"They seem too good to go down!" | Arsenal open gap over City | United suffer late loss to Newcastle | Scholes calls out Carrick | Farrell quells Sarries rumours | OFF THE BALL BREAKFAST

Ger Gilroy, Colm Boohig, Dara Smith-Naughton and Matthew Brennan are in studio to talk through today's headlines following a night of Premier League action which saw Arsenal overcome Brighton to pick up 3 points, meanwhile Manchester City drew 2-2 with Nottingham Forest, giving a 2 point extension to the Gunner's lead at the top of the table and putting their North London rivals in further relegation trouble. The lads also went through Paul Scholes' comments following Manchester United's late loss to Newcastle in St James' Park and Ireland's Head Coach Andy Farrell's response to the rumours of him vacating the position following the 2027 Rugby World Cup to go back to Saracens.

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