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“We’re good, we’re ready” – Pep Guardiola delivers peak into Manchester City camp ahead of titanic Arsenal battle

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Guardiola says Sunday’s clash vs Arsenal is “obviously” a final & that title race is over if City loseCity manager tells his players to approach the game as “just a football game” to avoid l...

“We’re good, we’re ready” – Pep Guardiola delivers peak into Manchester City camp ahead of titanic Arsenal battle Guardiola says Sunday’s clash vs Arsenal is “obviously” a final & that title race is over if City lose City manager tells his players to approach the game as “just a football game” to avoid losing focus Guardiola says he “enjoys watching” Arsenal & “learns a lot” from the way Mikel Arteta’s side play Pep Guardiola has described Sunday’s Premier League meeting with Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium as a final in all but name, admitting the title race will effectively be over for Manchester City if they fail to win. Speaking in his pre-match press conference on Friday, the 55-year-old delivered a wide-ranging assessment of where City stand heading into the most consequential fixture of their season. City head into the game off the back of successive wins over Arsenal , Liverpool and Chelsea , with momentum firmly behind them at precisely the point in the season where Guardiola’s teams have historically been at their most dangerous.

A sold-out Etihad Stadium awaits on Sunday. Pep Guardiola press conference: Nico O’Reilly and Ruben Dias injury updates ahead of Arsenal clash Guardiola: If we lose vs Arsenal, title race will be over Asked whether Sunday represents a final, Guardiola did not hesitate. “Yeah, obviously.

If we lose, yeah, it’s over. But the other two results, knowing that Arsenal didn’t win against Bournemouth, still we have games to play,” the Catalan said. “Six games is a lot, our calendar, it’s terrible I would say: Everton away, Bournemouth away, Aston Villa the last game at home, Burnley, Crystal Palace and Brentford.

Crystal Palace, look what’s going on! Aston Villa and Crystal Palace in Europe. Still many things to do.

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