Premier League Top 4 race tightens; Fulham having fun | The 2 Robbies Podcast (FULL) | NBC Sports

(2:15) Drama ensues in East London as West Ham see a controversial winner ruled out and are forced to split the points with Aston Villa
(17:53) Rodrigo Muniz’s brace lifts Fulham to a surprise 3-0 win over Tottenham who miss out on an opportunity to tighten the gap to 4th-place
(29:10) Luton Town secure a crucial point in the relegation battle thanks to a late Luke Berry equalizer against Nottingham Forest
(33:40) More pressure begins to creep up on Thomas Frank at Brentford after going down to 10-men early against Burnley and losing 2-1 at Turf Moor
(36:48) A recap of the FA Cup Quarterfinal results
(44:25) A look ahead to the Premier League’s fascinating title race as the season enters its final 10 games

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Premier League Top 4 race tightens; Fulham having fun | The 2 Robbies Podcast (FULL) | NBC Sports
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Hello and welcome to the two Robbies podcast your destination for in-depth discussion and Analysis of the Premier League I’m Robbie Musto he’s Robbie ER and here are today’s topics drama ensues in East London as West Ham see a controversial winner rolled out and are forced to split the points with Aston

Villa Rodrigo mun’s brace lifts pulham to a surprise 3-0 win over Tottenham who miss out on an opportunity to tighten the Gap to Fourth Place Luton Town secure a crucial point in the relegation battle thanks to a late Luke Barry equalizer against notam Forest more pressure begins to creep up on Thomas

Frank at brenford after going down to 10 men early against Burnley and losing 2-1 at Turf more and we’ll look ahead to this fascinating title race with 10 games to go well mostly before we get started on those topics um we can’t wait for the pish Olympics this summer mate

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Australian Center back there’s some good young players out there and me and us when we do the games and of course a scout watch these guys and a lot of top players come from those Olympic Games so we look forward to doing them again uh this July absolutely let’s look back on

This weekend mate um only four games in in the Premier League obviously the FA Cup uh took the the spotlight um we’re going to concentrate on the league we we you know we didn’t see many Chelsea we’ll talk about a little talk a little bit about Chelsea we’ll have maybe

Overview of of um the other teams and a little thought on on the title race so far let’s kick off with with the game today West Ham United versus Aston Ville Aston Ville had seen Spurs lose yesterday had a chance to create a five-point Gap if they beat uh West Ham

I thought this was a classic game of two halfs thought West Ham were the better in the first half Villa were better in the second and I kind of felt a point about right to me for each team I I don’t I think that’s right when

You look at the way the game went if I’m a West Ham United fan I I’m scratching my head Rob because saw a few West Ham fans on social media scratching their head in the same manner I think because I looked at West Ham first half and I’m

Like this this is this is the West that it’s really fun to watch yeah there’s power there’s there’s skillfulness there’s creativity with with patar in the side Bowen in the side Kudos in the side I think Mel Antonio brought a freshness to West Ham United got his

Goal um I look at the Midfield I look at um Vladimir s sual who who’s like a little bit underestimated or underappreciated I think he a good Defender gets a lovely ball in for the first goal and I’m like that’s good that’s West Ham that’s proactive West

Ham that’s front foot West Ham United right I go off and make a cup of tea and I missed the first few minutes of the second half couple of changes well there was changes which I I made a note of but I’m like oh wow this is different oh

Right sit back down again oh okay so Villa all of a sudden from from being hurried and first off aston’s team has weakened right they’ve got they’ve got a pretty big injury list joh M being out as well they their team looks very different you know a couple of starts play yeah Anders

Started on the left John Jan started the top First Premier League start so I’m like West Ham that’s it go after him went after him and and Villa struggled to put three or four passes together and I just expected West Ham to control the game maybe go and try and for for a

Second but the second half Rob I looked at it I’m like oh oh okay Villa made a couple of changes this is different now what what why did it change so much so I mean I was going to ask you so are you are you suggesting or or implying that

Maybe David Moy says okay we’ve got a goal let’s get to our kind of mid block let’s say not though but mid block let them come out as we’ll try and win the ball and hit on counter attack and and and so if that is a case and and there

Was I was following a few West Ham fans who were saying the same we won a lot and we can’t go on we’re not dominating the game in the way we should have that’s right there Rob is the conundrum that David Moyes I think in West Ham Rebecca asked me today after

The End season will will David Moyes be manager come next August I said yeah I think he will yeah I think the quarter finals of the European Cup top seven I said there’s no been drop there’s no drop off in Europe like they’ve gone out early stages there’s no like sitting

15th in the league and struggling this guy is doing enough and and it be it be it be crazy actually to think about sacking him from from my point of view particular the way you see him in the first half yeah but I do get the sense

That still when days like today that they don’t go on and dominate they don’t continue to do what they do I think there’s almost Rob and I wrote this on my line I said there’s a caution about West Ham that that I’m not sure why I think maybe older West Ham wouldn’t have

Been able to to to get players on the ball to keep to go and press it but they’ve got a different group now look at the balance of the group you I looked at the front four today the pretty good such can break forward alare is a good

Player you got two fullbacks who two fouls under eight Emerson’s a good footballer he ain’t bad by the way not bad but is is that is that David Mo’s personality is is is that West Ham as a team the way they feel they can get

Results I don’t know I don’t know I mean they’re at home they’re playing great and it was like I I just love to know what was said at halftime whether it was a bit more of a pessimistic note from the manager let’s let’s play a little bit more because we’re assuming so just

On that just sorry to cut in but it might not be that he says that I might but why would those players drop in like that then it’s like a fear like a fear of let let me give you what I think might be let’s just say let’s just say I

Thought Villa was sloppy I thought the passing I thought the Press was great from West Ham everything was good I think second half they came out the first five or 10 minutes West Ham played through the passing a little bit they play so Villa played through West Ham’s

Press he didn’t go quite as aggressive they got the ball out and they worked a couple times got diori on it quite early what the start of the second half start of the second half I was getting a cup of tea yeah so I just wonder then if if

West Dam go oh okay now we know what to do we we’re going to drop in maybe it just there isn’t that belief in staying with what they’re doing to get the second goal that gives them Comfort it’s a bit more like let’s go back to our

Default mode and listen and that can work they can grind that a one for two but in games like this they didn’t and from nowhere really from Aston Villa I mean they made some changes and Z come on and scored the goal and he’s okay and dibe came on it

Was a funny team selection I thought with the options that that Uno e had but anyway um I just as soon as I sat down like oh this is it and it isn’t it West H once they get into that mindset and that rhythm of behind the ball and being

Cautious and safe then not not much really changes and if they don’t punish on a Counterattack then they’re trying to grind it for one n and it didn’t didn’t work out but there was a couple of kind of quite controversial inst in the game that West Ham might feel first

Of all there was the B goal that went in through Michel Antonio having got one it clearly hit his arm we we we saw that at first we I wasn’t sure but we got a really great angle our stuff behind us in in control and picks a great angle catches his arm

Goes in even Antonio actually wasn’t really and and everybody knows I think who who listens and watches us that that even if it’s an accidental hand you can’t score with was down here like wherever yeah I think that one was was a given just before that actually in the first I

Think uh Aston Villa thought they had a penalty do you remember when Emerson the defender was playing against uh Leon Bailey Leon Bailey cross the ball hits Emerson on the arm clearly hits his arm now Emerson’s in one of those pointing positions trying to trying to defend I

Don’t think he’s trying to make his arm bigger I think the proximity of the ball a gain up V I think the got it right yeah another big call yeah little in don’t know if you saw it Zolo got booked yellow card and then he kicked the ball away

Straight after I know West Ham players went running up to referee that’s a second yellow second is a haing yell I mean a few months ago when they were hot on the things he’d have walked for that Rob I know so that’s one that West H

Might even hand ball like um we’ve SE those given yeah absolutely I said that I I’m glad it wasn’t cuz I think it’s the right decision for me he’s down in a position he’s in a defending natural position but he does hit his hand yeah

Let’s go to the big one all right the the the the the ball comes in from a corner kick no free kicks free kicks sorry Jam great delivery brilliant yeah and then it was just Scruff scruffy City scruffy flipping in there you got you got the

Post you got the angles we trying to figure it out who went in did it was it a hand ball was given first let let’s say on the field was goal on the field was a goal V’s definitely got to get involved got to have a look at it okay

Clear and obvious by the way it was like what three four minutes six six minute delay so it took some time yeah I was wondering Rob and and I still kind of wondered did we ever get a conclusive look of all the facts on that incident

Because a bit like remember there was a goal Arsenal Newcastle and there’s been a couple there where we said inclusive inclusive like to to change a decision on the field correct now where I’m going to start is I think the first incident comes with Thomas such’s arm yeah hitting the

Ball now I how much of that how much are you sure that it did hit his arm yeah this I there was a good view we got some good views of the ball did hit his arm and there’s a movement there’s a bit of like a shoulder movement towards the

Ball we saw that what we didn’t see well we see that yeah which which is it but what we didn’t see is after people were saying whether it caught Boeing after that could it hit Bowen’s leg Yeah or somewhere part of his body this it doesn’t really matter it doesn’t really

Matter if the handall if the handall was but what was interesting was the referee went to look at the monitor so they they couldn’t definitely say it was it was conclusive that there was the arm otherwise he would have said we’ve done his arm the thing is it’s it’s they

Asked referee to go to the monitor to look if there was anything else a proper hand ball correct so because I think if if if it was the such it hit his arm right and it doesn’t hit Bowen yeah then you we just said it you can’t so that’s

No point to go to the monitor correct but I think there was not an image to say that it did oh hang on so so if it would have hit him and it was accidental it’s a goal yeah right if it if it was an accident if it was an accidental hand

Ball and then it hits B B yeah because he SC I’m saying still can be a deliberate normal a normal handall but he didn’t seem like deliberate otherwise he would have said why are they asking him to go and have another look what to see if he

Felt it was a deliberate hand ball oh so so I thought it was more to see if there was a touch off Bing no I think I think they said we don’t think he’s touched the ball right boing boing yeah yeah um so have a look

If you think it’s a Del a normal H because accidental you don’t need to come over matter there’s a subjective nature to that they needed to take a look and I think it’s because if if it’s if he feels it’s a deliberate hand ball no hits or not

Like so I think and I was sat home watching it and you’re in the studio of course Tim and and and the tape room and and and I thought you did a pretty good job and the only thing I would say is you know there might be fans out here

Now West Ham fans that would say that was tough to see yeah trying to look around a goal post you know we’re looking at different angles you know then it goes into is it clear and obvious error to disallow the goal and we saw one early in the season which I

Thought of where they said you know what we we’re not sure we can’t change it so even though I think yeah I’m like I’m like 80 90% that that it was his harm that went like that but in a split second you know with the referee not

Seeing it nobody the officials I guess that’s what it’s there for if if it was a clear obvious error and that’s the the bit there where there’s a tough one I I mean just on just on Villa quick yeah I mean in the first half I’m like they’ve

Gone a little bit they’re running out of steam a little bit we know the result from the last game thought they missed the again Midfield Rob just thought they miss any just his ability to receive the ball you know he receives it with people

In his on his back and then he plays off shoulders and they start I thought Tans he’s not he’s not a six no it didn’t work hard enough to clear space to get the ball he to really run forward which caus he a problem then when the two

Center backs get the ball and they look up he’s no one to play off yeah yeah I I amum I mean fair play though Subs in the second half yeah West Ham dropped off ‘s got to be delighted like looking from the side oh wow like okay we can

Play all right let’s make some changes they made some good changes Z came on surprised Zan didn’t come on a little earlier he went Ben Johnson come on didn’t he instead of oh no sorry I’m on the other side I’m going W PR just I did

Have a note like Ben Johnson came on for Mel Antonio and I’m like well James will PR on the bench so was that another a little bit of a defensive tilt on on Moyes um to put hold what I’ve got a anyway but back to Villa Subs yeah um Subs were good

They all influenced the game yeah the mat cash block I’ve got here as a not what a block that was by the way yeah that that’s game game changing that that’s like a goal in some ways Z pokes it into to score the equalizing goal it’s just it was it was an interesting

Game of football that that was so interesting from West Ham’s point of view when I watched him first half I’m like this is good powerful and skillful and creative and the challenge then for David Moyes is it’s not that we’re not sure he can play the right you know the style of

Football they can continue to do it that they can the confidence to to keep playing it because we keep on you know every week There’s a debate on David Moyes and his job and that and and for 45 minutes we saw good West Ham we saw brilliant West Ham midweek who batted

Triber in Europe do you think that they have a almost like a plan B and Moes gives it one of them okay right let’s let’s go into our is a very good football man isn’t he do you think you you so you’re suggesting something that’s in in there

A deliberate delate tactic to say we’ll keep what we set count when I say it or half time or whenever from the sideline like I would hope not cuz I think it CH why so why does he get one to keep on the front he I’m not but I’m saying that

To me is a little lack of trust or a little to me from outside little lck understanding of what he’s got now this is a better group this is in in some of these older groups he knows that well exactly but if you’re going to do that

You don’t naturally want pakor Kudos and Boeing dropping right in and waiting and leaving is on his you want them first off where you see him getting the ball making things out and going down the it’s fun to watch they’re great team it’s really good to watch when they um

When they do that so yeah frustrating I mean they’re still in a good spot seven place in the league table right now um but Aston Villa I just looked at their starting lineup and I’m like wow that’s that’s kind of of and they both play in

This week yeah I just think Milla to think you’re right with with the drop and I just think there’s a I I was saying to be I was trying to sort of explain that this is New Territory for by the way relegation for for the last

You know to to get that consistency in those many games and those many points might take a season or two and if they end up fifth or sixth fifth might get them in if they end up fifth or sixth of course it’ be disappointing but you know what they enough made some

Improvements mate I couldn’t agree more and you know like fans and pundits and people like us you know we’ll we’ll talk about disa disappointment I mean they’re they’re it’s like like um an from spot Tottenham we’re getting them in a second um you know he said to the interview after the

Last weekend’s game well hang on a minute we’re two points behind where we’ got 10 games left so I think we all can be a little bit knee- jerky correct um so Villa still there Villa right there they’re fourth place in the league table right now with 10 games left I mean well

Done Aston Villa and see if they can they’ got a three-point Gap now and you don’t know what Tottenham going to do toh could draw that that game in hand and all a sudden they’re in po position I’m sure they want a few of their injur

Players back they need to get John mcin back from supension he’s going to be out for a little bit now two more games isn’t he yeah what to play for top four absolutely okay let’s take you to the cottage my friend and um well I think a bit of surprise uh uh

Result and that’s no disrespect to Fulham but Fulham dominated the game we’re way the better team uh 3-0 Victory stopped Spurs scoring uh on a incredible scoring run they’ Bon and just took over Rodrigo man continues to look a real at the top end of the pit to the point

Where brya wasn’t even in the matchday squad apparently and um Chelsea they’ve had to pay Chelsea more money cuz he hasn’t played but he’s playing so well mise that that that tells you it uh and Sila and his team my friend on the two Robbies podcast makeing note are going

To get some love today my friend I’m so pleased right because did we apologize for them CP we already ever SE don’t they’re not our main game very often because you know why and this is also credit Rob they’re not going to go down and they’re not going to get in Europe

So we kind of Go full yeah yeah it’s a shame but it’s a great opportunity to take a good look at the game absolutely good look at the Players a good look of the team and it’s good there’s a lot there’s a lot of good players we’ll get

A spurs in a second R but let’s let’s just talk about full some of the they’ve you look at this guy rodrig mun that’s come fromwhere was at my old team got two goals didn’t do a lot I think he’s eight or9 million doar from Flamingo I think

In Brazil and all of a sudden I mean was it was he is it seven and seven seven and seven seven and seven my friend I mean which is amazing let me let let me give you a little startat his seven goals in his seven games have come on

The day that Amanda bro you signed for fullham mon loan from Chelsea what the day the star the day is the star of the goals wow okay competition my friend yeah there you go and and ain’t it great for Fulham when you lose Alexander mitovich at the start of the Season just

Saying they’ve they’ve got a proper play looks like a proper player years AG need to call the Jets course we do cuz he’s going to be up and down he’ll have little spells Rasmus hland and all the others but there’s Talent there m a talent I mean if he keeps doing this

It’s a shame because he’ll get he’ll get bought yeah because everybody wants a striker yeah yeah Brazilian 22 year old who can get better yeah and I feel like Brazilians Rob and I play with Brazilians I know do you play with Brazilians any of your clubs uh no

Wimbledon bra wimon and Brazil didn’t mix that well I uh I play with a couple and um and didn’t Emerson we the big left foot World C he was he wasn’t a great attitude which not going to help my point but I think Brazilians do pretty well in the Premier League

They do braans go pretty well everywhere they travel they’re hard working they’re tough for most yeah as a generaliz I mean he He’s got potential of doing great things we talk about him getting in the um squad for the are they for the England no not England not this one but

For the summer summer tournaments okay they’re talking about cup America is yeah cup America they’re looking at him yeah wow um I just think it I just thought Fulham what a good side right there’s nothing fancy with their system they’re 42 31 Willian does his thing one

Side Alex W is proven to be a good solid good performer we like Andreas Pereira in Midfield then you get the striker you talk about you have paulinho in Midfield uh it’s not it’s not a bad team um to the end should I do my end appreciated

First this is this is a this is a two Robbie podcast first a unique first unique first that we’re both going for underappreciated performers for Fulham correct and mine is the left back Anthony Robinson absolutely no problem with that my friend the commentators were enjoying

Him in the game and I’m like you know what this is right he he he could be he could about play at a very higher level we know he’s got tons of pace he a US International yeah maybe one of their best players right now given what he’s

Doing at the moment we know we know he’s always been super quick but just is is development into a really kind of a better decision making attacking Crosser Progressive pass from left back is pretty amazing and I know I wouldn’t want to dribble past him I mean he’s so

Quick it’s hard to be and you nobody talks about we we don’t talk about Fulham too much no we talks about Anthony Robinson but that that you know sometimes players can can can come from nowhere and do and do great things just get their head down and and and do

Learn his trade and improve get used to to the level learn positional as a fullback if you got the pace that helps you on defending and attacking and if you just get the cleverness with the passing and the crossing you can go places so my underappreciated is Anthony

Robinson I’m I’m I’m all in mate and and and I’ll Chuck another one out you by the way with Anthony Robinson probably currently pound pound the best us player playing in in in maybe European in in football anywhere yeah I mean I’m not sure there’s many players in in the US

Team we playing more consistently that level right so well done uh anony Robson love that one mate yeah and I’m going to go for my own mate Rodrigo M my friend and as soon as as soon as we finish the show I got WhatsApp group and put

Rodrigo Min because I knew you’d be all over him so I got him there first and it was just the because he wasn’t I did a little bit research on him you know you know the game’s coming up you know he’s starting you know he’s been in you want

To find a little bit about background and things up Howard he’s worked on his game he 22 years of age he start to get maturity a bit more understanding of his role learning to to hold the ball up and bring Midfield players and take more responsibility obviously scoring goals

Being inside that 18 yard box is important he was unloan at middleb things didn’t go well I didn’t hear a ton of great I only two goals in 17 games didn’t play all all the time yet Marco Silva who’s an excellent coach who deserves an awful lot of credit as well

With this group Rob he developing a young Talent who now raly menz was fit can’t get B Team man bro looks like he might end up going back to Chelsea because we found one here who looks like he’s a footballer and I said to to to p

How exciting for Fulham that you’ve got a you’ve got a Brazilian young starer who could grow into a proper player yeah could could grow into a prop proper player I mean hold Jack in 22 these three or four more years now of real development he’s got to get his head

Down he’s got to be hitting those 50 in the season 60 in the season getting those kind of numbers and then we can start talking but my underappreciated perform of the week and for someone like Rodrigo manise who hasn’t been that easy he’s had to come a difficult way he’s

Playing away from his his natural home of Brazil and has come good in the Premier League well done young man now Contin it through till the end of the season exactly get some get some numbers on you right we got to switch to Tottenham mate because of all the games

You’ve seen this week yeah I I I was shocked it was a shock it wasn’t it was I I couldn’t believe what I was seeing I saw the lineup I’m like wow that’s a strong team and on the back of you know winning against as four goals in the

Second half against that is by far the worst we’ve seen Tottenham under and goo agree and afterwards I think he looked a little bit stunned I mean he didn’t he played it right down he did understated yeah what the heck was that performance all I

Mean where did that come from Rob well I said to backs and and I don’t use this word lightly because we’re all Pros we all train we all know what’s required I said lack of physical kind of um prep preparation yeah lack of mental preparation it looked to me Rob and I

Don’t like to use this word but it looks a bit complex Spurs we’re better than them look let’s look at our teams you look at their look how we did last week yeah it was all the things that you don’t see an Angie’s team this the intensity the playing with

Speed the the the driving desire they didn’t play put was no I mean some couldn’t get in the game Madison couldn’t influence things the two fullbacks got pinb I mean it was it was fulham’s fullbacks castan and and Robson who made the first two goals they were

Getting forward and affecting the game I I got got like so open so yeah to play to the Midfield had no control I me Fulham could have had three goals in the first I think I text you goofing around like should be 70 to fulam I mean we

Know that Spurs can be open when the football’s not right because they’re so in advanced areas to to make their game happen when the football isn’t good they uh they they they are wide open I mean players just running through vanen is that is that is he so important that that’s a difference

Played is not nowhere near that Rec but that doesn’t that doesn’t explain the performance role no with I’m struggling I’m struggling to be able to sort of say wow like that we did not see that coming at all that that’s a real step backwards and we can say and and the commentators

In the game said like bad day at the office but that that’s a bit of a worrying day at the office I would say I mean maybe that’s the first one maybe this the first time we’ve we’ve stung a little bit because what we’ve seen from

Them has been great and we’ve loved it and they’ had injured players cor but it’s so disappointing that all those guys are back I think Off the Bench it was only van the only so it was just it it was very very strange um I just made a note of some of

His some of his quotes Rob and I want to ask you about this before we move on yeah he saw said we gave a ball the way a lot um but this is part of our growth and we want to learn from it we didn’t have the same intensity so agree that

The intensity just on just um I know I think you talked about on the show Rob but an is very reluctant talk about a target of the top four like they say you know you’re such and from away from how we play it’s more about how he’s coming across he’s not interested

In getting in the top four it’s more about us developing and improving and getting better because we want to win everything we want to and I like that but I like part of it but but I don’t like it all I don’t like it all shouldn’t he kind of shouldn’t wouldn’t

He want got to be I mean unless you’re saying something different in the judment yeah it could be could be the public and I just wonder with and I said it back like with Mourinho and con two very different types who will come out in publicly I’m wondering if he he

Feeling this doesn’t this group is very different to we don’t want to put an expectation on that we’re really going for the top four so if we don’t make it it’ll be a it was a very different thing when it about the top four and then

These players ain’t good enough and I in Champions League and it was all that I I I just wonder if he feels that this group don’t respond well to that Ro man pressure on them yeah um I mean I do like the bit that he he he’s listen I

Know there’s targets and and I heard him say once that you know if you get in the top four the season ends very quickly what did that do like you got to be more he just wants them to develop and get better and I like that um and and listen

We’re not going to go too far on this but I I it was the shocking performance of the weekend for me Rob and uh but again last word for Fulham that’s I mean they sat the 12th Place right now you know if it’s been a can they can they

Get top off I said you know can they can they get into top half of the table 38 points can they can they get close to wolves are 41 points yeah can they get up there eight 8 n a be brilliant season would it keep scoring why sure what’s going on okay my

Friend let’s take it to K wor Road uh really important game here Lon uh not Forest Lon uh had the CH Forest had the chance to put a six-point Gap if they beat Lon Luton had a chance to draw Forest into the bottom three if they won

And and and jump above them uh ended up a point a piece which I thought probably about right in the end I thought for had some good chances L continue to to never know when they’re beating score from set peace um there’s a lot of talk Rob about

Forest and and possibly tomorrow we’re doing the podcast on Sunday the talk tomorrow that we’ll know uh Premier League said possibly tomorrow he said I’m not sure of numbers but he said if I was kind of guesstimating he said six has always been the line for

Um a breach he said it might just drop to something like four for fight we’re hearing it may be not in in the same vein but I mean they’re going to appeal which we won’t know until maybe the end of the season which is crazy um yeah

It’s not a great look for for forish they might it might drop them in there but an important Point kind of been an important point for both teams m one point might be the difference see somebody St up and going down that’s an important point for Lon that goal L for

L to stop Forest absolute competitors in this relegation fight I mean Everton as well and brenford maybe as well yeah um but that that goal is is a big one there only a point now um and it was a funny game I mean I thought the Highlight for

Me was the the Morgan Gibbs White Cross for Chris Wood’s goal you know because when when goals goes in you know we always like what what what could have done differently there I mean it was such a quick Cross in between I mean that’s hard to defend

Against that and a good finish from Chris Wood um to put them up one of course Luton never give up and you got to love that about him you got I mean I gotta love watching Luton Town I think they’re I think they’re a good side Rob

They are a decent side they play decent they’re they’re weak they’re a little weak he he changed a little bit and he he had uh I think it was cabon played his left side Center back from from the right side he had mangi and Burke as as

A back three they never an unbelievable um clearance by the way and mang and mang made another one off off Lango as well langa went through and great defensive but the shape with kabon didn’t look right there hash played against center backs has been a bit of a problem they’ve swapping in trop

Changing inj I love the wing backs I love Ben on the right the right side came off half team half time assuming that might be an injury because of what he he can give you I just I just looked at them and I thought you know what if

They had um elah adabo yeah yeah so many cross going I know has done well and he’s he’s he’s a figurehead and he’s a bit of a legend at the club all that and he’s got some goals great I think had a bio Rob for some of those crosses some

Of the plays you know Barkley again I mean how good is barley I mean I I sat there and I’m like first 20 minutes of the game he bossed the game would you how about you how about him playing alongside Dean rice in in the euros and

Give GTH a break let him get on with it but but don’t you like that though if I go through my England team a bit of a tangent I think I think Jude Bellingham now is an attacking player so he’s probably a 10 so he’s going to be your

Two sixes your holding Midfield players de number who’s the other guy how about Ross Barkley know ain’t going to happen is it it’s not going to happen never I just what a rebound in a career that’s been a little disappointing probably given his talent yeah little bit a

Little bit unlucky that maybe has he hav found his way into this squad 30 now I think 30 years of age his composure on the ball in Midfield I mean I i’ love watching him play I I actually feel like it Luton going down would be a loss to

The Premier League mate they’ve bought something you know what they’ve got they’ve scor their games I notic weekend I think it’s 29 games now 102 goals they’re scoring mate 42 scored in 16 G yeah they score them and they concede them but they scor they they scored more

Go more League goals than man united yeah it’s incredible they play they were way more expensive than I thought they were going to be play football um so listen know they they can keep the race and we’ll have to see what the points deduction does and the appeals and all

That it could go down to the wire M and single points could be the difference between you being up and being down I mean Forest they got those three points a little bit more cushion they might lose them all on Monday yeah yeah but at least that Gap but they got them

Absolutely close close close close okay what else we got man one more game in the Premier League this weekend it was it Turf more it was Burnley who struggled for wins but they did find one against the brenford team that going in the wrong direction pretty quickly uh

Fourth win of the season for for Burnley um goals coming from Brun Lawson and forer I got a goal back for Burnley obviously the red call for regalon as he goes through makes a foul Disney on on the forward going through unfort it’s a py kick and unfortunately it’s a dogo n

Of a goal SC he didn’t challenge to make the ball and it’s it was a bit clumsy but unfortunately the referee had to do it so you know brenford down to 10 men with what 90 82 minutes of the game to play was always going to be difficult um

Did you see did you see the disallowed goal Ivan Tony on the goalkeeper oh I did I did yeah yeah did you see that it was interesting Tim again as a goalkeeper and it’s really interesting so I looked at it first and said that’s a foul

That’s a foul it’s a fou for me it’s a foul it’s a foul and then I watched it a couple of times mate and he jumps so well in his arms up I think it’s more the body contact that he hit him more than the arm his arm arms

Up and and Tony body went into his arm it was his body that whatever whatever but they’re they’re legal uses of arms goalkeepers so it’s it’s like you if you’re going to clear it with your foot and somebody bodies your foot out the

Way I thought it’s a foul yeah I I I I’m fair play a goalkeeper and he called the one Trafford the Burnley the the Burnley goalkeeper is has had his moments with J TR yeah he think so I think Tim’s very much the goalkeepers got to be strong

Got to be strong he remembers that and he goes on that that’s fair enough absolutely and a lot of goalkeepers do actually Shay given and one to Rob green and one to the others all go down thought that was I think it was a foul

In the end but I tell you what I turned off jump well keep keeper comes and listen another day did another referee maybe but it wasn’t a be um any wor for brenford mate I mean you’re very worried about brenford I’m a little bit worried yeah cuz it they’re 26 26 there’s only

Four points to radiation Zone four points and I just can’t leester city leester city were were last season’s team and leester won’t go down they’ got a good manager they got too many good players they can’t go down I just I think brenford are tough enough Brian and Burma’s with you but

Ivan Tony is there those Midfield players I I like the BR the brenford and and listen I’m I’m talking a week argument because they are they having a nightmare yeah of a run but I think they had a rally up and they’ve got decent I

Think they’re going to be okay i’ L of them can win enough games to even get to where they are right now but I hear you and it’s a concern when Burnley beat you I mean Burnley 17 points now yeah I mean they’re not you know they’re not done IND

Dusted um it’s going to be tough going to be really tough they’re going to have to go on an incredible run uh so that was it that was Premier League was your Premier League four Premier League games now let’s turn to the FA Cup quarter finals run through the you run through

The um you run through the results I just I think I’ve got a text about the draw oh okay so so you run through game today Manchester United for Liverpool 3 I think a bit of a shock one would say Liverpool the informed team the

Quadruple is now off for yug Klo the end of these days at Liverpool Manchester City to Newcastle nil interesting to hear from David orstein our Premier League insided there one of two of voices coming up in Newcastle about Eddie how and Jose mourinho’s been seen with some of the Saudi ownership and

Talk about whether Jose gets back in so you know two-nil defeat to new I hope that doesn’t happen and and Newcastle and Eddie how deserves a a little more time he’s got cut it in the bank Chelsea four Leicester two at one point it was 22 lasted down to 10 men weren’t sure

How it was going to go but Chelsea get the job done important for them to get to the uh FA Cup semi-final uh Co Palmer again instrumental in another important win for poino man and walles two commentary three my friend which a bit of an upset you know W team that’s

Flying and Mark Robinson my mate have played with Mark Robinson my last season at cheff Wednesday what a great guy what good what a great manager he’s done took to playoffs he’s got him back up again he he’s you know got him to FA Cup semifinal the last time commentary were

The FA Cup semi-final mid 80s and they won it with a Keith Ali head diving header was it is head diving head I’ve got a draw for you the draw is for the semi-finals at Wembley Stadium the FA Cup draw is centry versus Manchester United Man City versus Chelsea wow there’s your draw

Right there so poti Manchester final possible Manchester final chelse possible Chelsea commentary final and I feel so bad because the timing of this podcast we didn’t we had to do something a special kind of shoot that that people are going to enjoy at some point in the

Future we didn’t get to see the first I get home Li United um but I did look at the Chelsea game this morning robt Chelsea 42 with Leicester that seems all kinds of it seems a very Chelsea score line 4 two I got so many notes I didn’t

Even where to start my my they they they showed at times lovely lovely football the erratic nature of the finishing was so evident Rahim Sterling Raz I mean he had a shocker he got taken off didn’t he today yeah he missed a penalty and it’s a really poor executed

Penalty he went through one-on-one with the goalkeeper and went to bend it round him and like bit like a golf shot he kind of shanked it it went wide and then he took free kick in the second half a direct free kick from 20 25 yards out

You know to be fair he scored last time I think the FA Cup and he ballooned it and I think he got substituted off and and the reports are that there was booze when he went off now brilliant career by the way I’m storing St for the most part

What but he is he is not in his best F on right now Rob but but it wasn’t just him to be fair you had Nico Jackson again doing his thing um and they find a way I mean the goalkeeper Robert Sanchez is is shaky and two n up Leicester city

Come back to 22 Yeah Chelsea look looks so fragile fragile that’s I just describe them that anything that that when things start to go against them they look nervous as anything and whether that goes back to lack of experience in the dressing room and the

Team to try and get a hold of things like that um Cho Silva was on the bench he was on the bench yeah yeah there was a lovely bit lovely moment so they did substitutes were made and CH MOA comes on scores a lovely goal Rob to make

It there’s a deflection on that goal but and there’s a lovely flick from K Palmer to CH moer so CH moer maybe is going to make them better M came on scores a goal we’ve seen a little bit of him so it’s still the same kind of thing and leester

City by the way they they’re top of the championship right now Enzo moresa is doing a lovely job and I saw I heard his interview afterwards Rob saying that I’m pleased that we we stuck to how we do things I think he’s another one of those

They have a style of football and and he said if I start time to do something different we we’ll be awful so I think some these managers Rob have it set how they going to play and they want to keep doing it throughout so he’s another one

Of those at top of the top of the championship and and they look really good there’s plenty of players that we know about played in Midfield Harry wins played in Midfield patson daaka is still part of the side um they they still got some very good players and they give

Chelsea a fright they absolutely give Chelsea a fright um the only thing I would say more on a a slightly positive note for Chelsea is I mean leer went down to 10 men as well which you know maybe give Chelsea a bit more in Advantage he might have been

Different C all tman on Dogo on on the young Defender who F Jackson but they’re through mate they’re through and sometimes you come through tough times and you’re in a cup semifinal and they get to a cup seminal and get to a final they lost to Liverpool in the League Cup Final can

They go on better than this is there a way this group Rob and they do have days and and and Ry Sterling’s a very good example of what Chelsea Ry they can be excellent some days when we seeing them against some good teams in the league

And and there can be days when it just doesn’t look like they look shaky but a young group of players going through tough tough times together coming out the other side and gosh you you could not imagine what winning an FA Cup could do to that dress what that could do to

The group to pochettino to what’s being built I said to Becks what what what what’s success for for for Chelsea this season I said chess is successes in that b cup and finishing seventh or eighth that’s success a decent end to the season and then and and a cup but they

Got beat Man City in a semi-final they got Man City in the semifinal a oneoff game rob a oneoff game this team have shown that they can do it Ry still is a great example and and and I think about him Rob at times that he’s sort of

Player like when I see Cole Palmer Cole Palmer’s never going to have a daylight Ry steing because he’s got like a level to get to where he’ll just what a technical a technical technical technical level that Sterling yeah and so he can get back to that level that things aren’t going well

Sterling can be brilliant or he can be quite really poor poor some days and it was one of his poor days and by the way next week he’d turn out and be brilliant again that’s rahem Sterling’s career in some respects so as much as he’s the main man there probably one of the

Bigger earners and probably why Chelsey fans feel should give a little bit more he is who he is his personality is who he is the player is who he is and he’s been a brilliant football scor a lot of goals more consistent he’s the experienced one

Because they need him for but and I hope this doesn’t sound demeaning I hope he not but Ryan Sterling is kind of takes has to take care of himself first he has to get his own game first he’s not one of them who can like you know order you

Know John Cherry he’s not a seven he’s not an eight out of 10 every week so so he’s got to focus on getting himself to a good level and then hoping people follow and um that’s where Chelsea it’s about development and listen I I don’t feel strongly that this is going in in

An awful Direction with po I know the pressure’s on and the fans are slow to take to him now but but there’s little signs there’s little moments there’s little the go malag Gusto the little fullback I really like Enzo fernandz started playing better C’s looking so there’s there’s there’s pockets of of

Improvement but but they’re through you’re absolutely right right Rob just to to kind of finish things up now we we’ got 10 games left and we haven’t had the S the big Premier League games this weekend so we wanted just have a little touch base on on on where we are with a

Title race Rob and this is going to be gut right it’s going to be gut feeling from us because it’s so tight it’s an amazing situation right now the records are so so close 64 for Arsenal 64 for Liverpool and 63 points for for Man City Arsenal have the advantage of goal

Difference with that bloing shuffer United game I was sat in the studio and I watched it I’m like this is a big deal it’s like an extra point getting those six goals um what what do you I mean I let me start on the basis that Manchester City host Arsenal the next

Game in the Premier League on E Sunday 31st by the way which those games probably going to be deciders yeah yeah I I I’m and I I don’t even want to I’m not even going to look at think about the the upcoming games right I’m GNA I’m

Gonna say right now what I feel about right these teams and I feel and we’ve seen blim in so many games of all these teams in different competitions so I feel we know the teams pretty well games and this isn’t this isn’t going to be anything fliping Earth shattering we’re

Going to say right here but I’m just saying that of the of the Arsenal that I’ve seen a lot of I know what they can do at their best I know when they might look a little shaky I know when they struggle to score goals I know when oard

And they and they finding those seams and they banging the goals in I’ve seen that Liverpool I’ve seen again those front players banging the goals in I’ve seen them a little shaky you know they concede goals in the FA Cup today man united but at times I’m I I don’t trust

The defensive side of the team a little bit with them and a man city you know they are Man City we can go on History we can go on what we see I still believe all that being said that the best team in the Premier League right now is

Manchester City and again it’s not I’m sorry like I’m sure I’m I’m just saying how I go I don’t the games coming up might favor one team or another I’m just kind of like and that’s all you can do isn’t it right at this point after 28

Games who looks better who looks better you have to consider the injuries as well right now they don’t have many I still feel that man city when everything’s kind of been thrown around in different results in different places and different performances and and and I’ll let you come back Rob there’s one

Other thing I’m going to throw into the mix um but I’ll let you return on that now I still think City look the best team well we talked a little bit about it the weekend back asked us about similar situation we talked about goalkeepers and that couple of the teams

R to use their number two goalkeepers Keller didn’t have a great day for Liverpool or tagers but INF for City I talked about Center forward Rob and I talked about Holland is you know he’s been a bit of criticism he’s not quite flowing it as well as he he would like

Mosal back in team for Liverpool you expect goals to come from from there and Liverpool have goals all over Arsenal looks like a false name my friend looks like my good friend Kai habits might be coming good and that’s and that’s where with 10 games to go if he can get double

Figures that might be the way might the so I’ve gone I’ve gone number two goalkeepers I’ve gone Center forwards and then I’m going to go up the guy sitting on the touch line okay and the history tells me that the reason I you can’t I can’t fully commit to Arsenal

Right now is we still don’t know we’ve still never been there and the history that we’ve been his job by it’s his first manager job it’s his first job it’s his first big road you where they’re in it Rob in a three race to and they have learned and they’re better

From last year they’re more mature from last year but there’re still a bit of a question mark jug klopp if they go down the the track in there’s two or three games left he’s going to handle it Rob he knows how to handle the med he knows how to handle

His and the other fell Pep Guardiola is the master who does it and is a reason reason why I say Rob I picked Manchester City at day one I’m picking Manchester City with 10 games to go and I think come May the 19th I’ll be te Manchester

City of Premier League winners let me Chuck this as a curveball go on then let’s have the Champions League draw just happened champ League do interesting okay Arsenal playing Bayern Munich two legs two games could be really really difficult demanding physical difficult emotional games all right man City play mrid two legs the

Winners of those games play against each other so if Arsenal find a way through and Man City find a way through they got play again in the seminal two legs two difficult games a huge trophy to go beautiful for those neutrals my friend there one thing that we’ve learned in

The game Rob watching it is that the big teams after Champions League nights often not always struggle in the Premier League the next weekend Liverpool are in the Europa League yeah and if push comes to shove are they going to put their strongest team to risk a Premier League

Result I feel like they might rotate a little bit I think they did in the last game yeah um that might give Liverpool A little nudge bance because of those Champions League difficult games for Arsenal and Man City the only thing I would say to that point to your

Curveball it’s an interesting point because Europe does have a have a bearing it does have a bearing Manchester City you part from last season have never won the Champions League they’ve had a disappointment yet they’ve gone on and won titles so they they’ man they’ve shown they can manage

Dis point one of the the question easily it’s not easy to manage it’s not easy but they have done it what and I thought where you going was how does Europe affect it does Europe does going out of Europe what what what does that do I was

I wasn’t thinking of that sort what would that do to if AR drive me it drive me to a title premier league title so so boost what they stay in it does it become a bit of a distraction it’s not it’s not a distraction it’s just it’s just

Exhausting it’s exhausting is it yeah there’s a couple ways an advantage for Liverpool given that draw the the Europa League yeah CU they won’t have to they don’t well they’re a little easier games anyway yeah but if they want if they like you know the big price versus the

Premier League for Arsenal and Man City they’ve got to go for the champions league as well equally and and with those difficult games they got to go to whever it is and I haven’t got a big old list here but they are always difficult and Liverpool can just rest a little bit

Or have a little bit of e game or rotate their star players because they don’t really really need the Europa they have a premier league they’d love to have a premier league to be the highest let me ask you one one question that came out this weekend we were talking with one of

Our our staff who’s a massive Arsenal fan and I ched out and said if you can only win one Champions League or Premier League which would you prefer what’s the answer I think he said that’s a great question for Arsenal given what they’ve done in the past I

Think he say the Premier League what did he say he said the Premier League yeah just 20 years since they last won it such you know what he said was you you can win the Premier League and you don’t have to be the the greatest team you can

Win the Champions League sorry with The Knockout yeah with a knockout thing you can’t there’s no luck in winning a premier league not at this level not with these kind of teams not with these kind of managers this kind of quality 20 years since they last one yeah I mean

The Premier League and and and people might find that difficult to to believe because the champions league is so presious but the the the reputation the power of win being a Premier League champion is is very beginning isn’t it it’s very very big um but there so there

We got listen mate we’ve got 10 weeks to to to lap it all up and and and drink it in always Prov on there’s going to be games as we say big game coming up listen that’s it for match week 29 when there’s just four Premier League games

FA Cup quarterfinals taking center stage at the bottom of the table Lam Forest they Shar sport points in a 1-1 draw Spurs tripped up at the cottage and Villa couldn’t make the most of that Tottenham loss they had to settle with a point at the London Stadium we’re going

To take a well earned break for the international break that comes up we’ll be back NE in two weeks Time March the 31st is Sunday uh Easter Sunday when arguably one of the biggest games of the Season Manchester City host Arsenal at the atad first place third in a big draw

In the title race but for now I’m Earl he’s musty together with two Robbies thanks for watching and listening be safe stay healthy it’s a good night from me and it’s a good night from him good Night hi there I’m Rebecca loow Studio host for NBC’s coverage of the Premier League don’t forget to hit subscribe to watch more videos all season long and for even more Premier League content from original series to live matches head over to Peacock and be sure to tune in for Premier League mornings every

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