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Tachala, let's go on with the show, it is time for Fan Zone and still I'm with the crew, Sami Kitai is there and also Eric Aganya and it is also another Saturday afternoon which I have to throw it out there, what do you expect this afternoon, it is an early kukuf what we expect and what we wish for two different things, today my wish would be to be to Man City I think that would be a tall order but it would be a very interesting match, I would like to see how both managers approach the match because I believe David Moyes will approach it the way he has approached the match against Rotem, sit back and wait to hit Man City on the counter with the likes of Antonio and Lingard was also doing very well having gone there on loan so it would be interesting to watch we had a very huge conversation when it comes to Manchester City in the Champions League and how they are performing and the team that they are having at the moment but you can also not take away what David Moyes has done with Western currently because out of the blues they are now fighting for a top 4 position and there is a big possibility that this Western team can actually play Champions League next season ya and last month I think to me I could have given him the coach of the month despite the fact that it was given to Godiola but I could have given him because basing on the resources that he had and the kind of players he doesn't have a big squad like Man City, he doesn't have the resources that Man City has and David Moyes has a way of working with these mid table teams I remember even when he was at Everton he converted Everton to a top 6 team and he is doing the same at Western his main achievement at Western is him being able to lock the defense, they are winning one discipline he has drilled his defense to a point that they are very disciplined tactically they know how to retreat, they know how to organize themselves and he is doing a beautiful job Western with David Moyes out of nowhere no one expected them to come off and be in this game at the moment Manchester City now I think on 17 games and beaten and they are playing really really very well you saw how Western played, I think it was the FA Cup against Manchester United as Eric has talked about their disciplined defense and oiled defense and how they were playing but now they are playing a man city side that is capable of unlocking them, where do you think the match will be won? first of all I need to say a start out there that actually Western have not trailed in the first half of the season so I guess Manchester City will be coming into this match and thinking that we need to be patient here it's not going to happen that quickly and talking about what David Moyes has done to the team actually we look at the signings we've made so far Thomas Uchek, Vladimir Kufal at the back he also brought in a loan deal for Michael Dawson who is now part of that defense that you're talking about keeping clinches and Jesse Lingard has been a revelation to that team he also did against Spaz on Sunday and actually had a very wonderful celebration in there with the likes of Declan Rice in the team so for Manchester City coming into this one I guess the midfield is going to at least try and find a way where they are going to lock out Declan Rice and Thomas Uchek from the game because they've been like the engines of the team and they've been really providing the balls to either Bowen, Lingard, Antonio so maybe I expect a guy like Rodri to have a very big game in this match but I really don't find a way where West Ham are going to win this one and which ended in a one hole in the first leg but this one against Manchester City right now they are looking at making if we win this game we are on a 20 point run I think Declan Rice should be taught how to dance I think you say that Manchester City are going to come into the game they need to take time I would like to disagree because if they do that and David Moyes team will grow into the game confident so what Godula is going to come in is going to do the arsenal thing hit them very fast if I hit you very fast you'll be disorganized because you're used to taking what they did to Manchester United they were comfortable they pushed them 90 comfortable we okay we know how to do this thing we will defend we will sit patient so Godula is going to throw them out of the game and if you see the approach today will be coming bringing very busy wingers and be aggressive the first 10 minutes will determine because if West Ham settles in the game then it will be a draw and then there's that kid that Manchester United left to go and learn to West Ham and it seems like he rejuvenated West Ham midfield Jesse Lingard Jesse Lingard is actually doing well and if you look at him being at Manchester United before he had some family problems they affected his form but before then he had scored some crucial goals for Manchester United I think he was not sent on loan because he was bad but because in the midfield Manchester United had better options there's no way you'll put Bruno Fernandez on bench and have him play the same thing that is happening to Van de Beek not that Van de Beek is bad but the people are being put there like Bruno Fernandez they're doing a beautiful job and there's a kid who is enjoying himself now at West Ham he's having fun no pressure he's playing his best football and if he continues like that then he may send them to the champion's league he may actually do that because it's a big possibility that West Ham can actually go ahead and play at the champion's league next season in the matches as they are playing so far but also let's finish with that one Manchester City West Ham 3 points for Man City I think Man City will win it narrowly I think it's also going to be a Manchester City win right now but again Tokia Bolingard I think it was good that he actually came in and scored immediately and Samo got himself into the groove and now you can see even a guy like Pablo Fono so we barely know he speaks English and he's really having a very good time with Jesse Lingard that team looks really good and to even think that the other guys that are getting involved also the likes of Jarrod Boyne they seem to have a very good connection and actually Jesse Lingard is being looked at a guy that maybe could even be on that plane to the Euros with England doing how Garret Sougi loves him Big matches that will be coming away they have already said that it will be 3 points for Manchester City it will be an early kickoff for Manchester City against the Hamas West Ham but we have also got some other 3 matches that will be coming away at 6pm we've got also West Bromwich Albin playing home to Brighton and then Leeds will be playing home to Aston Villa at the Elrond Road and then we'll be finishing off the day with Newcastle vs. World Vampton Wanderer so those are the fixtures for today and let's talk also about West Bromwich Albin vs. Brighton Harve just like last week West Bromwich Samalada is coming on with this big boy mentality and had a draw with Manchester United it was likely that he was actually even going with 3 points one of the worst games that Manchester United has played was that one actually but Big Sam has brought in some confidence into the team and last weekend they also drew with Burnley and they should have gotten the 3 points because they had some good chances but today I'll put my money on Brighton Brighton have the capability of knocking the ball around they have the capability of being patient and eventually they will be able to harm West Brom so today I'll put my money on Brighton on Brighton and actually looking at that West Brom game when they played against Burnley they had 10 men for almost 60 minutes in the game and Samalada is actually mentioned and that's one of the best games you've seen from 10 men in that game so it actually shows the kind of belief that is brought into the team and of course defensively they did a wonderful job but of course having considered only a goal against Manchester United and having considered against Burnley it was good for them but then against Brighton you're talking about Brighton being that one side that plays some very exciting football but they don't have that kind of a cutting edge or quality upfront when you have Neil Mope you have Connolly expect maybe better from them and think that's the thing that is lacking from them so if you get any sharpness from those guys then maybe they could have a strong in the pack so that one will be going Brighton West Brom or a draw in that one I'll give it to Brighton myself I think six matches or seven matches they have only lost once and they had a run of six matches without losing at any moment they are actually very good for you Sami, where do you play? I actually don't see many goals in these games so I'm going to go with a 92.5 102.5 there and then a big one that will be coming at 8.30 now will be Leeds United versus Aston Villa Aston Villa without Jack Grealish Fireworks Fireworks because Leeds don't know how to defend they come to you and they are going to take that game to Aston Villa and it's a tragedy for Aston Villa because the lack of Jack Grealish takes away something that they are very good at the counter they are very good at hitting you on the counter and Grealish is capable of opening those pressures in the defense and today by the fact that you will not be there gives Leeds an edge over them because now Leeds will be able to do wonders but Aston Villa will they be able to counter Leeds because if you are able to hit Leeds on the counter you will score because they come all of them they come all of them and they only know how to attack they will attack one good thing I like about the Leeds team is that I think the manager has put into them even if you concede don't worry we will score and I saw it against Aston Villa they conceded 4 and they could still attack and eventually they got 2 and if they had been given another 10 minutes they could have got another 2 so that one I think I'm seeing a game that will have goals and Leeds will carry the day Aston Villa without Jack Grealish would it be a blow for them in that midfield going forward actually that was the big question because you're looking at both teams they're actually lacking some key figures in the middle of the park you talk about Leeds United not having Calvin Phillips and then Jack Grealish missing for Aston Villa I think the big question was who is going to miss the other the most and I think the answer is that Aston Villa is going to miss Jack Grealish and I was listening to Dean Smith talking about how they're going to approach this game he talked about the young lads in that team also living up to the hype like Anore Gazi he saw him on a bit of a good run only that he was at least taken out of the team and then you have guys like Traore also in that team they cousin to Lassina Traore he's a very good player so maybe they'll be looking at that and feeling that this guy should take the opportunity and at least bring the game to Leeds United but again talking about Leeds United I guess they've received lots of a kind of a backlash by many people and I've never seen that from a team that I just got promotion to the league but they still get huge slack for conceding lots of goals where they're still winning so I credit myself also for the kind of football that they're playing but actually it's good to realise that they've not had their best defences they actually have some injuries in that team we talk about Robin Koch, Diogo Royente being his gen is that team so it's going to be an exciting match and I'm looking at Patrick Bamford and feeling that he should actually take this game and he's got a heart trick in the opening leg against Aston Villa so maybe this could be another opportunity for him wow prediction quickly for that one for you you said a lot of goals but in favor of Leeds in favor of Leeds that's something yeah of course Leeds United will win by 3 plus 3 plus and then we finish off today's match day with Newcastle playing home to Wolfampton Wanderers it's also another big game in that mid-table clash yeah it's a big game in the mid-table and you see that this season I've suffered one thing they are not scoring because they lost Jota to Liverpool and then they lost him in his to injury that one has really affected them and you see that the games they could have finished off they are not doing that but today I will also want to believe that coming from last weekend they are a little bit high in confidence and I would like to believe that they will win this against Newcastle yeah so I think the pressure is on Newcastle right now because they can actually feel full arm on their backs because there are only 3 points behind them and for Newcastle they have not been on a good run ever since even Callum Wilson got injured they have actually not been scoring goals and you look at the approach that he's made in that team playing with favor their back looks too defensive they don't look like a team that could spring even 5 passes in the game but again talking about holes it's a good victory for them against Leeds United last Friday and a guy lecturer whom we have not been seeing for a while came with a very wonderful goal and you could understand why he celebrated it the way he did and the positive update is that Nuna Espirito Santo came with an update that actually we might see it all him and his back this season I think that's a really positive news for the team and so looking at the last few games schools have actually tried to defend at least they have not been considering that much so maybe this is a game you look at and think it's going to be low scoring again but Wolves might actually win it well a big one there for Wolves going to play away to Newcastle United let's just have a look at the table they are the English Premier League table as it looks so far and it will just be looking at it at the moment Manchester City are comfortably 10 points clear after 25 matches that they have played Manchester United following their 2nd with 49 from the 25 matches that have been played so far the only team with a game in hand have got to be Everton and Tottenham but when we were talking about that top 4 clash and then you look at Western there with 45 points and Chelsea behind with 43 points and also we'll be talking about the big one game that will be coming there tomorrow between Chelsea versus Manchester United and then Liverpool have dropped all the way to position 6 with 40 points at the moment that is 19 points behind Manchester City just comfortably they have comfortably said we are not going to defend this title they are out of the title and the objective this season will be to come back to the top 4 and play Champions League football next season but they have more problems than Klopp will love to admit one they have players whose contracts are coming to an end like when Adam who's not focused is thinking of Barcelona they have to sort that and then they have an aging squad also you realize that the average age is ranging between 28 and 29 that's too high for a team and then secondly they have players who have also achieved everything with Liverpool I've won the Champions League with Liverpool I've won the Premier League with Liverpool so what am I doing here I want a new challenge they have Mo Salah who love to get a new challenge they have Sadio Mane if Madrid comes knocking he will comfortably rush to Madrid so I think this season there's more beating for Liverpool there's more misery there's more they'll be beaten at least twice considering also that he plays heavy metal football with that age heavy metal football with that age he may not I think he will reach a point whereby he'll put his money on the Champions League and I guess it's the same situation with Borussia Dortmund and the same trajectory where they were doing very well in the Champions League or even the Bundesliga but then it came a time when all the guys are tired and they've been run over and the same case to what is happening right now going into their sixties season in Liverpool look at the guys that have been consistently asked to perform at a high level it reaches a point where it can happen any more and they need to go out and this looks like a pattern because it happened to him with Borussia Dortmund and then now to couple it all with Liverpool the injuries are so many and I saw it when Henderson got injured you could see it on the faces of the players that our captain is down so everybody is down because you see that what has been the main problem is that upon the injury of the central defence they had to push the midfield enforcers back and that is Fabinho and Henderson so we find that now these people when they were pushed back now that enforcement in the midfield to support the attack came down now the guy who had pushed back is not there so you have two problems you have problem whereby you don't have an enforcer and you don't have a defender because Henderson actually if you look at since Van Dyke got injured they haven't considered that much but they haven't scored many goals you see because their midfield enforcers had come back once or when Adam will not do a job that Fabinho will do or Henderson could have done there is that pass that Henderson will give when Adam may not give that pass and that is their main problem now with Henderson now again injured they have a big problem because he comes there now they will be playing Sheffield is it a case of a shock can happen this weekend actually the last time I was here I was talking about Everton not having won at Hanfield since 1999 and I felt like this is the perfect opportunity they should go for it now you are talking about Sheffield United the worst team in the league so far I think Foyag and Kloppos it makes it a little bit easier now that he is missing two defenders he will actually now play two centre backs now that Fabinho and Henderson are out maybe you are talking about a situation you will see Ben Davies you see Oz and Tabak and again I don't know about the situation because we had about that tragic news to his father I don't know whether he is going to start he is going to be a huge surprise if he does so maybe you are talking about Adrian now getting back to the team and there was that talk about Tiago being a guy who slows down that midfield from hard metal they called it lift music that was a big one and understandably so because they lost the zip really and that was the case about Tiag and Klopp they sent to defend us and bring back the midfielders at the back you will end up losing four players in the team and there is no output forward and I guess also you question about Salah and Mani because Salah has actually scored a goal in only four matches in the last four matches he has only scored a goal Famino doesn't look to be scoring the goals I think the positive news is that Jota will be back anytime soon It's a big one there for Liverpool as they go to play Sheffield United just some updates coming your way is that Sadio Aguero will be starting for Manchester City against Western this afternoon there has been actually a long time without seeing Sadio Aguero in the Manchester City line but let's go on to the future much of the weekend and that much will be Chelsea playing home to Manchester United at the Stamford Bridge it's another big one for these two managers and also for these two sides this weekend it's a big test for Chelsea now the manager is able to test himself he's done it with Atletico now everybody is looking at it if you beat Manchester United then we can start talking about you and saying ok you can do a better job and for Manchester United they would like to cement their second position and if they lose this game that will be a big dent to their second position and I want to believe the two managers are so different in their approach in their system of play because we have two shell who believes in we process we pass it around and we will be able to create chances but we do it faster we have a source who believes that we can hit you on the counter we allow you to have the ball when you come we have very fast wingers when we get the ball we hit you on the counter and I believe the first thing that you shall do will be to take Bruno Fernandez out of the game Bruno Fernandez out of the game to mark him out of the game maybe by giving counter to him the moment he is marked out of the game without Paul Pogba in that midfield without Scott McTomy then Manchester United will be in trouble but if they allow Bruno Fernandez to pull the strings then we know the kind of balls we can give to Rashford and you remember last time last season actually Chelsea lost four nil at Old Trafford not because Chelsea played poorly but United took its chances when they get that one chance from the midfield they have players who can get that ball from the midfield and hit it on the counter it would be an interesting match again because we are seeing two brilliant strikers from both ends we have Kavani off the ball very brilliant movement and we have Giroud on the other side strikers were in their 30s and were doing brilliant things Giroud off the ball the movement is good and he has the capability to hold the ball and bring the others into the game one thing is Manchester United they seem confident playing away matches because that's their best record so far and beaten when they are on the road and this one will be playing on to their minds when they are going to play Chelsea they just thrashed social at four nil away played dial at home now they are heading to Stamford Bridge I guess that has been the situation with many away teams that actually we have over 60% of away teams getting victories and that maybe could be alluded to the fact that you don't have fans in the stadium but again I love what actually Erica said in there by just mentioning Kavani because it seems that he has actually gotten Marcial out of that team and that's really Marcial from that team and it was going to be a big question whether Marcial would score against social dad of which he didn't and that really meant that maybe he has lost his place playing against Chelsea but again talking about the approach it's going to be down to that because when a social look at the matches he's played against the big boys that like drew nil nil again with us and all these performances have looked dull and it seems like he's getting into the match and getting that mentality that we shouldn't lose this game rather than we are going to win this game so maybe I expect Manchester United not to at least sit back because every time we give Chelsea the opportunity to do that they are still going to play that kind of a possession game where they are ranking over 69% passes and possession they are still going to find a way and score against you this is a challenge to Thomas Yuckel if Manchester United are going to play attacking football but again I also think it's going to be an interesting thing to see what happens in the defense we saw what the press biathletic Madrid can do to Mendy in that goal so maybe it's going to be interesting to see the football by Edward Mendy in that goal it was very key the last time they met out but then again you brought about two key strikers to watch in that game that is Kavani this other side we are going to see Oliver Giroud coming in and you see Thomas the new coach of Chelsea also I think he is coming in and is now calling on experience also some of the experienced players coming on to the side the likes of Kante coming on to the midfield Rudiga returning alone also so that is the kind of line up you could expect from Chelsea tomorrow we expect that and what Manchester United is going to bank on Chelsea having more attacking players and what what what Olegana is going to do tomorrow tomorrow will be to have Rashford waiting come and attack we hit you one counter a goal and if Manchester United can be able to take their chances then they will come out of stand front bridge with points but if they don't do that the problem with sitting back as he had said is that you not only concede but you will make a mistake and even have an own goal because you are adding pressure you know you are conceding pressure and Manchester United wouldn't want to do that and what I know again what will happen tomorrow has been able to specialise in that if you looked at the game against Liverpool the draw against Liverpool and even the win he won against Liverpool the draw against Arsenal he locks the opponent out of the game it's unfortunate that tomorrow he may not have Scott MacTomney because if he had him he's also very good midfield enforcer he neutralise the Chelsea midfield because the Chelsea midfield is so good they have counter, they have cover seat they have very good talents and then they have Alonso is coming in from the wing and really attacking experienced and that will cause problem for Manchester United for Chelsea where do you think it will be won? of course you have to go back to the defence because they don't have Thiago Silva so maybe you are looking at a combination whether you can see Zuma back in the team you see Rudiga or even Aspilicueta playing in there and then Kalu Manso doia has been a man who has been talked about especially for that performance against Southampton he is actually pulled off after only 33 minutes we saw him play against Atletico Madrid and listening to Thomas Tukeli say that he is a man who has grown in confidence he actually didn't get him up to at least spoil his name or take away his confidence and he got back into the team and played some very good football looking at the counter pressing that those two wingbacks are doing there Alonso on one side and Kalu Manso doia on the other it's going to be interesting to see what they are going to do in that match and again in the middle of the park we saw Kante play in one game so many questions about really who Thomas Tukeli actually favours in the team Vanna again is another man we've seen somehow get some good form in the last few matches so interesting whether it goes with Vanna and Abraham or goes with Giroud and Vanna well that is our feature match for the touch line here Chelsea versus Manches United tomorrow it will be a big one for both managers for both teams and for the fans and to see how that match will be panning out but we can also not live without talking about another much brief look or like five minutes to go on to the show here but we've got Leicester playing home to Arsenal also it is a big big game it's a big game and without going into much I'll put my money on Leicester and reason being precision precision Brandon Rogers is approaching the Premier League with one mind we are going to win this and he has the players who are capable of doing that and he rested some of his big players over the weekend in the midweek and today they will be coming indefinitely and you see now the problem with Arsenal is that they played their best players in the midweek because they really needed a win and the fatigue may come in and they are unpredictable unpredictable this season today they will be good tomorrow they will be poor and if Leicester able to take saka out of the game that is the end of Arsenal I think I wouldn't be that confident about Arsenal losing that game because again I watched Leicester play against La Vie Braja and you talk about some of the injuries they've got into the team Madison he just got injured he had a hip injury and of course you talk about Justin Banna some very huge names missing from the Leicester team and looking at how they performed against La Vie Braja even with bans in the team Badi didn't look like himself Madison looks to be one of the most influential guys in that pitch so maybe we'll talk about an Arsenal team that has somehow got some confidence back I saw some tweet by Piaz Morgan actually talking about that being one of the best comebacks in European football but I don't know what he really meant about that because he had some better confidence going solo winning against Benfica in the round of 32 is a big European comeback but it's going to be a huge confidence boost for them because that's the only match I guess they've won coming back from a gold down apart from the Southampton game that they had so they actually felt like Abu Mayang is now getting his group back and then they've got Saka in there they've got Smith Rokirantini's back feet they'll fancy this and Badi is one guy who loves scoring against Arsenal and your book is to score ready to score and then we'll finish off with another big one they are Everton after their win against Liverpool now they are playing Southampton at home and with Kanoansaloti with Everton they are a confident side they are comfortable beating anyone even in the Premier League I think Everton takes points from the big boys and gives it to the small boys because they are games that Everton loses and you wonder how did they lose this one and that's a problem that Kanoansaloti is supposed to fix if you look at Southampton they drew the other game and then they lost to they lost to Leeds they are a team that is comfortable and very compact their main issue is if they score as the first ones then it becomes very difficult for them to concede but I don't think Everton would give them that opportunity Everton would like to come off the blocks and just give them pressure because they know that once they concede against Southampton it would be very difficult to break them down remember there was a game they scored a goal in the third minute or second minute against Liverpool and they held it until the last minute that's the biggest strength and tomorrow what Anzaloti would be able to do is to avoid conceding and score first and if the Southampton are able to concede first then they will lose the game again it feels like a broken record every time when I have to say that I have not found any manager yet who has lost 9 nil in two consecutive seasons and still on a very rich run and still doesn't get the stick and Rafa Senhuulsen you look at what he said in the last few matches they have not been good really and the game against Leeds United he talked about not having the right players and at the same time he had the luxury to bench Danny Yings from the team so coming into this match I believe Everton are going to come in and think this is a game we should win really because they are on a bad run they have got some injuries in the Akeluwaka Peter has been a huge hit for that team and their defense with Ben Arek has not been that good really this season it is going to be a very good match that we can consider that now the second leg have started being played out as we head on to them let's look at some of the key players that we can be looking at this weekend not only because of goals but because of the assets that they offer on to the team some of the top assets coming on that side you can see clearly Hardwick Ken with 11 for Tottenham is a player to watch this weekend because what Morino has done and we have to give credit to him we have known Hardwick Ken to be a predator we have known Hardwick Ken to be scoring goals but Morino has been able to interchange them with San and to find that Hardwick Ken now can provide the assists and if you look at the assists there I would like to give credit to one Kevin De Bruin because he has 10 and he has not played for quite some time that shows how good he is he has not played for quite some time and he is still on the top 4 when it comes to the assists Bruno Fernandez there also I actually think Hardwick Ken will have a very good weekend playing against Burnley and then playing against Fulham those are very nice fixtures playing against some 2 teams in the bottom 6 but I can talk about Bruno Fernandez I mean he is the only guy who at least pulls the strings in that middle of the park and I guess you saw that when Realchus had played against United in the middle of the team there is nothing that happens in there because Bruno Fernandez is such an influential player in that team so credit to him and also I have seen Lukadini also in that line up in theirs and also Aaron Creswell to see defenders actually being on that list is super impressive from them Big one when it comes to the English Premier League and some of the matches that will be coming you are aware I know Chelsea will be on against Manchester United Man City will be kicking off this match day and this is where we come to the end of the touch line Eric Aganya thanks you for coming to the touch line this afternoon how will you be spending your weekend man it has already kicked off I just want to catch the Man City the Man City I will send me for you of course man is all about the NBA NBA to the Allstar game next weekend so all about talking about the Celtics how they have been on a wretched run the Golden City Warriors winning game so it's really interesting and that's what I really do I think we need to have a segment for basketball actually considering that our country for the very first time in 28 years has managed to qualify for the Afro basketball that will be happening later on to the year that is where we come to the end of the touch line I am Robert Osoro Moksolo Sika will be with us next week as we will be dissecting everything that will be happening during the week when it comes to sports for everyone who wants money to make this broadcast a success we say good afternoon and enjoy 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