Foden Shines as City Close Gap; Scottish Title Race Heads to Final Day
Foden Shines as City Close Gap; Scottish Title Race to Final Day

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Jordan Jarrett-Bryan, Will Unwin and Ewan Murray to discuss the thrilling title races in England and Scotland on the latest Football Weekly podcast.

Manchester City Keep Up the Chase

Manchester City did what they had to do, beating Crystal Palace to move within two points of Arsenal with two games remaining. Palace started brightly, but a couple of glorious assists—one from Phil Foden and one from Rayan Cherki—helped Pep Guardiola's side maintain the pressure on the league leaders.

Scottish Drama: Celtic's Controversial Victory

The real drama unfolded in Scotland. Celtic secured a win with a controversial penalty deep into stoppage time at Motherwell, setting up a final-day showdown against Hearts, who beat Falkirk. The title race now goes down to the wire, with Celtic needing a result to clinch the championship.

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Other topics covered include spygate, an FA Cup final preview, and listener questions.

Chapters: 00:00 – Coming up; 00:44 – City keep up the chase; 14:50 – Scotland and the worst VAR call of all?; 29:35 – Southampton and spygate; 41:12 – FA Cup preview; 44:17 – Prem preview.

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