S2E23: Caviar and Camembert

It's been another jam packed week of football and Rebecca & Alex are back to chat about as much Premier League, Champions League, Serie A and La Liga action as they can cram into two hours.

We start with a lengthy discussion on the major news that Manchester City have been banned for two years from European competition by UEFA - we look at why this has happened, the ramifications for the club, the players, Pep Guardiola and the rest of the Premier League, the reaction of the supporters, and what Chelsea did right that Man City did wrong.

Liverpool followed up a Sadio Mane inspired win over Norwich City in the league with a disappointing first leg defeat to Atletico Madrid in Europe. We delve into a classic Atleti performance, where Liverpool struggled, and whether they'll turn it around in the second leg at Anfield.

VAR and dreadful refereeing also gets a lot of coverage in our chat about Chelsea's loss to Manchester United - including Harry Maguire's bizarre defence of kicking another man square in the balls. We also look at the continuing issues for Chelsea under Frank Lampard, the board losing patience, a potential return for Ethan Ampadu, and whether they should actually sell N'Golo Kante in the summer.

In 'Around The World', we analyse RB Leipzig's impressive win over Tottenham, Erling Haaland continuing to dominate for Borussia Dortmund, Atalanta growing into the Champions League, Lazio's huge win over Inter in Serie A, Barcelona taking Leganes' best striker and all but dooming them to relegation - and sadly, we have to chat about another racist incident following the sickening abuse of Moussa Marega in Portugal.

Plus, erections over Timo Werner, Better Call Saul, meme pronunciation, Mark in accounting, Alexa vs VAR, moving to Antarctica, Nutella up front, downer endings, sparkling water & lemon, and early Noughties pop feuds.

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