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Saints stun Arsenal and what now for Slot after Liverpool’s painful exit? – Football Weekly

April 6, 2026·56 min·4 clips

Southampton stun Arsenal, and Arne Slot's job hangs by a thread after Liverpool's 4-0 collapse.

Southampton 2, Arsenal 1. That scoreline sends the room straight into Arsenal dread, with listener questions about doom, bottling, and the grim comedy of Spurs surviving. The tone stays sharp. Nobody treats it like a throwaway result, because the talk keeps coming back to Southampton's brilliance, Arsenal wobbling, and the pressure around the season. Liverpool get it worse. Van Dijk's mistake is the hook, but the bigger problem is that their big players are not showing up when the season needs them. Slot sounds boxed in. The panel is careful enough to say there is little point sacking him without an upgrade ready, then dry enough to admit he may not last much longer. PSG becomes the trapdoor. If that goes badly, Slot staying even to the end of the season starts to feel flimsy. City bring the shove in the ribs. Haaland's supposedly off-form year gets laughed through the absurdity of 46 goals in 50 games, because apparently that now counts as a concern. The Viking bit works. John leans into the raiding, plundering, long-boat image, while the others poke at the cliche because that is exactly the show. Arsenal's wobble is not happening in a vacuum. If Haaland is edging back toward himself, City's form makes every Arsenal hesitation feel louder. The cup chat has bite. West Ham against Leeds is the game people might have skipped, then gets recast as the round's best mess, comeback and penalty debutant included. Chelsea hover nearby. Port Vale's resistance barely gets a blink, cruel and funny in the usual rhythm. Barry gets the late turn. The marathon money, the fatherhood gag, and the thank-yous close it with affectionate nonsense after a pretty ruthless football autopsy.

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A lively panel on Southampton's win over Arsenal, Liverpool's uncertainty, and the rest of a busy football week.

This Football Weekly installment gives most of its attention to Southampton's 2-1 win over Arsenal and the sharper questions it raises around Liverpool and Slot.

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