Chelsea's strength is Arsenal's weakness - a podcast by BBC Radio 5 live

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Mark Chapman is joined by Micah Richards, Chris Sutton and Nedum Onuoha to look back at the weekend’s action.

They take a look at how Chelsea and Arsenal both went down to 10 men but ended up with very different scorelines.

They discuss who could be Manchester City’s number 9 this season and they touch on the news that Liverpool’s sporting director, Michael Edwards, could be leaving the club at the end of next season.

Plus, Alex Hurst from the True Faith fanzine joins the pod to give the fans’ view of Steve Bruce and Newcastle as a club right now.

Topics:

3’05 – Two sides went down to 10 men, but played very differently

4’55 – Chelsea’s impressive defensive performance

5’18 – Arsenal’s response to going down to 10 men

7’20 – The art of defending with 10 men

16’25 – Man City’s front line options

21’39 – Man City not signing a number 9

25’23 – Senior football correspondent for The Independent, Melissa Reddy, on Michael Edwards

32’39 – Alex Hurst from the True Faith fanzine on Newcastle

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