tottenham went top with a 2-0 win over Man City. That match looked very familiar though…
Chelsea have now won 5 on the bounce and only conceded once in that time. Are we sleeping on them a little?
Atletico Madrid won 1-0 over Barcelona with the helping hand of Andre Ter Stegen going walkabout. Is this Atletico’s year? They’re second behind Real Sociedad but have two games in hand
AC Milan won their battle of first v third in Serie A to stay at the top of the table. Juve are four points behind in fourth, is this the year of a new Scudetto winner?
Part 3
Manchester United are 10th, Arsenal are 11th and Manchester City are 13th. Yet, when looking at the top of the table with Tottenham, Liverpool and Chelsea sitting aloft the first three places, maybe this wild and weird Premier League season is now finally starting to take shape. Have we got our three title contenders?
Part 4
The Champions League returns with some marquee fixtures. Are we on the verge of seeing Inter Milan, Real Madrid or PSG’s European ambitions come to an abrupt end this midweek?
The big Premier League game this weekend sees Frank Lampard go against Jose Mourinho once again as first v third battle it out at Stamford Bridge. Who will come on top in this important league game?
Closing
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