Stretched Liverpool take on Chelsea at Wembley, while Arsenal rue lack of depth in Porto

Published: Feb. 22, 2024, 4:10 p.m.

Jimbo welcomes Duncan Alexander, Charlie Eccleshare and Natalie Gedra into the studio with some intriguing chat about some intriguing football.\n\nIt\u2019s the League Cup final this weekend. Liverpool managed to battle back and beat Luton in the Premier League despite their big list of absentees. Are they still the favourites against Chelsea? And will it be better than the last Klopp-Poch final?\n\nArsenal are beaten by the last kick of the game in the Champions League as we question Arteta\u2019s faith in his bench and whether the competition really is the best of the best.\n\nThere\u2019s almost a full calendar of league fixtures this weekend with the most one-sided game in English football and the first game in English football for Oliver Glasner at Crystal Palace. Raphael Honigstein tells us more.\n\nPlus GD, xG and the most irreplaceable player in the Premier League.\n\nProduced by Charlie Jones.\n\xa0\nRUNNING ORDER:\xa0\n\u2022 PART 1: Wycombe off to Wembley (01.00)\n\u2022 PART 2: Porto 1-0 Arsenal (03.30)\n\u2022 PART 3: The rest of the Champions League midweek (15.30)\n\u2022 PART 4: Depleted Liverpool take on Chelsea at Wembley (25.00)\xa0\n\u2022 PART 5a: Raphael Honigstein on Glasner\u2019s Palace (37.00)\n\u2022 PART 5b: The rest of the Premier League weekend (44.00)\n\nSIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR \xa32 A MONTH FOR 12 MONTHS\n\u2022\xa0theathletic.com/totally\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices