North London Nerds - Arsenal Podcast

Fourteen years. Arsenal finally win at Anfield. Havertz scores on 16 minutes, and then Liverpool can't put a single shot on target in 17 attempts, a first at Anfield in the Premier League records. Ramsay reviews the 1-0 win: the Prediction Ledger, Declan Rice's player-of-the-match display, Konsa and Gabriel's wall, Tzolis's surprise start, Liverpool's complaints, Arteta's "it is too early" and why this is a title team. Plus Brighton's win at City, the table, and what's next: Slavia Prague, Hull, Newcastle and Man City. Arsenal fans: who was your man of the match? Liverpool fans: is the title talk over?Up the Arsenal.

Iraola's Bournemouth conceded 20 set-piece goals last season. His Liverpool have conceded none. On Sunday they face Arsenal's corners. Something has to break.

No league win at Anfield since September 2012, but this could be the best chance in fourteen years. In this solo preview:

• Team news from Arteta's press conference: Rice, Calafiori and Tzolis back in training, Madueke a late call

• My Arsenal XI and the left-back debate: Lewis-Skelly, Hincapié or Calafiori?

• Who replaces Saka on the right?

• Max Dowman's ban upheld, and Arteta's "we're not in Disneyland" line

• The Anfield pattern: what decided our last three trips

• Iraola's Liverpool: the press, the shape, and where we can hurt them

• My prediction and man of the match

Liverpool v Arsenal · Premier League · Anfield · Sun 1 Nov · 17:30 CET

(00:00) 20 conceded to 0: something has to break

(01:01) Arsenal team news

(02:57) My Arsenal XI and the left-back call

(04:22) Right wing: who replaces Saka?

(05:26) Dowman ban upheld and Arteta's "Disneyland" line

(10:11) The Anfield pattern

(10:58) Iraola's Liverpool

(11:46) Where Arsenal hurt them

(12:26) Prediction

(12:57) Your turn: Arsenal and Liverpool fans

Arsenal fans: your score, and who's at left-back? Liverpool fans: lose at home, is the title talk over? Answer in the Spotify comments or the Q&A. The best answers get read on the post-match show with Highbury JD.

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Arsenal are out of the Carabao Cup to League Two Fleetwood. 😤Nine changes, 19 shots off target, a 16-year-old sent off, and a shootout where Fleetwood didn't miss a kick. Was it the rotation, the finishing or Max Dowman? I make the case that it wasn't the team sheet, look at Arteta's half-time call, the red card and the reported ban, and ask whether we've got a mini injury crisis before Anfield.

Plus: what this exit actually changes for the rest of the season, and the Prediction Ledger serves up some humble pie.

Next: Liverpool v Arsenal, Sun 1 Nov, 16:30 UK / 17:30 CET. Full preview with a guest before kick-off.🎧 Spotify · Apple Podcasts · Podbean · YouTube📲 Instagram & TikTok: @northlondonnerds | X: @northlondonerdsRotation, finishing or Dowman problem? Let me know.Up the Arsenal. 🔴⚪

Kane wins the Ballon d’Or, Gabriel finishes 21st, and Raya is runner-up for the Yashin Trophy. I go through the top 10, the Arsenal names on the list, the weekend’s big headlines (Man United, Chelsea, the table), then preview Fleetwood v Arsenal in the Carabao Cup with my predicted XI and score. What’s your score for Fleetwood?

Ep 21: Arsenal 2-0 Everton Reaction + Fleetwood Preview

Arsenal 2-0 Everton. Konsa scores his first Arsenal goal from a corner, and Gabriel gets the second in his 200th Premier League appearance. I go through the goals, the numbers, a few player ratings, the injury news on Rice, Calafiori and Saka (not all confirmed), and then preview the Carabao Cup trip to Fleetwood with my XI and prediction.

Quotes from Arteta are from Arsenal.com. Stats from a match app. Ratings and predictions are my opinion.

Who's your man of the match, and what's your score for Fleetwood? Tell me on YouTube or socials: North London Nerds.

Everton at the Emirates. How will Moyes set up, how will they defend, how do they attack, and how do Arsenal break them down?

In this tactical preview I go through Everton’s shape and key players, their low block, counters and set pieces, what happened in our last two games against them, the key battles, team news, the predicted XIs and my prediction.

Kick-off: Saturday 24 October, 15:00 UK / 16:00 CET.

Recorded before Arteta’s Friday press conference. Update: Saka (quad) is having another MRI, with more scans and specialist opinions needed and more known tomorrow. Hincapié is available after training this morning. Predicted XIs are predictions until the confirmed teams are announced.

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Bayern 2–2 Arsenal. We lose Saka after ten minutes, Eze scores, Kane strikes again, and Rice drags us level on 82'. Arteta calls it “special”. I call it personality. Plus: the Saka worry, Gyökeres’ impact, what the Germans said.

Up the Arsenal

Wednesday night. The Allianz Arena. Bayern Munich v Arsenal in the Champions League, and the man with eight goals this season is banned.

In Episode 18 of North London Nerds, I go through the Bayern preview:

• Bayern’s numbers: 30 goals scored and 8 conceded in eight games
• Olise’s ban and the rest of Bayern’s team news
• Kane and Díaz, the two we have to stop
• Their shape, and where I think we can hurt them
• Our team news, plus the left-side question: Madueke or Eze?
• The Ledger: my prediction, plus a bold take backed by a number
• The Worry Meter, and a look ahead to Everton on Saturday

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Up the Arsenal.

Nottingham Forest 0, Arsenal 1. We had 74% of the ball and one shot on target, and Noni Madueke's deflected 80th-minute strike won it at the City Ground.

On this episode of North London Nerds:

- Gut reaction: a massive three points from an attack that was far from vintage again

- Feel versus data: why 74% possession didn't feel like control

- Eze hooked at half-time again, and what Arteta said about why

- Arteta on Forest's "Christmas tree" and Madueke on the goal: "come inside and leather it"

- The bold take: is this a second-half team? Six goals in three games, all after the 60th minute

- The bench again: Madueke, Merino and Gyökeres

- Receipts: grading my Episode 16 predictions honestly

- The table, City, Bayern away on Wednesday and Everton at home on Saturday

- The Worry Meter

Up the Arsenal.

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Nottingham Forest v Arsenal, Sunday at the City Ground (16:30 UK). Arsenal are second on 15 points, Forest are 15th on five, and Arsenal have gone without a first-half goal in five of their last six games, according to Arseblog. Is this the trap game before Bayern?

In this episode:

• Forest right now: Glasner’s side created big chances at Palace and still lost 3-1
• How Forest could hurt Arsenal, and how Arsenal can hurt them
• Guimarães: an 8 next to Rice, or a 10?
• Gyökeres: is the worry fair? The numbers from Lille
• Team news from Arteta’s press conference: Hincapié, Zubimendi, Tzolis, Saliba
• My XI and my prediction
• A look ahead to Bayern

Also: a thank you for passing 1,000 plays and downloads.

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rsenal 3-0 Lille. It was 0-0 for 63 minutes, then three goals in seven.

Jurrien Timber lobbed the keeper on 64. Three substitutes came on at 65: Saka, Havertz and Ødegaard. Eze scored on 67, and Saka made it three on 71. In this episode:

• The flat first hour. Arsenal had gone without a first-half goal in five of their last six games.
• The seven minutes that decided it, and what the bench changed.
• The numbers: 16 shots to 4, and none on target for Lille.
• Lewis-Skelly at left-back, Gyökeres coming off, and Timber’s night.
• Squad news on Hincapié, Zubimendi and Saliba.
• The title race (City 18 points, Arsenal 15) and the Champions League, with two wins from two.
• What’s next: Forest, Bayern and Everton.

Remembering Ken Friar, Arsenal’s Life President, who died aged 92.

New episodes on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. The Weekly Nerd newsletter is out Sundays. Forest preview on Friday.

Up the Arsenal.

Arsenal came from behind to beat Leeds 2-1 at the Emirates, with Calafiori equalising and Bruno Guimarães hitting the winner off the bench. This week I go through the first-half struggle, Arteta’s reaction and the three-man bench that changed the game.

City then won 3-0 at Anfield to go three points clear, so we look at where that leaves the title race. We also cover the bad news from training, with Hincapié and Zubimendi both injured and expected to miss Lille.

Then a full preview of Arsenal v Lille in the Champions League at the Emirates tonight. I cover how Lille play, who to watch, who’s in and out, and my score prediction.

Tactics, takes, and too much Arsenal knowledge.

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Arteta has signed a new contract through 2030, and Leeds arrive at the Emirates on Saturday unbeaten in five. In Episode 13 of North London Nerds:

🔴 Arteta’s new deal: what the club said, the timing, and what it means for the project
🔴 Team news: what Arteta confirmed at his press conference, who’s out, and who’s still a doubt
🔴 How Leeds play: Farke’s back five, the set-piece threat and the players to watch
🔴 How we beat them, my predicted XI and score prediction

Episode 12: Official: Guilty

Manchester City have been officially found guilty of serious financial breaches, and the Premier League has called it the most significant ruling in its history. We go through what the finding says, why no punishment has been set yet, and what happens with City's appeal. Then it's on to Arsenal vs Leeds at the Emirates. Leeds are unbeaten in five and sitting fifth, and there's better injury news for Arsenal than there was a week ago. I also try a new Predicted XI segment for Saturday.

No Arsenal match this week, so it's a looser one — a ramble through the international break. Bukayo Saka and Ezri Konsa start for England in a Wembley thriller that Spain edge 3-2, Myles Lewis-Skelly settles into the midfield role he's already made his own, and a nasty late Bernardo Silva challenge leaves Martin Ødegaard limping off for Norway. Plus the rest of the squad's whistle-stop tour from Brazil to Belgium, what it all means for the Leeds game on the 10th, and the biggest story in English football right now — the reported verdict in Manchester City's 115 charges case.

Arsenal's unbeaten run ends in the most alarming way possible, just one shot on target across ninety minutes as Brighton win 3-0 at the Amex. In this episode: an honest, collective breakdown of what went wrong, Arteta's own admission that "from the first throw-in you could sense it," genuine credit to Brighton's game plan, and a full rundown of who's away on international duty, including breaking news on Declan Rice and Piero Hincapié both staying behind. A tough one to record, but the right way to talk about it.

Max Dowman, 16 years old, scores twice on his first appearance of the season as Arsenal beat Ipswich 4-2 to reach the Carabao Cup fourth round, where a trip to League Two Fleetwood Town awaits. In this episode: breaking down Dowman's stunning night, genuine praise from Ipswich boss Gary O'Neil, an honest look at where Gyökeres's game has gone slightly missing and why it's fixable, and a bold preview of Saturday's trip to Brighton, who arrive full of confidence after a 5-0 demolition of Coventry.

Arsenal grind out a hard-fought 2-0 win at Sunderland to make it six wins from six since the Community Shield, but this one had everything: a penalty save from Raya, a stunning strike from substitute Bruno Guimarães, a red card, and a stoppage-time Saka penalty to seal it. In this episode: Arteta's fury over "unacceptable" penalty decision, real credit given to a genuinely competitive Sunderland side, and a look ahead to the Carabao Cup as Arsenal travel to Ipswich Town on Tuesday.

Arsenal dominate Napoli 4.05 xG to 0.22 in Naples and somehow only have a single Ødegaard goal to show for it until the 75th minute. In this episode: the redemption arc continues, a personal account of being in Budapest for last season's final, why Gyökeres' 9 touches all game is a real concern even in a win, and a bold, no-hedging preview of Sunderland, including their own manager calling Arsenal "the best team in Europe" and genuinely good fitness news on White, Mosquera, and Timber. No tiptoeing this week.

Chelsea conceded inside 77 seconds, then got completely overrun for the rest of the game. In this episode: a proper breakdown of Arsenal's 2-1 comeback win, why Chelsea's discipline and defending are still miles off the pace under Xabi Alonso, and Arteta's post-match verdict calling it "an absolute joy to watch." Then, the Champions League arrives. A first look at Napoli ahead of Wednesday's trip to Naples, including a personal account of being in Budapest for last season's final heartbreak, Napoli's rocky start under new manager Massimiliano Allegri, and the news that Serie A MVP Scott McTominay is out through injury. Redemption starts here.