{"podcast":{"title":"Football Daily","slug":"football-daily-939026","podcast_index_feed_id":939026,"rss_url":"https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/p02nrsln.rss","website_url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02nrsln","image_url":"http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/3000x3000/p0lwqw37.jpg","author":"BBC","episode_count":274,"summary":"The latest news, insight, analysis and big-name guests from the Premier League, EFL, Scottish, International and European football. Plus, fact-checking football stories with Karel Prince: Lie Detector. Get in touch with us @5liveSport on social media and remember to leave us your ratings and reviews.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-25T02:21:21.705959+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/football-daily-939026"},"episode":{"title":"MNC: Arsenal untouchable & Man Utd's defensive concerns","slug":"mnc-arsenal-untouchable-man-utd-s-defensive-concerns","published_at":"2026-09-07T22:26:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/football-daily-939026/mnc-arsenal-untouchable-man-utd-s-defensive-concerns","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/football-daily-939026","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0p8gmh1","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0p8gm1p.mp3","summary":"Mark Chapman is joined by Rory Smith, Chris and newly-appointed England U21s assistant coach Conor Coady. They look at Arsenal's impressive start to their defence of their Premier League and the early form of Kai Havertz, Martin Odegaard and Bukayo Saka. Is a return of four points from three games good enough for Man Utd? The panel look at a mixed start for Michael Carrick's side. And they assess why Burnley and Leicester are struggling in the Championship and League One. TIMECODES 00:30 Conor Coady retirement 02:30 Do Arsenal look untouchable? 07:35 The dangers posed by a fully fit Odegaard, Havertz and Saka 14:20 What can Chelsea read into the defeat? 18:00 Alonso like Ancelotti 22:00 Man Utd's defensive frailties 30:45 Leicester and Russell Martin's struggles 41:55 Why have Burnley started badly? 5 LIVE/BBC SOUNDS COMMENTARIES Tuesday 1945 Crystal Palace v Middlesbrough (Sports Extra 2 - Simulcast) Tuesday 2000 FC Porto v Manchester City (5 Live) Wednesday 2000 Liverpool v Atletico Madrid (5 Live) Wednesday 2000 Chelsea v Leeds United (Sports Extra 3 - Simulcast)","meta_description":"Mark Chapman is joined by Rory Smith, Chris and newly-appointed England U21s assistant coach Conor Coady. They look at Arsenal's impressive start to their…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3141,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/football-daily-939026/episodes/mnc-arsenal-untouchable-man-utd-s-defensive-concerns/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/football-daily-939026/mnc-arsenal-untouchable-man-utd-s-defensive-concerns.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}