The Debrief: Man City go top and Rosenior sacked

Homepage Accessibility links Skip to content Accessibility Help BBC Accountrequire(["idcta/statusbar"],function(a){new a.Statusbar({id:"idcta-statusbar",publiclyCacheable:!0})}),document.querySelector(".idcta-wrapper").classList.remove("no-js") Notifications Home News Sport Weather iPlayer Sounds Bitesize CBeebies CBBC Food Home News Sport Business Technology Health Culture Arts Travel Earth Audio Video Live More menu Search Sounds Home News Sport Weather iPlayer Sounds Bitesize CBeebies CBBC Food Home News Sport Business Technology Health Culture Arts Travel Earth Audio Video Live Close menu BBC SoundsSounds home pageMenuHomeMusicPodcastsMy SoundsEpisode detailsRadio 5 Live,·22 Apr 2026,·38 mins PlayBookmarkBookmarkSubscribeSubscribeAvailable for over a year Alistair Bruce-Ball is joined by Tim Krul, Nedum Onuoha, Curtis Davies and, Clinton Morrison as Manchester City go top of the Premier League following a 1-0 win at Burnley. The result leaves Pep Guardiola’s side level on points with Arsenal, but above on goals scored with just five games remaining of the season. Burnley are relegated to the Championship after just one season in the Premier League, the second time in a row they’ve come up and gone straight back down. What’s next for Burnley and for Scott Parker? Liam Rosenior has been sacked as Chelsea head coach after just 106 days in charge. It follows a run of five defeats without scoring, for the first time since 1912. Alistair Bruce-Ball reacts to the news with BBC Senior Football Correspondent Sami Mokbel, former Chelsea winger Pat Nevin, former team mate of Rosenior, Curtis Davies and, Chelsea fan Alex Churchill. The panel react to the issues at board level with Chelsea, what’s gone wrong, the news that Calum McFarlane will take charge until the end of the season and, what chance they have against Leeds in the FA Cup semi-final. TIME CODES: 00:00 Intro 00:20 Manchester City go top 09:10 Pep Guardiola post Burnley 11:27 Burnley relegated to the Championship 15:04 Scott Parker on relegation 17:29 Chelsea sack Liam Rosenior 20:17 Former Chelsea winger Pat Nevin reacts 23:50 Did recruitment fail? 25:44 Curtis Davies on having worked with Rosenior 27:40 What next for Chelsea? 29:45 Chelsea fan Alex Churchill 35:27 FA Cup semi-final against Leeds 5Live commentaries this week Sat 1200 Brighton & Hove v Man City in WSL on Sports Extra, Sat 1500 Wolves v Spurs in Premier League, Sat 1500 West Ham v Everton on Sports Extra, Sat 1715 Man City v Southampton in FA Cup semi-final on Sports Extra, Sat 1730 Arsenal v Newcastle in Premier League, Sun 1200 Everton vs Chelsea in WSL, Sun 1500 Chelsea v Leeds in FA Cup semi-final, Sun 1530 Arsenal v Lyon in UWCL on Sports Extra.