Manchester City vs Arsenal: Premier League – live | Premier League

Bukayo Saka will captain Arsenal today. Martin Odegaard, Jorginho and Gabriel Jesus – who wore the captain’s armband against Atalanta during the week – are all either injured or on the bench.

Mikel Arteta's thoughts before the game

Pep Guardiola's thoughts before the game

The early Premier League game was a thrillerwith four goals and the sending off of both coaches at the Amex Stadium.

Read Pep Guardiola on Arsenal and the other business

When you put pressure on them, it's long balls, they win the second balls. In the final third, they have the ability to play 1,000 million passes and find the gaps and the right space. If they can run, they can run. Martinelli, Saka, Ødegaard and whoever.

They are a top team because they have all the departments that a team needs to be solid. They are good at that. But we are good too.

Barney Ronay on City's allegations

It's still hard to see an outcome that really benefits the Premier League. From this point, three things can happen. First, City are found guilty and punished in a significant way. This would be a potential disaster for the Premier League, whose entire recent history would be discredited, its broadcasting rights undermined and its integrity called into question. It would also put a championship club, the richest in the world, in a state of open, vindictive war with its own members. Hello? Is this the Super League? Yes. Are we still in it?

Irresistible force, strike immovable object

Here is Mikel Arteta's opinion on today's game

We all know we need a strong performance to beat them. We want to improve in certain areas, but to do that we need to be much, much better. We've discussed that very openly. But the opportunities have to be created because the process has to be good.

Jonathan Wilson looks back at the 0-0 draw in March

There is no clear answer to that, of course. Had Arsenal opened up, it would have given City a chance, lifted them above Arsenal and everyone would have condemned Arteta for his hubris. It's not a question of right and wrong, but in hindsight, and given that at the time of the Arsenal game, City had not won any of their eight games against teams that would finish in the top six, was that perhaps a missed opportunity?

“Morning and breakfast greetings from California”, writes Mary Waltz. “Yes, it's far too early to say, but isn't it a must for Arsenal, purely from a confidence point of view, to win to show that they are on the same level as City?”

Erm, wouldn't a draw be a must too? I don't think it's a must for either team, although it's probably more important for Arsenal not to lose.

Pep Guardiola on Rico Lewis (who he left out today)

If you ask a player, “What's your position?” he'll tell you, “I play defensive midfield. I play wing. I play this.” Rico plays football. If you put him in a position, he knows exactly what to do. He's so intelligent… I've been coaching for 14, 15 years and I've coached incredible players. To find someone like him in the reserves is one of the best I've ever coached.

Personnel: Calafiori starts

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