{"id":7282,"date":"2026-05-11T16:52:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T16:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=7282"},"modified":"2026-05-11T16:52:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T16:52:44","slug":"arsenal-edge-closer-to-title-and-spygate-overshadows-playoffs-football-weekly-video-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=7282","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal edge closer to title and \u2018spygate\u2019 overshadows playoffs | Football Weekly video | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Robyn Cowen and Philippe Auclair to discuss all the weekend\u2019s football <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to The Guardian Football Weekly \u25ba https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@FootballWeeklyPodcast?sub_confirmation=1 <\/p>\n<p>On today\u2019s pod: Arsenal are two wins from the title after a dramatic late VAR call denies West Ham an injury-time equaliser. Was Pablo fouling David Raya? Were Arsenal lucky, or did Chris Kavanagh get the biggest VAR call of the season right? The panel ask whether Arsenal have simply been hoisted by their own set-piece petard, and how many replays are too many replays? <\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Manchester City keep the pressure on with a 3-0 win over Brentford, while Liverpool fans boo Arne Slot after another frustrating draw against Chelsea. Bournemouth continue their unlikely push for a Champions League place, Brighton bounce back emphatically, and Spurs\u2019 survival hopes remain alive ahead of Leeds away.<\/p>\n<p>Plus: advantage Celtic after the Old Firm, Championship play-off Spygate 2.0 as Southampton are charged over alleged playoff spying, Rochdale\u2019s dramatic return to the EFL, the Women\u2019s FA Cup semi-finals, and Philippe questions the kick-out Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 petition, which has been gathering pace. <\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<\/p>\n<p>00:00 &#8211; Coming up&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>01:15 &#8211; Biggest VAR decision of all time?<\/p>\n<p>22:07 &#8211; City still chasing in vain<\/p>\n<p>24:16 &#8211; Boos ring around Anfield for Slot<\/p>\n<p>31:50 &#8211; Should Iraola really leave?<\/p>\n<p>33:41 &#8211; All eyes on Europe for Villa and Palace<\/p>\n<p>37:41 &#8211; Tuchel casts eye over England stars<\/p>\n<p>39:30 &#8211; Anderson rescues point<\/p>\n<p>40:31 &#8211; Bruno, POTY?<\/p>\n<p>42:22 &#8211; Fitba corner<\/p>\n<p>43:34 &#8211; Spygate II<\/p>\n<p>55:31 &#8211; Mbappe OUT petition <\/p>\n<p>Support the Guardian \u25ba https:\/\/support.theguardian.com\/<\/p>\n<p>Guardian Football Weekly podcast:<\/p>\n<p>Apple \u25ba https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/football-weekly\/id188674007<\/p>\n<p>Spotify \u25ba https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/6w8qWe0kjgHEHSWDSDGoLW?si=231c666f7f5a4453<\/p>\n<p>Follow Guardian Football Weekly:<\/p>\n<p>Instagram \u25ba https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/guardian_footballweekly\/<\/p>\n<p>TikTok \u25ba https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@guardian_footballweekly<\/p>\n<p>#footballweekly #football #premierleague #arsenal #westham<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Robyn Cowen and Philippe Auclair to discuss all&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}