Arsenal meet Villa again, Cherki's on fire + the Cherries are in crisis

From The Totally Football Show with James Richardson The Athletic

Jimbo presents the last Totally Football Show of 2025 in the company of Daniel Storey, Tom Williams and Seb Stafford-Bloor.

It will be 1st v 3rd on Tuesday as Arsenal host an Aston Villa side buzzing after an 11th win in a row against Chelsea at the weekend. Unai Emery’s side go level on points with the Gunners with a victory.

Man City have notched together 8 wins in a row themselves, the latest secured by Rayan Cherki at Forest. What impact is the Frenchman having on Pep’s approach?

Another week, another Dominic Calvert-Lewin goal. And another defeat for Bournemouth. With Semenyo on his way out the door, how bad could things get for Andoni Iraola?

Jay Harris joins us from Morocco where Nigeria show why they should and shouldn’t be considered strong favourites at AFCON.

Plus there’s Ruben Amorim’s back four, Rudi Voller’s dancing and the annual West Ham striker search.

Produced by Charlie Jones

RUNNING ORDER:

• PART 1: What we’ll see in 2026 (02.00)

• PART 2a: Chelsea 1-2 Aston Villa (09.30)

• PART 2b: Arsenal 2-1 Brighton (17.00)

• PART 2c: Nottingham Forest 1-2 Man City (23.00)

• PART 3a: Sunderland 1-1 Leeds (36.00)

• PART 3b: Brentford 4-1 Bournemouth (41.00)

• PART 3c: West Ham 0-1 Fulham (46.00)

• PART 3d: Man United 1-0 Newcastle + Liverpool 2-1 Wolves (50.00)