🎧 'Glimpses of positivity'
A new episode of The Devils' Advocate podcast is available to download and listen to on BBC Sounds.Gaz Drinkwater and Joe McGrath discuss Manchester United's 2-2 draw at Everton and debate whether there were "glimpses of positivity" at the football Ruben Amorim wants to play or whether it was simply a "desolate" performance. Listen to the full episode on BBC Sounds
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