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5/11/202653 min
Amy Lawrence and Adrian Clarke join Ian Stone to discuss Arsenal’s 1-0 win against West Ham on Sunday.
The panel reflect on the VAR drama at the end of the game, the outrage surrounding West Ham’s goal being ruled out, if this was the pivotal moment for Arsenal’s title charge, this match being the hardest obstacle in the run-in, Raya being one of Arsenal’s best ever goalkeepers, the defensive effort from the entire team, Arteta bravely correcting his earlier questionable substitutions, Odegaard’s game changing cameo after a tough season, Trossard coming up clutch once again, Lewis-Skelly continuing his great form and acknowledging Ben White’s contribution to the club since joining.
Plus, they respond to listener messages and discuss how the team will prepare with eight days until the final home game.
If you like the panel’s song choices, check out the ‘Now that’s what I call Handbrake’ playlist on both Spotify and Apple Music and listen to them all there:
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/now-thats-what-i-call-handbrake/pl.u-d2b00jZuDxWk6P
Producer: Robby Williams
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:00
[upbeat music] The Athletic FC.
Amy Lawrence· Panelist0:03
[upbeat music] The only way to score is, of course, to play, uh, with a handbrake off.
Ian Stone· Host0:12
Hello, I'm Ian Stone. This is Handbrake Off, the Arsenal podcast, brought to you by The Athletic. Today, we'll be chatting about [laughs] what we saw yesterday, West Ham 0, Arsenal 1. To do that, I'm joined by Adrian Clarke and Amy Lawrence. Good morning.
Adrian Clarke· Panelist0:33
[laughs] Good morning, good morning.
Amy Lawrence· Panelist0:35
Hello.
Ian Stone· Host0:35
Morning.
Adrian Clarke· Panelist0:36
Can't wait to talk about it, yeah.
Ian Stone· Host0:38
Well, un- no. D- but this could've been such a different intro and morning [laughs] couldn't it? Let's be fair. But anyway, it isn't. That's, uh, another life. I mean, God, there is a lot to talk about. We can... I wanna mention the VAR just 'cause me and Amy had our usual little pre-podcast chat, and, uh, Amy came up with the idea of, uh, uh, of asking if you could use VAR in your personal life, uh, what would you use it for? I, I think it's a really nice idea to g- I mean, look, as you said, Amy, Big Brother is coming, and n- and, and at some point we are gonna all, uh, you know, have to live with, uh, essentially 24-hour constant surveillance. But it could be useful, couldn't it? So what would you use it for in your personal life, Amy?
Amy Lawrence· Panelist1:22
Well, just helping me to remember if I've ever done anything, which I seem to quite often during every day go, "Did I do, did