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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Presented by James Richardson and produced by Ben Green

Football Weekly: Chelsea power on, El Clásico and Ireland's desperate plea

James Richardson's joined by Sean Ingle, Barry Glendenning and John Ashdown for this brand spanking new edition of Football Weekly.

We start - for all you Pantera fans - with Chelsea's vulgar display of power at the Emirates Stadium. Arsenal were outmuscled and outclassed so is this year's Premier League title Carlo Ancelotti's to lose?

From London, we move on to the northwest, where Manchester City suffered their seventh successive draw, this time at home to Hull. Even with a Carling Cup quarter-final to look forward to, is Mark Hughes now on borrowed time? And was Jimmy Bullard's goal celebration just about the greatest of all time?

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then phones in from Madrid as he looks back on Barcelona's victory over Real's galácticos in El Clásico.

Finally, we don't know whether to laugh or cry as Ireland attempt to defy maths, logic and pretty much everything else by petitioning to become the 33rd team at this summer's 32 team World Cup. Oh, and there's a treat of sorts as James belts out an Elton John classic.

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