Arsenal: Mikel Arteta expresses Pep Guardiola sympathy amid 'very strange' Man City run

Pep Guardiola’s broadside are presently 2nd successful the Premier League and 8 points down leaders Liverpool, whom they question to look astatine Anfield connected Sunday.

Arteta has admitted that City’s slump is surprising, but helium is wary astir discounting his erstwhile nine fixed their way record.

“What I person made of it (City’s struggles) is what they person done for 9 years,” said Arteta.

“I deliberation that is what radical person to speech about, however hard it is what they person done for 9 years consistently.

“And yeah, a bump, everybody has a bump. For them, it is precise unusual due to the fact that successful 9 years they ne'er had it.

“But that tells you arsenic good the level and the situation that we are in, that everything has to spell astir perfect.

“Performance has to beryllium perfect, availability of your squad has to beryllium perfect, things person to spell your mode and the opposition, the level is different, and it’s truthful hard to win.”

“That is thing precise personal, but I consciousness a batch of sympathy for each my colleagues due to the fact that I cognize the job, I cognize however ruthless this manufacture is,” said Arteta.

“I cognize however we get judged conscionable by 1 thing, which is results, careless that you person done precisely the aforesaid happening and the result becomes different.

“We person to woody with that, I cognize however hard it is due to the fact that personally I person been done that a batch and each decision is evidently ace painful.

“And that’s it. Then conscionable enactment immoderate position into it similar we ever bash and determination on, due to the fact that determination is ever different game.”

Arsenal are successful enactment earlier City caput to Liverpool connected Sunday, erstwhile they question to West Ham, and a triumph would determination them up to 2nd successful the Premier League and six points disconnected the top.

“Well, it’s a information to triumph our crippled due to the fact that that would enactment america watching that crippled connected Sunday successful a overmuch amended position,” said Arteta. “So, that’s the task.”