Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta sent Premier League warning ahead of crunch Man City clash

Arsenal volition beryllium trying to support up the vigor connected Premier League leaders Liverpool with triumph implicit Manchester City connected Sunday afternoon

Danny Mills has told Arsenal that they person to bushed Manchester City if they person immoderate anticipation of becoming Premier League champions.

The Gunners halted a tally of 8 successive location defeats astatine the hands of the Blues erstwhile they bushed City 1-0 astatine the Emirates past play - but they inactive finished 2nd to Pep Guardiola’s men for the 2nd play connected the bounce. Now Liverpool are storming distant successful the rubric contention and erstwhile City and England defender Mills believes thing little than triumph volition devastate the London club’s hopes of winning their archetypal Premier League successful 22 years.

Mills said: “I expect it to beryllium a truly bully crippled of shot - and Arsenal person to win. In the Last mates of games against City, Arsenal person been rather antiaircraft and person acceptable up and thought ‘let's not suffer the game.’ There's thing incorrect with that.

"That's precise bully tactically and that's bully absorption from Mikel Arteta. But if they're going to enactment unit connected Liverpool, they person to spell and triumph the game, truthful they person to beryllium a small spot much open, a small spot much expansive.

“You conscionable don't cognize what City are going to crook up astatine the moment. It could beryllium an Ipswich 6-0 benignant of benignant performance, oregon it could beryllium a Paris Saint-Germain show wherever they got out-played, out-run, out-scored, out-fought, and looked a shadiness of themselves. I don't deliberation it'll beryllium 0-0, enactment it that way. Arsenal, if they've got immoderate accidental of catching Liverpool, person to triumph this.”

City needed a precocious John Stones extremity to instrumentality a constituent from the Gunners successful a 2-2 gully astatine the Etihad successful September aft the visitors had been reduced to 10 men conscionable earlier half-time. Arsenal defender Gabriel waged a moving conflict with City striker Erling Haaland - and aboriginal warned the Norwegian that helium would beryllium “waiting for him” successful the return.

Mills said: “Gabriel v Haaland is an absorbing 1 due to the fact that players bash clasp grudges. Ask the likes of Martin Keown. He astir apt held grudges for 25 years! It does happen. There is ever a small spot of other needle successful those games wherever there's a small spot of history.”

Danny Mills was speaking connected behalf of 10bet.

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