Mikel Arteta reveals Arsenal's plan for Man City showdown with reality check to players

Arsenal celebrated their gully astatine Manchester City past season, but Mikel Arteta knows that winning astatine the Etihad would nonstop a immense connection of intent to their rubric rivals

Mikel Arteta insists helium volition nonstop his Arsenal players retired to triumph and present a “big performance” successful the rubric showdown astatine Manchester City.

City midfielder Rodri claimed that Arsenal “just wanted a draw” and that showed the “difference” successful mentality erstwhile the teams met during the rubric run-in past March. Arsenal played retired a hard-fought goalless gully and celebrated the effect connected the transportation aft the crippled but yet the effect outgo them due to the fact that City won the rubric by 2 points.

But Arteta says helium ever plays to triumph and his players are acceptable to marque a connection of intent by proving they tin triumph astatine the location of their rivals. Gunners brag Arteta said: “For definite we volition hole to effort and win. That’s been the connection already.

“In bid to bash that determination are going to beryllium things that we person to bash overmuch better. Because we each cognize we request a large show to bushed them. We cognize what it means. We cognize what we’re warring for and it’s a large accidental for the squad to amusement what we’re susceptible of doing.

“It volition beryllium truly competitive. It’s the location of the champions, the squad that’s been the astir accordant successful past not conscionable successful presumption of results but successful presumption of dominance.

“It’s a situation nary doubt. But we volition spell determination and beryllium that we tin instrumentality different measurement that we tin vie and triumph successful those grounds.”

Arsenal besides look City who - contempt their goalless gully against Inter Milan successful the Champions League - person deed 11 goals successful their archetypal 4 Premier League games with Erling Haaland getting 9 of them which is much than immoderate different squad has scored enactment together.

But Arteta has backed his “unbelievable” defenders Gabriel and William Saliba and their “chemistry” to halt Haaland from scoring connected Sunday.

Arteta said: “They are successful a large infinitesimal and person been very, precise accordant for the past 2 seasons together. There is an unbelievable chemistry determination and you tin consciousness it. They person some been exceptional.

“When you spot the stats and the fig of goals that Haaland scores past you tin archer that helium is 1 of the main sources. We ever look astatine the individuals and the strengths that they person and however we tin nullify that. We request to halt him from scoring.”

Arsenal person managed conscionable six goals successful their opening 5 games, including the stalemate against Atalanta successful the Champions League.

They are besides facing their 3rd distant crippled successful the abstraction of a week, having won astatine Tottenham, drawn astatine Atalanta connected Thursday and present they spell to City. City volition person had an other time aft their goalless gully with Inter Milan connected Wednesday.

Arteta added: “We wanted the aforesaid (recovery) arsenic them. We’re not getting it truthful we person to accommodate and we person to prepare.

“It’s incredibly uncommon to get 3 distant games successful six days similar this but we person to beryllium ready. We privation to amended successful definite areas but successful bid to bash that it’s important that we person to beryllium much, overmuch better.

“We request to make much for sure. There’s nary question astir that and we person been truly unfastened astir discussing that. But the chances person to beryllium created due to the fact that the process has to beryllium good. That’s what we need, consistency.”

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