About this episode

The episode discusses Manchester City's rise to the top of the Premier League and Chelsea's decision to sack manager Liam Rosenior after a poor run of form.

Alistair Bruce-Ball is joined by Tim Krul, Nedum Onuoha, Curtis Davies and, Clinton Morrison as Manchester City go top of the Premier League following a 1-0 win at Burnley. The result leaves Pep Guardiola’s side level on points with Arsenal, but above on goals scored with just five games remaining of the season. Burnley are relegated to the Championship after just one season in the Premier League, the second time in a row they’ve come up and gone straight back down. What’s next for Burnley and for Scott Parker? Liam Rosenior has been sacked as Chelsea head coach after just 106 days in charge. It follows a run of five defeats without scoring, for the first time since 1912. Alistair Bruce-Ball reacts to the news with BBC Senior Football Correspondent Sami Mokbel, former Chelsea winger Pat Nevin, former team mate of Rosenior, Curtis Davies and, Chelsea fan Alex Churchill. The panel react to the issues at board level with Chelsea, what’s gone wrong, the news that Calum McFarlane will take charge until the end of the season and, what chance they have against Leeds in the FA Cup semi-final. TIME CODES: 00:00 Intro 00:20 Manchester City go top 09:10 Pep Guardiola post Burnley 11:27…

People in this episode

Host: Alistair Bruce-Ball

Guests: Tim Krul, Nedum Onuoha, Curtis Davies, Clinton Morrison, Pat Nevin, Alex Churchill

Topics covered

• Premier League
• Chelsea
• Burnley
• managerial changes
• football analysis
• relegation
• FA Cup

Keywords

• Manchester City
• Chelsea
• Liam Rosenior
• Pep Guardiola
• relegation
• FA Cup
• Scott Parker
• Burnley
• Premier League

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Chelsea, Burnley, BBC, Premier League, FA Cup

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