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What a fitting finale for Goodison Park’s final Merseyside derby. A thrilling roller coaster of a game, four goals, three red cards, VAR and a last minute winner. What a night.

Were the decisions correct, does the result affect the title race but most importantly can an atmosphere like that be re created in a new ground?

Away from the Merseyside could it be over for Pep Guardiola at Manchester City? Gregor Robertson and Jonathan Northcroft wonder if he will stay to see out the rebuild of his fragile team.

Chelsea and Arsenal are both facing a striker crisis; should they have seen it coming and acted in the transfer window?

Finally, will Newcastle take the chance to enter the top four at Manchester city this weekend?

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Was it an FA Cup shock for the ages, bottom of the Championship Plymouth beating European and Premier League leaders Liverpool? Or did Liverpool’s line up detract from the Pilgrim’s achievement? The fans at Home Park didn’t think so!

Leyton Orient nearly went one better by beating Man City with a wonder goal, City survived and Pep Guardiola is in love with the FA Cup.

Defeat at Villa park piled the pressure on Ange Postecoglou. After the match he launched a passionate defence of his players. Will it be enough to keep him in a job?

Finally, a Man Utd win but they looked awful – again. And a look ahead to the European ‘classico’ Man City v Real Madrid.

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St James’ Park was a cauldron, Arsenal were cowed, and Newcastle are off to Wembley.

Is Newcastle’s forward line the best around at the moment? And did Arsenal get a taste of their own medicine last night, bullied out of their biggest game of the season?

Gregor Robertson is joined by Martin Samuel and Tony Cascarino to discuss last night’s game and what it could mean for each club’s season.

After the break, is it ‘Mission 21’or Mission Impossible? As Manchester United launch another grand plan, are there more important things they should be doing?

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Arsenal stayed humble and thrashed Man City. Did the result say more about a dominant Arsenal performance or a fragile aging Manchester City team? Myles Lewis-Skelly shone as a left back which made Gregor Robertson wonder if old fashioned left backs exist anymore?   

Spurs put in a defensively solid performance to win at Brentford so, has Ange finally changed his tactics? Liverpool showed their title credentials again by beating in form Bournemouth; would it be unfair to call them lucky?    

Lastly, Moyes works his magic at Everton, Amorim in a mess and Rashford to Villa - mad or a master stroke?

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Tom Clarke is joined by Gary Jacob and Martin Hardy to look at all the latest transfer news.

Will Ollie Watkins be an Arsenal player in the next 48 hours? Newcastle have sold Miguel Almiron will they have to sell more players to meet PSR rules?

Which other clubs are planning last minute deals; Tottenham, West Ham, Man Utd, Man City, Liverpool, Brighton.

How are deals done; the inside track on continuing to pay wages even if you sell a player and why are deals always done so late in the window?  

Lastly, how do reporters deal with agents, club presidents and managers and the half-truths, spin and outright lies that do the rounds…?  

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What do you think of the new Champions League format? It gets mixed reaction in the studio – full of excitement but was there any real jeopardy?

Manchester City got through, but the sight of Pep Guardiola clutching at straws was something to behold. Villa were in a thriller with Celtic and one man stood out – Morgan Rogers. A hattrick in the Champions League at 22 with the England manager watching on.

Another young talent on show was 17yr old Ethan Nwaneri where is his best position?

A quick look at transfers – is Ollie Watkins worth 60 million and a look ahead to some key games this weekend. 

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Can it get any worse for Spurs? Losses to Everton and at home to Leicester have piled the pressure on Ange Postecoglou, but the fans are turning on chairman Daniel Levy. How long before something breaks? Tom Allnutt makes an impassioned defence of Ange…Alyson Rudd isn’t buying it!

Bournemouth in contrast play a similar pressing game, have lots of injures but are on fire. What is the difference, how is Andoni Iraola doing it?

Man City against Chelsea was a show case in how not to defend – Gregor Robertson felt for debutant Khunsanov.

Yellow card, Red card…orange Card. What did Lewis Skelly deserve? Is the reaction of the Arsenal players and coaching staff make things worse?

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