Saints stun City, ahead of Manchester and North London derby weekend

Jimbo’s joined by Duncan Alexander, Carl Anka and Tom Williams ahead of a mouthwatering Premier League weekend. Man City are knocked out of the Carabao Cup by Southampton, ahead of the Manchester derby against red-hot United. Hear how City have been low-key underwhelming for a while and why that might be. We also look ahead to a pivotal North London derby, Who can counterpunch their way to the local bragging rights? Plus Adam Crafton pops in to tell us about QSI’s interest in Spurs. Elsewhere, the relegation 12 pointer between Everton and Southampton, what would constitute an upset at Brighton Liverpool, and which fixture is a Paul Rudd meme of a match? Produced by Charlie Jones. RUNNING ORDER:  • PART 1: A Welshman’s Gareth Bale memories (01.00) • PART 2a: Southampton 2-0 Man City (07.00) • PART 2b: Manchester derby preview (15.00)  • PART 3a: Adam Crafton on QSI’s interest in Spurs (26.00)  • PART 3b: North London derby preview (35.00)  • PART 4a: Brighton v Liverpool preview (42.00)  • PART 4b: Burn’s Newcastle take on Fulham (46.00) • PART 4c: Chelsea v Crystal Palace preview (50.00) • PART 5: The rest of the League Cup and Premier League action (55.00) SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR £1.99 A MONTH FOR 12 MONTHS • theathletic.com/totally Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices