The Football Diary Podcast

Arsenal's Villa vengeance, Madueke hits Chelsea treble, Forest edge Saints, and why United need Ugarte

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Episode notes

Mike and Dave analyse a fascinating 2-0 win for Arsenal over Aston Villa, putting to bed any doubts that they were the Gunners' bogey team. But it could've been so much different had Ollie Watkins not lost his head in front of goal - and if David Raya hadn't pulled off a world class save! We look at what both teams will take from the game.

Chelsea suddenly became their prolific best in a 6-2 away win over Wolves, thanks to a hat-trick from Noni Madueke, with all 3 assisted by Cole Palmer. With new/old boy Joao Felix also on the score sheet and even Nicholas Jackson grabbing a goal, have we seen the start of some consistency in the team from Enzo Maresca?

Nottingham Forest beat Southampton to move into 5th, but how can they improve?

And also Manchester United lose 2-1 to Brighton thanks to some suicidal defending in the 95th minute. Can new boy Manuel Ugarte add some much-needed energy and steel to United? And what of Brighton under Fabian Hurzeler?

And finally, we pay tribute to the late Sven-Goran Eriksson, who sadly passed away this week.

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