Today's game against Man City is such a weird one to try and preview. It is impossible to look at it without looking ahead to Thursday's Europa League second leg against Benfica, and some of the team selection decisions Mikel Arteta makes today will surely take that into consideration. Given Man City's form and our recent Premier League record against them, pretty much everyone expects the visitors to win. People will still be annoyed if we lose though (that might depend on *how* we lose – but then you get into the territory of classifying certain defeats as creditable, which isn't how a ‘big' club should think). I can't envisage too many ‘It's ok, Man City are jolly good!'...
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