MOTD Lineker-less, Liverpool humbled at Bournemouth, the wide-open relegation scrap, and the tight race for Europe

This week's conversation has been dominated by the BBC's decision to pull Gary Lineker from Match of the Day duty, after political comments on his personal Twitter account were deemed to breach impartiality guidelines. Putting the politics aside, Mike and Myles have a chat about their thoughts on pundit-less MOTD and what the future of football highlights looks like.

And on the pitch, Liverpool followed up their 7-0 thumping of Manchester United, with a sorry 1-0 defeat to spirited Bournemouth. The defeat has killed all the positive momentum from the United game, so can they pull themselves back up ready for a fight against Real Madrid in the Champions League?

Bournemouth's win means the bottom 8 teams in the Premier League are separated by just 5 points. We'll pick apart the teams most out of form, and attempt to predict who are the favourites for the drop right now.

Likewise in the European places, we try and figure out which teams are in the best position, including resurgent Chelsea and misfiring Tottenham. And also we pay homage to Arsenal and Leandro Trossard, who both continue to impress as the Gunners maintain their lead at the top of the Premier League table.

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