Manchester City will be looking to bounce back from their
shock defeat at Newcastle when they welcome Arsenal later today in a Premiership
fixture.
Pep Guardiola’s side missed the chance to close to within a
point of Liverpool as they were beaten 2-1 at St James’ Park on Tuesday.
While Liverpool could not take full advantage as they drew
with Leicester, there is now a five-point gap for City to make up ahead of a
week that sees them play Arsenal, Everton and Chelsea.
“It doesn’t matter how many points we are behind, we have to
improve our game,” said City boss Guardiola. “We have done it before and we can
do it again, but nothing changed whether we are one or two points behind or
five, six, or seven.
“There are a lot of points to play for and a lot of things
to happen.
“We are not happy about the last performance. Everyone knows
at half-time and after game…We want to sustain the top level. There are a lot
of games and sometimes it is a challenge and it is tough.”
Arsenal moved up into fourth in midweek as they beat Cardiff
and Chelsea lost 4-0 at Bournemouth.
Deadline Day signing Denis Suarez is available for the
Gunners as they look to deal another blow to City’s title ambitions.
Team news:
Defender Vincent Kompany remains absent for City but
goalkeeper Ederson is expected to be fine after suffering a slight knee injury
in the defeat to Newcastle.
Benjamin Mendy is a doubt after missing City’s last two
matches.
Arsenal captain Laurent Koscielny has returned to full
training after scans confirmed he did not suffer a fractured jaw against
Manchester United.
Arsenal said scans revealed only “bruising and soft tissue
swelling” to Koscielny’s face and jaw, giving Emery the option of picking him
amid a defensive injury crisis.
Danny Welbeck and Sokratis Papastathopoulos (both ankle),
Hector Bellerin and Rob Holding (both knee) remain out.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan could feature after overcoming a foot
problem
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