Off The Bench: Saka shines on return
5/5/202650 min
Bukayo Saka bagged a goal and an assist in a emphatic first-half performance as Arsenal stamped their title credentials. 🏆
FPL experts Lee Bonfield and Az Phillips discuss an impressive Arsenal performance, another week of returns for Bruno and a title stutter for Man City ahead of their Double Gameweek.
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* Saka x Gyokeres combo (03m 01s)
* Another Semenyo blank (10m 44s)
* Kroupi’s starring role (17m 50s)
* Spurs improvements (25m 37s)
* Bruno the best asset (29m 55s)
* Chelsea downturn (36m 17s)
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First 90 secondsLee Bonfield· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Welcome back to this week's Off the Bench podcast from the Premier League. I'm Lee from FPL Family.
Az Phillips· Host0:21
And I'm Az from Feel Black Box.
Lee Bonfield· Host0:22
Well, Az, good morning. Game week 35 saw a lot of rotation, didn't we? Especially from the clubs still in European competitions. It's about to be another big footballing week on the continent as well. Arsenal, Forest, Villa, Palace all in action in midweek. Plus, we've got another double game week here coming with Palace and Manchester City in action twice in game week 36. But before we get into all of that, how was game week 35 for you?
Az Phillips· Host0:50
Disappointingly, very disappointing.
Lee Bonfield· Host0:53
Oh, come on. Last time we were on- I know ... I think we both had a good game week. We said we're gonna bring the positivity from now on, Az. I thought you played your wild card, no?
Az Phillips· Host1:01
Yeah, that's the disappointment. Eight- Oh, that's, oh, that's why [laughs] ... eight, eight green arrows in a row going into the wild card- I was gonna say- ... and then a red arrow ...
Lee Bonfield· Host1:09
you were on a run.
Az Phillips· Host1:10
I know. And then a red arrow on, on, on the wild card and I think the, the big- Dude ... the big one was no Bournemouth, right? No, no Senesi- Mm ... no Hill. Uh, a lot of people doubling up with, with those after wild carding a few weeks ago. Didn't have either of them, and then you're playing catch-up, aren't you? When, you know, you've got Senesi getting 14 points, you need your players to deliver, and some did, some didn't. Yeah, it was, uh...