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BBC Radio 5 Live

The latest news, insight, analysis and big name guests from the Premier League and the Football League, plus Scottish, International and European football. Join us! Get in touch with us @5liveSport on social media and remember to leave us your ratings and reviews.

Football Daily

Mark Chapman is joined by Chris Sutton, Rory Smith and Andros Townsend on this week's Monday Night Club.

The team start with a full breakdown of Manchester City's 2-1 win over Arsenal, and the run-in for the title.
Who do the panel tip to win it now? Should Havertz have started over Gyokeres, and do Arsenal lack 'stardust' in their side?

Next on MNC, the team discuss Chelsea's ongoing poor run of form and whether it's down to Liam Rosenior, plus the financial implications of missing out on Champions League football.

Who is Bournemouth's next head coach Marco Rose? German football expert Rafa Honigstein joins the pod to look at Iraola's successor.

And finally with relegation to League One looming for Leicester City, the team reflect on their fall from grace, 10 years on from winning the Premier League.

Timecodes:
01:09 First reflections of Man City 2-1 Arsenal
08:24 Can Arsenal fans take hope from the performance? Plus, the psychological impact of losing
14:18 Havertz starting over Gyokeres, & do Arsenal lack 'stardust'?
19:52 Cherki the 'maverick', & is this a typical Guardiola team?
27:37 The remaining fixtures for both teams
31:18 Chelsea's losing streak continues, & is it Rosenior's fault?
44:31 Bournemouth announce Marco Rose as new head coach
50:38 Leicester City on the verge of League One relegation

MNC: Manchester City close in on Arsenal

Former Spurs and Forest midfielder Andy Reid joins Rick Edwards and Luke Edwards to analyse a season-defining weekend of Premier League action.

Manchester City wrestled control of the title race with a 2-1 home win over leaders Arsenal and relegation candidates Leeds and Nottingham Forest both won while Spurs conceded in the 95th minute to draw.

Manchester United, Liverpool and Aston Villa all went closer to securing a Champions League spot – will that be enough for Michael Carrick and Arne Slot to keep their jobs?

And on the subject of uncertain futures for managers… Do Newcastle need to make a decision on Eddie Howe right now?

Timecodes:
01:10 Who will win the league now?
01:45 Are Arsenal lacking in quality or mentality?
07:30 Should Arteta’s future be up for debate?
08:20 Would Arsenal ever be able to move on from losing the title from here?
09:30 Should Gabriel have been sent off?
12:05 Reaction from Mikel Arteta and Pep Guardiola 
13:25 Can Arsenal wrestle back control psychologically?
16:20 The relegation battle — what a week for Nottingham Forest!
18:05 How have Forest moved from ‘banter club’ to a potentially historic season?
19:42 How has Vitor Pereira surprised people as Forest manager?
21:50 How many points needed to stay up?
23:20 Leeds’ best win of the season?
25:50 Do Spurs look better under Roberto de Zerbi already?
27:50 How much of a mental blow is it to concede late on?
31:10 Half-time teaser
34:20 Is Bruno Fernandes the Player of the Year?
35:50 Has Carrick done enough to keep the United job?
39:27 Chelsea’s failed season
42:20 Has Slot done enough to keep the Liverpool job?
47:20 Newcastle are in worse form than Spurs — do they need to make a decision on Eddie Howe right now?!

PL Review: City take control, Spurs destined for the drop?

Following the announcement that Bernardo Silva will be leaving Manchester City at the end of the season, here's a chance to listen back to when Kelly Somers spoke to him about a remarkable career just before Christmas. They discuss his journey into football coming through the academy at Benfica and his breakthrough at AS Monaco which led to his move Manchester City where he has won 19 major trophies. 

0’30 - Why football and how Benfica shaped him 
2’30 - Man City gave him more than he ever hoped for and dreaming of winning the Premier League.
3’00 - Who has influenced him?
5’10 - They game he would he relive and toughest moment
6’00 - thoughts on less success recently and winning silverware this season
8’56 - What was he like as a child and best friend in football
10’50 - His dogs and their names
11’30 - Will he go into management?

Bernardo Silva - The Football Interview

John Murray & Ali Bruce-Ball are joined by Vicki Sparks to talk Premier League, their travels and the language of football commentary. We’re back to league action with a tricky Clash of the Commentators. There are more unintended pub names from sport commentary and suggestions for the Great Glossary of Football Commentary. Messages, questions and voicenotes welcome on WhatsApp to 08000 289 369 & emails to TCV@bbc.co.uk

01:45 Vicki in Iceland,
04:25 Lost phone & cheese ice cream in Bologna,
08:20 Ali’s commentary highlight of The Masters,
12:00 John reveals why he’s stepped away from The Masters,
13:40 Herr Chapman’s ‘bobby-dazzlers’,
15:20 Big weekend of commentaries on 5 Live,
15:50 John flips out at the ‘supercomputer’,
23:00 Man City v Arsenal preview,
29:45 Unintended pub names from sport commentary,
35:30 Clash of the Commentators,
46:45 Great Glossary of Football Commentary.

5 Live / BBC Sounds commentaries:
Sat 1500 Leeds v Wolves with Ali Bruce-Ball & Michael Brown,
Sat 1500 Newcastle v Bournemouth on Sports Extra,
Sat 1730 Spurs v Brighton & Hove with Eilidh Barbour & Andy Reid,
Sat 1730 Iceland v England in WCQ on Sports Extra with Vicki Sparks & Rachel Brown-Finnis,
Sun 1400 Everton v Liverpool with Mike Minay & Pat Nevin,
Sun 1400 Nottingham Forest v Burnley on Sports Extra,
Sun 1400 Aston Villa v Sunderland on Sports Extra 2,
Sun 1630 Man City v Arsenal with John Murray & Rob Green.

Great Glossary of Football Commentary:
DIVISION ONE
Agricultural challenge,
Back of the net,
Back to square one,
Backside and elbows,
Booked,
Bosman,
Bullet header,
Channel of joy,
Coupon buster,
Cruyff Turn,
Cultured/educated left foot,
Dead-ball specialist,
Draught excluder,
Elastico/flip-flap,
False nine,
Fox in the box,
Giving the goalkeeper the eyes,
Grub hunter,
Head tennis,
Hibs it,
In a good moment,
In behind,
Magic of the FA Cup,
The Maradona,
Off their line,
Olimpico,
Onion bag,
Panenka,
Park the bus,
Perfect hat-trick,
Postage stamp,
Put his cap on it,
Rabona,
Roy of the Rovers stuff,
Schmeichel-style,
Scorpion kick,
Spursy,
Stick it in the mixer,
Sweeper keeper,
Taking it to the corner flag,
Target man,
Tiki-taka,
Towering header,
Trivela,
Where the kookaburra sleeps,
Where the owl sleeps,
Where the spiders sleep.
 
DIVISION TWO
2-0 can be a dangerous score,
Asterisk,
Back on the grass,
Ball stays hit,
Beaten all ends up,
Blaze over the bar,
Business end,
Came down with snow on it,
Catching practice,
Camped in the opposition half,
Cauldron atmosphere,
Champagne is on ice,
Coat is on a shoogly peg,
Come back to haunt them,
Corridor of uncertainty,
Couldn’t sort their feet out,
Easy tap-in,
Daisy-cutter,
Drubbing,
First cab off the rank,
Giant-killing,
Goalkeepers’ Union,
Good leave,
Good touch for a big man,
Half-turn,
Has that in his locker,
High wide and not very handsome,
Hospital pass,
Howler,
In the dugout,
In the hat,
In their pocket,
Johnny on the spot,
Lackadaisical,
Leading the line,
Leather a shot,
Middle of the park,
Needed no second invitation,
Needing snookers,
Nice headache to have,
No-look pass,
Nutmeg,
On the beach,
On their bike,
One for the cameras,
One for the purists,
Piledriver*,
Played us off the park,
Points on the board,
Points to the spot,
Prawn sandwich brigade,
Purple patch,
Put their laces through it,
Queensbury rules,
Reaches for their pocket,
Rolls Royce,
Root and branch review,
Row Z,
Screamer,
Seats on the plane,
Sent into raptures,
Show across the bows,
Slide-rule pass,
Staving off relegation,
Steal a march,
Sting the palms,
Straight in the bread basket,
Stramash,
Taking one for the team,
Telegraphed that pass,
Tired legs,
That’s great… (football),
Thunderous strike,
Turns on a sixpence,
Walk it in,
We’ve got a cup tie on our hands.
We were right behind that.

The Commentators’ View: Cheese ice cream & Champagne on ice

James Gregg is joined by Julien Laurens, Guillem Balague and Rafa Honigstein on this week’s Euro Leagues. The team reflect on all the Champions League quarter-final action, including the seven-goal thriller which saw Bayern knock out Real Madrid. Do Kompany’s Bayern team have any weaknesses and if so, could it be Manual Neuer? And should Alvaro Arbeloa be worried at Real Madrid? Could he survive a trophyless season?

Then, the team discuss Atletico Madrid knocking out Barcelona! Is Simeone destined to win his and Atleti’s first Champions League? And how might they cause Arsenal problems in the semi-final?

We hear all about the first woman to manage a men’s side in Europe’s Top 5 Leagues – Marie-Louise Eta has taken over at Union Berlin until the end of the season. And finally, Ashley Cole tells BBC Sport’s Nizaar Kinsella all about his start to life at Serie B side Cesena, and why he made the move to Italy for his first head coach role.

Timecodes:
02:08 Bayern’s brilliant attackers, & is Neuer a weak point?
12:34 Real Madrid going trophyless, & will Arbeloa survive?
23:12 Barca knocked out by Atletico Madrid to set up Arsenal semi
33:03 Union Berlin appoint first-ever female head coach in Top 5 Leagues
40:10 Ashley Cole speaks about taking over Serie B’s Cesena

Euro Leagues: UCL Semis set & Ashley Cole on coaching

Relief for Arsenal as they make it to the Champions League semi-finals with a 1-0 aggregate victory over Sporting Lisbon, John Murray and Chris Sutton join Steve Crossman for reaction from the Emirates. 

They discuss the nervousness around Arsenal and look ahead to their tie with Atletico Madrid in the final four. 

Euro Leagues’ Raphael Honigstein joins us from Munich where Bayern beat Real Madrid in a thriller to set up a meeting with Paris Saint Germain.

Plus, Spanish football journalist Juan Castro gives his assessment of the controversial red card for Eduardo Camavinga which swung the balance in Bayern’s favour on a disappointing night for Alvaro Arbeloa’s side. 

Timecodes:
00:35 – Arsenal - Sporting Lisbon reaction with John Murray and Chris Sutton
13:06 – Bayern Munich reaction with Raphael Honigstein
17:46 – Real Madrid reaction with Juan Castro
22:00 – The challenge ahead for Arsenal with John Murray and Chris Sutton
31:35 – Mikel Arteta interview

UCL Debrief: Arsenal squeeze into semis & Bayern blast past Real

Aaron Paul, Jobi McAnuff & Millwall midfielder Massimo Luongo chat Championship promotion race as Ipswich & Middlesbrough slip up. Hear from Leicester boss Gary Rowett ahead of their ‘last chance’ for Championship survival. Newport County manager Christian Fuchs joins the pod as his EFL survival quest nears its conclusion. And messages and voicenotes always welcome on WhatsApp to 08000 289 369. 

01:25 Millwall get the weekend off
02:50 Massimo gets denied trip to Vegas
04:35 Ipswich dealt promotion blow by Portsmouth
12:20 Ipswich for 2nd or are Saints too hot?
16:05 Millwall group chat not biting on Ipswich loss
20:10 Can Southampton get automatics?
24:40 Gary Rowett on Leicester’s ‘last chance’
30:00 Christian Fuchs talks Leicester & Newport
36:55 John Terry set to take over at Colchester
39:15 Rotherham relegated
42:45 72PLUS 72MINUS
46:00 Is Justin Bieber a Swindon Town fan?

5 Live / BBC Sounds commentaries:
Sat 1500 Leeds v Wolves,
Sat 1500 Newcastle v Bournemouth on Sports Extra,
Sat 1730 Spurs v Brighton & Hove,
Sat 1730 Iceland v England women in WCQ on Sports Extra,
Sun 1400 Everton v Liverpool,
Sun 1400 Aston Villa v Sunderland on Sports Extra,
Sun 1400 Nottingham Forest v Burnley on Sports Extra 2,
Sun 1630 Man City v Arsenal.

72+ EFL Pod: Fuchs fighting & Leicester’s ‘last chance’

Did Arne Slot let Liverpool down as the Premier League champions were knocked out by PSG at Anfield? Or did the Reds show positive signs for the future with a much more energetic and competitive performance than in last week’s first leg in Paris?

Former Liverpool defender Stephen Warnock, ex-Premier League winger Andros Townsend and French football journalist Julien Laurens join Ian Dennis and Kelly Cates to dissect a thrilling night of Champions League action.

As well as Liverpool’s 2-0 defeat to PSG (4-0 on aggregate), Atletico Madrid progressed with a memorable victory over Barcelona, 3-2 on aggregate.

Atleti will now play the winner of Arsenal v Sporting, with the panel previewing Wednesday night’s game alongside commentator John Murray.

And we hear reaction from England Lionesses’ 1-0 victory over Spain.

Timecodes:
02:20 Where has this Liverpool energy been all season?
03:20 Was this about PSG’s individual quality?
04:14 Julien Laurens calls Arne Slot’s line-up a “complete nonsense” — should Alexander Isak have started?
07:45 Are Liverpool carrying players in their team? How much has their recruitment been proven wrong?
15:00 Hugo Ekitike’s injury
16:00 How are Liverpool looking going into the Merseyside derby?
17:30 Should Isak be getting a run of games now?
18:45 Reaction from Liverpool manager Arne Slot
20:15 A thrilling win for Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona
21:20 How worried would Arsenal be to play Atleti?
23:00 How much of a difference did red cards make for Barcelona?
24:45 Mikel Arteta previews Arsenal v Sporting and asks for ‘fire, not fear'
26:10 Preview of Arsenal v Sporting with commentator John Murray
30:40 Keira Walsh reacts to her 100th England cap as the Lionesses beat Spain
31:40 Lionesses boss Sarina Wiegman reacts

UCL Debrief: Liverpool knocked out & Atleti down Barcelona

Steve Crossman hosts this week's Monday Night Club alongside Chris Sutton, Rory Smith and Nedum Onuoha.

With a game in hand and six points to make up, can Manchester City catch Arsenal? The team discuss the role that mentality plays in a title race, how fan nervousness might be affecting Arsenal on the pitch, and what Arteta's side seem to be lacking from open-play. Is it fair to say Arsenal are 'bottling' it? On the other hand, a free-flowing Manchester City are relishing the chase, and with Arsenal visiting the Etihad this Sunday, could that result prove to be a decider?

Then, the panel react to Spurs losing their first match under new head coach, Roberto De Zerbi. With Tottenham now in the relegation zone for the first time since 2015, and two points from safety, can "big brother" De Zerbi save the club?

Timecodes:
01:12 Is it fair to say that Arsenal are 'bottling' it?
12:13 Do Arsenal really have a style-of-play problem?
20:24 Arsenal a "masterpiece of coaching", but is it time now for psychology?
28:17 Are the fans affecting the players, & should they have booed the team off?
37:07 A first loss for "big brother" De Zerbi as Spurs manager; can he save them?

MNC: Are Arsenal 'bottling' it & will Spurs survive?

Are Arsenal ‘bottling’ the league title? Do they have what it takes to win at the Etihad next week? What are Manchester City showing on the pitch that Arsenal aren’t?

Former Premier League striker Clinton Morrison and Luke Edwards, the Telegraph’s Northern football writer, join Rick Edwards to dissect a significant weekend of action.

The panel analyst the title race, consider the strength of Bournemouth’s display in victory at Arsenal, and whether there is any hope for the Gunners’ North London rivals Tottenham Hotspur, who are now two points adrift from safety.

Roberto de Zerbi lost his first game in charge but were there any positives and is he approaching the challenge in the right way?

Plus, is Eddie Howe nearing the end of his time at Newcastle?

Timecodes:

01:30 City’s emphatic win over Chelsea — will they win every game now on?
04:24 How good is Rayan Cherki?
05:35 Reaction from Pep Guardiola at Stamford Bridge
07:00 What mentality do Arsenal need to find this week?
08:15 Will Arteta leave if they can’t win the title?
10:35 Are Arsenal lacking creativity, or is it bravery?
11:35 Bournemouth’s resilience in 2025/26
14:00 Gyokeres proves Rick wrong — is he the only big Arsenal positive?
15:17 Is there any hope for Tottenham?
18:20 Roberto de Zerbi’s reaction to defeat in his first game as Spurs manager
19:30 Were Spurs unlucky to lose again? How do they get confidence back and how many games do they need to win to stay up?
21:14 West Ham get the confidence Spurs are lacking
22:44 Did De Zerbi try anything different to Igor Tudor?
25:00 Half-time teaser answers
27:45 Is Eddie Howe on borrowed time?
35:00 Crystal Palace buoyant again after a long winter
38:00 Liverpool win ahead of PSG second-leg challenge at Anfield — do they have the same problem as Chelsea and will Arne Slot stay?
41:45 Does Slot HAVE to start Rio Ngumoha against PSG?
44:15 Should Salah come back into the starting XI after scoring against Fulham?
44:45 Clinton and Rick sing Happy Birthday to Luke

MNC: Are Arsenal 'bottling' it & will Spurs survive?

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