Man City have two games in hand, while Guardiola’s team win this week’s big match, they will draw just two points behind Arsenal with one game left In hand, but should Arsenal win, the margin will increase to eight points instead, making the additional game of Man City not enough to jump ahead of Arsenal.

Everyone sees this week’s match between Man City and Arsenal as a destiny of the Premier League champions this season, but Arteta does not understand that.

He said:

“We know we need to go to Etihad, it’s going to be difficult, but will it decide the destiny of the seasonal invasion? No, not.

The faith is there, I look at how the players reacted to losing southampton, they defend each other all the time. And we will show it again tomorrow night; but it must be perfect because it is what it demands at this time in the season.”