Mikel Arteta has spoken regularly about how to compete with Pep Guardiola and Manchester City for the Premier League
For the second season running, Pep Guardiola's own former confidant Mikel Arteta stands in the way of Manchester City winning another Premier League title.
After his side fell off the pace last season, Arteta knows exactly the size of the challenge facing his team as we approach the title run-in. Arsenal may be top of the table on goal difference right now, but can they cope with City's usual April charge towards the summit? Do they have the belief required to prevail.READ MORE: Man City summer transfer plans might have just changed
Arsenal perhaps view even challenging this City side as an achievement, but that is not the mentality of champions. The Gunners will hope to change that this season and went some way towards shifting the dial with a win in the reverse fixture. A test of Arsenal's belief awaits, both in terms of the vital 90 minutes to come in a fortnight's time and in the nine matches to follow that. "We have to keep believing in what we are doing," Arteta said in October.
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