- Updates from the 4pm BST kick-off at the Etihad Stadium
- Live scoreboard | Guardiola’s plan to inspire players
- Follow Arsenal v Everton live with Daniel Harris
- Keep up to date with the rest of the action with our clockwatch
Alternative preamble (jeopardy is alive! Ish)
“Good afternoon, Rob,” says Justin Kavanagh. “There are several shades of the final day of the 1995 season blowing in the wind today: All that stands between Mancunian champions reclaiming their title is a West Ham team with little to play for but their pride; meanwhile, a Liverpudlian team threatens to spoil the party for the challengers. But it’s hard to see the Hammers getting the required draw or Erling Haaland playing the Andy Cole role of roving around the park with a five-stringed instrument in search of a bovine derriere to swing at and miss. And miss again. Also, there’s maybe more than a millennium’s worth of daylight between the Liverpool of Barnes, McManaman and Fowler and Sean Dyche’s Everton. But that’s the joy of football, I suppose. For the neutral (at least until City score the first goal today), it’s the hope that thrills you.”
Continue reading…Updates from the 4pm BST kick-off at the Etihad StadiumLive scoreboard | Guardiola’s plan to inspire playersFollow Arsenal v Everton live with Daniel HarrisKeep up to date with the rest of the action with our clockwatchAlternative preamble (jeopardy is alive! Ish)“Good afternoon, Rob,” says Justin Kavanagh. “There are several shades of the final day of the 1995 season blowing in the wind today: All that stands between Mancunian champions reclaiming their title is a West Ham team with little to play for but their pride; meanwhile, a Liverpudlian team threatens to spoil the party for the challengers. But it’s hard to see the Hammers getting the required draw or Erling Haaland playing the Andy Cole role of roving around the park with a five-stringed instrument in search of a bovine derriere to swing at and miss. And miss again. Also, there’s maybe more than a millennium’s worth of daylight between the Liverpool of Barnes, McManaman and Fowler and Sean Dyche’s Everton. But that’s the joy of football, I suppose. For the neutral (at least until City score the first goal today), it’s the hope that thrills you.” Continue reading…
