{"id":1642,"date":"2024-02-13T10:10:43","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T10:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/standrews-utd.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/02\/13\/paul-merson-rebuked-for-suggesting-sky-sports-could-influence-premier-league-title-race\/"},"modified":"2024-02-13T10:10:43","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T10:10:43","slug":"paul-merson-rebuked-for-suggesting-sky-sports-could-influence-premier-league-title-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/standrews-utd.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/02\/13\/paul-merson-rebuked-for-suggesting-sky-sports-could-influence-premier-league-title-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Merson rebuked for suggesting Sky Sports could influence Premier League title race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The former Arsenal legend recently commented on his former team&#8217;s perceived disadvantage in the Premier League title race compared to their rivals Manchester City and Liverpool. He expressed a preference for playing first and securing the points before watching his competitors, highlighting an advantage he believes City had during last season&#8217;s title race.<\/p>\n<p>The Arsenal legend&#8217;s comments have reignited discussions about the scheduling of matches and its potential impact on the outcome of the title race. He also made a lighthearted remark about Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp&#8217;s dislike of early Saturday kick-offs, adding a humorous note to the conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Arsenal are trailing behind Liverpool by two points but share the same number of points as Manchester City. However, with one game more played than City, they face a challenging situation.<\/p>\n<p>They are scheduled to play after Liverpool\u2019s early Saturday match, while City hosts Chelsea in the evening kick-off. The implication of schedule sequencing on team performance and the title race remains a topic of interest and debate within the football community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former Arsenal legend recently commented on his former team&#8217;s perceived disadvantage in the Premier League title race compared to their rivals Manchester City and Liverpool. He expressed a preference for playing first and securing the points before watching his competitors, highlighting an advantage he believes City had during last season&#8217;s title race. The Arsenal&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[227],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/standrews-utd.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/standrews-utd.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/standrews-utd.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/standrews-utd.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/standrews-utd.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/standrews-utd.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/standrews-utd.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/standrews-utd.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/standrews-utd.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/standrews-utd.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}