The Premier League returns and Sir Marcus Rashford – Football Weekly Extra

Max Rushden, Barry Glendenning, Jonathan Wilson and Jordan Jarrett-Bryan on return of the Premier League, goal-line technology and David Luiz. The panel also talk about Marcus Rashford, the Coppa Italia final and preview the weekend

We start by dissecting the opening two games of the restarted Premier League season. Aston Villa and Sheffield United may have conjured up a fairly mundane 0-0 draw, but the real talking point was the failure of goal-line technology to award the Blades a perfectly good goal after Ørjan Nyland fell into his own net with the ball in his hands. We also look at Manchester City’s win over Arsenal, and David Luiz’s wretched cameo.

In part two, we talk about Marcus Rashford and preview the first full weekend of the restarted Premier League season. The main attention is on the race for fifth and to avoid relegation, with a number of teams in contention for both. We also ask how many Liverpool defeats would there need to be before panic sets in up on Merseyside.

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