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Man City vs Liverpool assessed, more problems at Man Utd and an Everton lifeline, plus the North London top-four race

Looking back on the weekend’s action on the Essential Football Podcast, host Ron Walker is joined by Sky Sports digital football writers Sam Blitz and Dan Sansom as the top two went head-to-head at the Etihad, Everton shocked Man Utd and the North London chase for the Champions League took another twist.

PART 1 – Man City vs Liverpool: Who was Sunday’s 2-2 draw a better result for? Could Liverpool have hoped for more? And are the run-ins all that they might seem?

PART 2 – Everton vs Man Utd: What went wrong for Utd and right for Everton? Did Sean Dyche’s words spur them on? Will Erik Tan Hag want to take over on this showing, and how big is the scale of the overhaul they need?

PART 3 – The top-four race: After back-to-back defeats for Arsenal, what’s gone wrong at the Emirates? Have they run out of steam in the race for fourth? Are Spurs now the real deal, and are they such a one-man team after all?

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