enal are undoubtedly in much better shape than when they received an ugly 5-0 thrashing at the Etihad in September, and hopefully will actually give Manchester City some form of test now the young guns are well and truly firing, but Mikel Arteta may still have received a small mercy in having to stay at home following a positive Covid test. Pep Guardiola’s side look almost unstoppable and Arsenal’s much-improved defence will still be highly overmatched with Phil Foden, Kevin De Bruyne, Riyad Mahrez, Raheem Sterling (you get the idea) flexing their considerable creative prowess. An inexplicable off day and Arsenal just might avoid a first defeat in their past nine league matches....
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