The Daily Football Briefing

The Daily Football Briefing has come to an end, but you can still get your daily dose of football news and analysis - albeit with less Iain Macintosh - from the award-winning Athletic FC. Here's the latest episode, covering the dramatic end to the Merseyside derby and yet another injury for Arsenal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Liverpool just had to beat Tottenham, but they absolutely blew them away at Anfield, running out 4-0 winners. James Pearce discusses their dominance, Jay Harris reflects on Tottenham's timidity and the one thing we can agree on is that it's been a really tough week for North London.  Pol Ballus was watching Barcelona in the Copa del Rey, we've got Lisa Nandy from The Athletic FC and…erm…a bit of an announcement…  Presenter: Iain Macintosh With: James Pearce, Jay Harris, Pol Ballus, Lisa Nandy  Producer: Si Watts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Any concerns that Newcastle would bottle their chance of a trip to Wembley proved extremely wide of the mark. They tore into Arsenal and thoroughly deserved their 2-0 victory. George Caulkin was there and he is happy, James McNicholas was there and he is rather less so.  We had Beren Cross watching Leeds win again, Dermot Corrigan saw Real Madrid get a fright at Leganes and James Pearce joins us to discuss Liverpool's transfer window. Listen here.  Presenter: Iain Macintosh With: George Caulkin, James McNicholas, Beren Cross, Dermot Corrigan and James Pearce Producer: Si Watts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Manchester City's spending has been the focus of much discussion over the last 24 hours. They bought four players in the window, but will they be enough to prevent Pep Guardiola's empire from crumbling? Rory Smith thinks not  And Real Madrid have complained very loudly about VAR “manipulating” the game against them. Thomas Hill Lopez Menchero is here to tell us if they have a point.  Plus we've got news from all of the big games around Europe too.  Presenter: Iain Macintosh With: Si Watts, Tomas Hill Lopez-Menchero Producer: Si Watts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've got a full deadline day round-up for you here with everything that was confirmed after 11pm, but before our bedtime at midnight. Deal of the day? Marco Asensio for Aston Villa? Or will it be Mathys Tel for Spurs?  Chelsea were never really comfortable at Stamford Bridge, but they grabbed themselves a much needed victory against West Ham. Simon Johnson was there.  And we've got another episode of Heavy Metal Football…statistics for you, including the answer to the question: Who's always trying to walk the ball into the net? The answer may not surprise you…  Presenter: Iain Macintosh With: Simon Johnson  Producer: Si Watts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Be honest. When Kai Havertz missed that first half sitter, you thought that Arsenal were going to lose, didn't you? And why wouldn't you? That's how football works. It's powered by narrativium. Except this time it wasn't. Arsenal destroyed City and Havertz got one in the back of the net eventually.  Amy Lawrence has the Arsenal angle, Sam Lee has City, but we've also got Carl Anka at Old Trafford, the theatre of pathos, we've got Jay Harris at the GTech where Spurs were impressive and if that's not enough, Pol Ballus joins us from Spain where Barcelona have rejoined the title race.   Presenter: Iain Macintosh With: Sam Lee, Amy Lawrence, Carl Anka, Jay Harris, Si Watts and Pol Ballus Producer: Si Watts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's mission accomplished for Tottenham and Manchester United, they've spared themselves a Europa League play-off. So have Rangers, which very few people expected. Jay Harris was in North London, Mark Critchely was in Bucharest, but they both made time for DFB.   So did Seb Stafford Bloor because it looks like young Mathys Tel is on the move. But where to? And we've got a whole weekend of domestic football on the horizon, so we've picked out the most interesting games in the top five league.  Presenter: Iain Macintosh With: Mark Critchley, Jay Harris, Seb Stafford Bloor Producer: Tom Fuller Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Manchester City were 0-1 at home to Club Brugges, but they fought back to win 3-1 and claim their place in the play-offs. Sam Lee was there and he's looking forward to their reward; a clash with Real Madrid or Bayern Munich.  Paris St Germain didn't just survive, they managed to bag a seeded place in the play-offs, Seb Stafford Bloor watched them and he was impressed. And Aston Villa's 4-2 win over Celtic was overshadowed by David Ornstein's news that Jhon Duran is set to move to Al Nasr in Saudi Arabia. Jacob Tanswell was there trying to make sense of it all. Plus, we've got a full and actually quite straight-forward guide to what happens next. Could Liverpool's reward for finishing first be a clash with PSG? Yep.  Presenter: Iain Macintosh With: Sam Lee, Seb Stafford Bloor, Jacob Tanswell Producer: Steve Hankey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yep, it's the big one tonight. Eighteen games, all at once and heaven only knows what that massive Champions League table will look like at the end of it all. What does it all mean? Listen here for a full briefing. Plus, what's going on with Borussia Dortmund, we speak to Seb Stafford Bloor. And are Brighton really about to sell Evan Ferguson? It appears so.   Presenter: Iain Macintosh With: Phil Hay, Seb Stafford Bloor Producer: Si Watts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ruben Amorim doesn't seem to mince his words and his comments on Marcus Rashford this weekend were fascinating. We check in with the team from The Athletic FC podcast to find out what they mean.  Plus, how did Leeds get on at Burnley? And we've got another installment of heavy metal football…statistics and how they suggest that Trent Alexander Arnold and Son Heung Min aren't having such bad seasons after all.  Presenter: Iain Macintosh With: Beren Cross Producer: Si Watts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The mood at Tottenham is pretty bleak right now. Defeat at home to Leicester was not what anyone was expecting. The fans are absolutely furious and understandably so. Jay Harris reports back for us. Laurie Whitwell was at the Manchester United game and he has our full sympathy for that. Jacob Tanswell tells us about a tired looking Aston Villa. And, after the first hat trick of his Real Madrid career, Dermot Corrigan tells us why he thinks that Kylian Mbappe has finally settled at Real Madrid.  Presenter: Iain Macintosh With: Jay Harris, Laurie Whitwell, Jacob Tanswell, Dermot Corrigan Producer: Si Watts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Finally, there's a smile on Ruben Amorim's face. He thought, as indeed we all did, that Man Utd had chucked away a perfectly good win with an entirely preventable mistake. He was wrong, Bruno Fernandes saved the day and poor old Ranger, depleted by injuries, went home empty handed. Laurie Whitwell was there. Spurs could so easily have done the same. They dominated the first half in Hoffenheim, fell away completely in the second and scrambled out with a crucial 3-2 win. Seb Stafford Bloor was watching. And if that's not enough, we also had Richard Sutcliffe at the much heralded Wrexham - Birmingham game. Listen here.   Presenter: Iain Macintosh With: Laurie Whitwell, Seb Stafford Bloor, Richard Sutcliffe Producer: Si Watts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Manchester City aren't out of it yet, but they were taught a lesson in Paris by a young side that have none of their predecessor's traits. PSG fought as a team to come back from 0-2 down and, in many ways, this is sad because we can no longer laugh at them. We can laugh at Bayern, if that's something you'd like to do. They were beaten by Feyenoord and may not get one of those nice automatic passes. Arsenal probably will do though, they beat Zagreb comfortably enough. We've got Sam Lee in Paris, Jordan Campbell in London. Seb Stafford Bloor and Alexander Barker join us too. Listen now.  Presenter: Iain Macintosh With: Sam Lee, Jordan Campbell, Seb Stafford Bloor, Alexander Barker.  Producer: Si Watts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What a night of Champions League football. If you were smart enough to choose the Benfica - Barcelona game as your match of the night, well done. Pol Ballus was there and he's still in shock.  If you were watching some sort of Champions League highlights show, you may not have kept up with all the goals going in, there were 34 in total. James Pearce was at Anfield, Jacob Tanswell was in Monaco and Dermot Corrigan was in Madrid, we've got all the scores from elsewhere and if this was a busy night, imagine what next Wednesday is going to be like…  Presenter: Iain Macintosh With: James Pearce, Pol Ballus, Dermot Corrigan, Jacob Tanswell Producer: Tom Fuller Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chelsea are back in business after five Premier League games without a win, but their 3-1 victory over Wolves wasn't always convincing. Simon Johnson was at Stamford Bridge, he tells us more.  And is this really the worst Manchester United team ever? We check in with the Talk of the Devils team to find out.  And what's going on with the Champions League again? Who's playing who? Who's going through? And what does it all mean?     Presenter: Iain Macintosh With: Simon Johnson and the Talk of the Devils team.  Producer: Si Watts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Did anyone expect David Moyes' second coming to be quite this much fun? They tore Spurs to shreds in the first hour of their clash at Goodison Park, blotting their copybook only slightly by allowing Ange Postecoglu's side to pull back two late goals. Jack Pitt Brooke was there.  Paul Taylor was watching Nottingham Forest adjusting to a day of being overwhelming favourites. Carl Anka was at Old Trafford, presumably because he upset someone in the office. And Mark Carey was at Portman Road to see City hit six. We've also got Seb Stafford Bloor on a freefalling Dortmund side and all the big scores from all the big leagues.  Presenter: Iain Macintosh With: Jack Pitt Brooke, Paul Taylor, Carl Anka, Mark Carey and Seb Stafford Bloor Producer: Si Watts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Erling Haaland has committed the vast majority of his career to Manchester City by signing an extraordinary new contract that will keep him at the Etihad Stadium until the summer of 2034. Abi Patterson is joined by David Ornstein who broke the story exclusively on The Athletic. The Athletic's Senior Data Analyst shares his thoughts on how Manchester City will no look to build a team around him. Host: Abi Patterson Producer: Abi Patterson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With eight minutes to go at Old Trafford, the question of Manchester United's relegation was pertinent and appropriate. They were losing to a broken team with just six points on the board. And then Amad Diallo, again, saved United. Laurie Whitwell tries to make sense of an extraordinary night.  Elsewhere, Brighton won a league game for the first time since November 23, Ipswich don't look good though. We've got some Spurs reaction from Jack Pitt Brooke, we've got Seb Stafford Bloor on a highly prized young talent in Germany and we've got Manchester City news from David Ornstein     Presenter: Iain Macintosh With: Laurie Whitwell, Jack Pitt Brooke, Seb Stafford Bloor and David Ornstein Producer: Tom Fuller Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Arsenal shook off their fears and just about edged their way past Spurs at The Emirates. Amy Lawrence was there to watch it all and pass comment, Jay Harris was there to quite rightly defend the honour of Spurs' keeper Antonin Kinsky.  There was no dream return for David Moyes at Everton, his side were beaten at home by Aston Villa and, goodness me, he has a lot of work to do.  George Caulkin saw Newcastle win AGAIN and Alexander Isak score AGAIN, twice in fact. But can they keep him? Isak, not George? And we've got all the other big results from around Europe too.    Presenter: Iain Macintosh With: Amy Lawrence, Jay Harris, George Caulkin  Producer: John Rogers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What a fantastic night of football for everyone apart from the people trying to put out a compact, results heavy, ten minute football podcast by 10.30pm. Liverpool (and Leicester fans) were given a real scare by Nottingham Forest, but they worked their socks off to come back and save a point. Chelsea saved a point at home to Bournemouth, Man City lost two at Brentford and Graham Potter's West Ham won 3-2 with four shots and I don't think Marco Silva will ever speak to him again.  Plus we've got all the other big scores from around Europe, so dig in and have a listen.    Presenter: Iain Macintosh With: James Pearce, Sam Lee, Liam Twomey, Roshane Thomas and Seb Stafford Bloor.   Producer: Tom Fuller Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

They're all very down in the dumps at Arsenal. A surprisingly high number of fans seem to have lost faith in Mikel Arteta. That seems a bit dramatic, doesn't it? We check in on Amy Lawrence and Ian Stone Are Nottingham Forest title contenders? Matt Davies Adams certainly thinks so and our Liverpool correspondent James Pearce thinks the league leaders are in for a really tough game.  Plus, we preview all of Tuesday's big games around Europe.   Presenter: Iain Macintosh With: Amy Lawrence, Ian Stone, Matt Davies Adams and James Pearce  Producer: Si Watts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The FA Cup takes a lot of stick, from me in particular, but Sunday offered two of the best sort of games. First non league Tamworth gave Tottenham a real test across 101 minutes of uncompromising football class war and then Arsenal and Man Utd went at each other in a game that had more needle than quality.  Carl Anka and James McNicholas were at The Emirates, Jay Harris was in Tamworth, we've also got Seb Stafford Bloor on a rampant Bayer Leverkusen and Dermot Corrigan was watching the Classico that no-one in England could see (by legitimate means). This is everything you need to know about the weekend's football.   Presenter: Iain Macintosh With: Carl Anka, James McNicholas, Jay Harris, Seb Stafford Bloor and Dermot Corrigan Producer: Si Watts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We all knew Sean Dyche was under significant pressure at Everton, but I don't think anyone expected him to sacked just a few hours before kick off in the FA Cup third round tie against Peterborough. David Ornstein and Paddy Boyland fill us in on the details.  What do we make of Graham Potter at West Ham? Phil Hay has his doubts. And we have some good news for Manchester United fans too, they certainly haven't had much of that over the past few weeks.  Presenter: Iain Macintosh With: David Ornstein, Paddy Boyland, Phil Hay Producer: Si Watts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Did anyone expect Spurs to play really mature, sensible football and beat Liverpool without conceding a goal? This was a very impressive display from them, though the referee's decision not to dismiss Lucas Bergvall may have been more important than his dalliance with the tannoy… Julian Lopetegui has been put out of his misery at West Ham. The decision was finally reached on Wednesday after the poor man was made to take a morning training session. Roshane Thomas is here to tell us if it was the right decision or not.  And remember how Barcelona were going to lose Dani Olmo for nothing? Not anymore. The Spanish government has stepped in and he can play again. Pol Ballus explains what just happened. Presenter: Iain Macintosh With: James Pearce, Jack Pitt Brooke, Roshane Thomas and Pol Ballus Producer: Si Watts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Arsenal sent the xG meter past the three goals mark, but Newcastle were far more ruthless in front of goal and they have just secured a huge victory in the first leg of the League Cup semi-finals. Can Arsenal turn it around at St James Park? I don't fancy their chances… What's the latest on Julien Lopetegui? We speak to our West Ham man Roshane Thomas. And it's the first Heavy Metal Football…statistics of the season. Are Brentford all they're cracked up to be? The numbers shed some doubt… Presenter: Iain Macintosh With: Jordan Campbell, George Caulkin, Roshane Thomas Producer: Si Watts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Arsenal fans seem a little nervous right now and I can understand that. Newcastle stand between them and a first cup final since 2020, and the Magpies are in fine form. But former Gunner Adrian Clarke is very optimistic… AC Milan looked dead and buried in Saudi Arabia, but Christian Pulisic led a heroic comeback to secure Super Coppa success against Internazionale. Greg O'Keefe was watching that for us.  We're really going to have to start taking Nottingham Forest seriously. They are the real deal. Matt Davies Adams joins us to explain why.  And if that wasn't enough, we've got David Ornstein discussing his fascinating interview with Pierre Emerick Aubameyang. How did we fit all this into just ten minutes? Scissors.  Presenter: Iain Macintosh With: Adrian Clarke, Matt Davies Adams, Greg O'Keefe and David Ornstein Producer: Si Watts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Liverpool were supposed to give Manchester United the spanking of a lifetime, but they only escaped with a draw because a last gasp opportunity fell to Harry Maguire. What went wrong, we ask James Pearce, while pivoting skilfully to ask Laurie Whitwell what went right for United.  And seriously, what is the deal with Dani Olmo? Can he leave Barcelona for free now? We asked Pol Ballus who patiently explained…yes. Yes, he can.  We've got all the big scores and stories from around Europe, including a fine performance from Roma in the derby against Lazio and, as an avatar of our gently tweaked format, we ask Seb Stafford Bloor about this young goalkeeper that Spurs have just signed. Listen now (or later, we're not fussy, it's your life) and remember to follow, subscribe, review, rhapsodise or simply enjoy on your own terms. Presenter: Iain Macintosh With: James Pearce, Laurie Whitwell, Pol Ballus and Seb Stafford Bloor Producer: Si Watts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The night started slowly in north London, but those who exercised patience reaped the rewards. Tottenham were 3-0 up against Manchester United, all but set for the Carabao Cup semi finals, when Fraser Forster decided to make the game a little more interesting with two terrible errors. Jay Harris has the story of the rest of the night.  In Europe the Conference League league stage concluded. Chelsea were unsurprisingly top but there was still some fun to be had. Lucy Oliva was at Stamford Bridge to watch the Blues walk to their sixth victory of the campaign so far. And Everton's takeover by The Freidkin Group finally went through. There is a new hope on the horizon on Merseyside. Paddy Boyland has all the details. Christmas reading here Host: Abi Paterson Producer: Tom Fuller Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There were no surprise results in the League Cup, but there were some surprising moments. Crystal Palace led Arsenal for fifty minutes at The Emirates before succumbing to a Gabriel Jesus hat-trick, Southampton pushed Liverpool all the way in a closer-than-you-might-expect 2-1 defeat. But there was no surprise in Brentford losing away at Newcastle because for some reason Brentford seem to lose rather a lot of their away games.  We've got an update on the Marcus Rashford situation, we've got most of the scores from Europe (Spain started late and played havoc with our deadlines) and we've got the last of the WCL Group Stage, it's all here on the penultimate show of 2024.   Presenter: Iain Macintosh With: Jordan Campbell, Gregg Evans, Chris Waugh, Mark Critchley Producer: Tom Fuller Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yep, those A22 guys are back with a new idea for ruining football. And it's really quite something. Ninety six teams in four divisions that are split into multiple splinter divisions, all attempting to reach some sort of knock out round. I'll level with you, I'm not a fan.  There's been a lot of news today. There's the Mudryk banned substance story, there's Marcus Rashford announcing that he's ready for a new challenge, there's the FIFA Best Awards, there's Ronaldo running for President. No, not that one. The original one.  Plus, we've got the scores from the WCL and news of a rare not-draw for Juventus.  Presenter: Iain Macintosh With: Si Watts, Max Matthews Producer: Si Watts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fifteen years ago, Bournemouth were in the fourth division, or League Two in the parlance of the youth. Now they're sixth in the Premier League and we're almost at the halfway stage. Out there somewhere is a kid who started supporting them in 2009 and that kid must think that life is always like this. I don't know whether to envy him or pity him. You can pity Lazio. They got done 6-0 at home by Internazionale. And you can pity Trabzonspor, who conceded a 98th minute winner to Galatasaray. Actually, Jose Mourinho will probably be more bothered by that one. We've also got the latest on Wolves and Southampton as they seek to find new managers. And we check in with the boys from the Talk of the Devils podcast as they look ahead to a very big cup tie this week.  Presenter: Iain Macintosh With: Jacob Tanswell, Laurie Whitwell, Ian Irving, Carl Anka and David Ornstein Producer: Si Watts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If I was Pep Guardiola's friend, I honestly don't know what I'd say to him. I'd probably just buy him a big drink and let him speak when he's ready. City weren't particularly good at the Etihad, but they had the better of a low quality tussle and, 1-0 up with two minutes left, they would have expected to win it. Listener, they did not win it. Carl Anka has been telling us for weeks about Amad Diallo. He was right.  But if Pep had a bad day, what word do we use for Russell Martin? His Southampton side were 3-0 down after 14 minutes and ended up losing 5-0. Can he survive the weekend? Gary O'Neil didn't at Wolves. Plus we've got all the scores and all the stories from across Europe, including a very odd weekend in Spain and Bayern Munich's first league defeat. It's all in your special 15minute weekend round up edition.  Presenter: Iain Macintosh With: Carl Anka, Jay Harris, Matt Davis Adams and Si Watts Producer: Si Watts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

And they were very fortunate to do so. Jack Pitt Brooke was watching and he thinks Rangers should have been out of sight of Spurs long before they scrambled back into the game to rescue a point. He's right too.  All of our reporters were in cold places for this episode. Carl Anka was shivering away in the Czech Republic watching Man Utd fight back for a crucial Europa League victory. But the -1 he experienced there was positively balmy compared to the -8 that greeted Lucy Oliva in Kazakhstan.  So we've got all of the scores and the standings and we've even got a nice preview of the weekend fixtures. Come on in.  Presenter: Iain Macintosh With: Jack Pitt Brooke, Carl Anka, Lucy Oliva Producer: Tom Fuller Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is Manchester City losing a game even news anymore? We think so and we've put it as our lead item because we think this one really means something. They've only got two games left, they haven't hit double figures yet and they play PSG in their penultimate fixture. They may be in danger. Though the same could be said about PSG. Either way, Sam Lee is on hand to explain more.  We've got Art de Roche at the Emirates watching young Miles Lewis-Skelly in action, we've got Seb Stafford Bloor in Germany watching Borussia Dortmund dash themselves against the walls of Castle Barca, we've got all the scores from the Champions League (male and female) and the Championship. Don't you even think of not listening.    Presenter: Iain Macintosh With: Sam Lee, Seb Stafford Bloor, Art de Roche Producer: Tom Fuller Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

But how long will it last? PSG are qualifying for an unseeded play-off place right now, but let's look again in 24 hours, shall we? And they've still got to play Manchester City in January. I know, I know, but maybe they'll have bought a new defensive midfielder by then. Elsewhere Liverpool won again. It really shouldn't be possible to five points clear after six games of a 36 team group stage, but fair play, they found a way.  Didn't watch the football last night? Don't worry, we've got every game covered here, including the Championship where Leeds have snatched back top spot.  Presenter: Iain Macintosh With: James Pearce, Jacob Tanswell, Seb Stafford Bloor Producer: Tom Fuller Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was built up as “El Sackio”, so does West Ham's win against Wolves spell the end of the road for Gary O'Neil? How upset are Tottenham fans with Sunday's performance? Well, if Danny Kelly is anything to go by…very upset. And what's going on with Mo Salah's contract? Si Hughes joins us with an update.  It's time for another big week of European football, but can you recall what's going on? Can you even name the top three in the Champions League table? Fortunately, we've got you covered with a great big jazz-infused preview.  It's all here, so click the button and listen now.  Presenter: Iain Macintosh With: Danny Kelly and Si Hughes  Producer: Si Watts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

They're never dull, are they? But how much more of this are Tottenham's fans going to take? Spurs started brilliantly, but blew a two goal lead to lose 4-3 to Chelsea at home. Jack Pitt Brooke was there. That means that Chelsea are the nearest team to Liverpool, who didn't play this weekend, but still came out feeling that they'd won. Arsenal, you see, failed to beat Fulham. There's no shame in that, of course, Fulham are a very decent side these days. Jordan Campbell explains what went wrong.  And you might have thought that Manchester United's defeat at home to Nottingham Forest was the most embarrassing thing that could have happened to them. Nope, they saved that for Sunday morning. Laurie Whitwell tells us what happened.  We've got all the big scores from around Europe and we've got Paul Tenorio on LA Galaxy's triumph. Listen here, follow there and tell your friends. This is the Daily Football Briefing.   Presenter: Iain Macintosh With: Jack Pitt Brooke, Jordan Campbell, Laurie Whitwell, Si Watts and Paul Tenorio Producer: Si Watts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I don't get it. They've only won one of their last six games and that was a barnstorming 4-0 win in Manchester City's back yard. What is wrong with them? Jay Harris was in Bournemouth, and what a great job Andoni Iraola has done there, he tries to make sense of this.  Producer Si watched Fulham pull off an impressive 3-1 win over Brighton, they are sixth now.  And me? I watched the FIFA Club World Cup Draw. It started at 6pm and it just carried on and on and on. It's still going now. Gloria Estefan is about to draw out another team. I can't stop watching. It may last forever. My wife left me. She took the kids. But I can't switch off now. Not now. Not when I've come so far. Presenter: Iain Macintosh With: Jay Harris and Si Watts.  Producer: Si Watts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well, that was a busy night. We've got James Pearce on Liverpool's draw with Newcastle, James McNicholas saw Arsenal beat Man Utd, I watched Man City win for the first time in AGES, but I did that on my sofa. Same with Producer Si, he watched Everton batter Wolves. But before you think we're some sort of cut price operation, it's important that you know we had Jacob Tanswell in place for Aston Villa's first win in AGES and Simon Johnson for Chelsea's thrashing of an increasingly indefensible Southampton, so yeah, we're still big time. Oh, and we've got all the scores from Europe too, including Real Madrid's defeat to Athletic Club, a defeat in which Kylian Mbappe missed another penalty. Once again, you really do need this podcast.   Presenter: Iain Macintosh With: James Pearce, James McNicholas, Si Watts, Jacob Tanswell, Simon Johnson Producer: Si Watts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Leicester are back in business, they beat West Ham 3-1 and, while it wasn't always comfortable, no-one at the club will care. They're rising up the table at last. Rob Tanner was there for us.  Matt Woosnam was at Portman Road to see Crystal Palace win only their second game of the season. Are they back in business too? Has the storm passed? That's pretty much what I asked him. Find out his answers here.  Pol Ballus saw Barcelona pick up a first La Liga win in an entire month, they whooped Mallorca 5-1. But it wasn't as easy as the scoreline suggested. We've got all of that, we've got lots of other scores and a full preview of what's on tonight because it is going to be a huge evening of Premier League action.  Presenter: Iain Macintosh With: Rob Tanner, Matt Woosnam and Pol Ballus  Producer: Si Watts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's been a quiet day, so we've gone back to an old friend, the rock and roll football…statistics section. Can you guess which team across Europe's five leagues is most OVERperforming when it comes to goals above xG? I bet you can't. We've got Seb Stafford Bloor in to tell us about this Jamie Gittens lad, we've got a preview of the night's football and we even found room for a look at the FA Cup third round draw. By slashing and burning the community section. Sorry about that.  Presenter: Iain Macintosh With: Seb Stafford Bloor Producer: Si Watts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pep Guardiola, contrary to the opinion of many Liverpool fans, is unlikely to be sacked this morning, but he is looking down the barrel of a seven game run without a win. His Manchester City side were dominated at Anfield and the only good news for him is that the margin of defeat was kept at two goals. Sam Lee and James Pearce were there. Carl Anka was at Old Trafford to see a thunderous 4-0 victory for Manchester United over Everton. Hear what he thinks of Amad Diallo here. Spoiler alert: He thinks he's really good at football. Liam Twomey is in as well as Chelsea go third. They would have been second if they were called AFC Chelsea. We've got all of that and all of the scores and stories from across the world. Listen now. Presenter: Iain Macintosh With: Sam Lee, James Pearce, Carl Anka, Liam Twomey, James Horncastle. Producer: Si Watts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices