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MICAH RICHARDS labelled a instrumentality a “b***end” aft being near stunned by a daze question.
The erstwhile Man City and England prima lined up for the Rest is Football podcast with pals Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer this week.
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The squad got stuck into respective weighty issues including Rodri’s wounded stroke for City.
And they besides pondered whether it made Arsenal the favourites for the rubric aft consecutive 2nd spot finishes.
But the last question from a instrumentality near Richards fuming.
The protagonist cheekily asked whether immoderate of them had ever backed disconnected towards the extremity of the play to forestall an wounded up of a large tournament.
However, the question was lone directed towards Lineker and Shearer, leaving Richards perplexed.
Lineker archetypal said: “I don’t cognize wherefore conscionable Gary and Alan, this should use to each 3 of us. I deliberation it’s a flimsy subtle excavation astatine Micah’s career.
“He says ‘have you ever stopped giving your 100 per cent by the extremity of a play being acrophobic of getting an wounded and not getting called up for a Euros oregon World Cup?’”
Richards responded: “Wow, he’s conscionable excluded maine from the conversation! Basically he’s called maine lazy and not bully capable to play for England!
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“What a b***end! I’m joking, I’m joking.”
Lineker added: “I deliberation the reply to his question is simply a conclusive no!”
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Early successful the podcast, the trio discussed Rodri’s imaginable ACL wounded stroke and Arsenal’s caller rubric hopes.
Lineker said: “It’s a immense stroke to Man City. He’s arguably the astir important shot City could lose, on with Haaland.
“You tin spot the difference. All competitions since 2019/20 without Rodri, 45 games and triumph complaint is 64 per cent.
“With Rodri, 270 games and triumph complaint is 73 per cent.
“That’s rather a large difference, positive 48 league games connected the tally with Rodri City person not lost.”
Richards noted: “He’s the champion holding midfielder successful satellite football. It’s been a spot of a masterstroke getting Gundogan back.
“But it’s a immense miss. He controls the tempo of matches and not a batch of players tin bash that.
“Yes it makes it much balanced successful presumption of Arsenal winning the league.
“I don’t deliberation it makes them favourites but it’s 50/50 now.”
Arsenal ratings vs Man City
TEN-MAN Arsenal came desperately adjacent to beating Man City.
Unfortunately for Mikel Arteta's men, John Stones popped up successful the 98th infinitesimal to people an equaliser with the lucifer ending 2-2.
Here's however the players rated...
DAVID RAYA – 9
Well beaten for Haaland’s opener but continued his awesome commencement to the play with immoderate ace 2nd fractional stops – notably from Haaland and Gvardiol.
RICARDO CALAFIORI – 8
A afloat debut the Italian won’t forget. Didn’t get adjacent capable to Savinho for the opening extremity but made amends with his stunning agelong scope curler to level it.
GABRIEL – 9
Planted 1 header implicit but made nary mistake with his 2nd 1 conscionable earlier the interruption to people for the 2nd consecutive weekend.
WILLIAM SALIBA – 8
Clattered by Haaland aboriginal connected and mislaid the Norwegian for City’s extremity - but dusted himself down and led the rearguard enactment for the visitors superbly.
JURRIEN TIMBER – 8
Asked to play an unfamiliar relation connected the close but did a large occupation for his brag keeping the livewire Doku quiescent – and did good erstwhile Pep changed it astir too.
GABRIEL MARTINELLI – 7
Caused Walker plentifulness of problems successful the archetypal half. Played the shot backmost for Calafiori to people and teed up different large accidental for Trossard.
DECLAN RICE – 7
Helped Arsenal enactment their mode backmost into the crippled aft aboriginal onslaught – and protected the backmost 4 truthful good erstwhile City were camped connected the borderline of the box.
THOMAS PARTEY – 7
Quick reasoning from free-kick led to equaliser – besides progressive successful the collision with Rodri that changed the people of the game.
BUKAYO SAKA – 6
Always a menace with his corners – not slightest erstwhile Arsenal got their second. Subbed astatine the interruption to marque mode for an other defender.
LEANDRO TROSSARD – 4
Steered bully accidental over. Booked for pulling backmost Savinho past a 2nd yellowish for barge connected Silva and past delaying the restart. Stupid from the Belgian.
KAI HAVERTZ – 7
Early collision with Rodri and caused a fewer problems successful the archetypal fractional but past had to absorption connected helping his 10 antheral squad retired defensively.
SUBS
WHITE - 7
(For Saka 46) – Thrown connected to enactment up the defence astatine the interruption – and did precisely that.
KIWIOR - 6
(For Calafiori 74 )– Gave the Italian a remainder for the last fewer minutes and kept it tight.
JESUS - 6
(For Martinelli 87) – Some bully pressing against his aged squad successful the closing minutes
LEWIS SKELLY - 6
(For Timber 90) – Good acquisition for the youngster but was bizarrely booked earlier adjacent coming connected for his debut.
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