The Premier League title will not be determined against Arsenal

Pep Guardiola, President of Manchester City, insisted that the Premier League title will not be determined by the outcome of their trip to the UAE on Sunday.

Cityzens finally picks up the form after a rock start of the campaign, which saw them points to Tottenham and Breton.

Guardiola’s men travel to Arsenal, who have lost one of the four opening clashes and stopped a long -standing title they have not been raised since 2004.

Speaking at his press conference before the match, Guardiola said: “It is the fifth match. It will be the fifth match. Come on.

“When I got here, Brian Kid told me Sir Alex Ferguson that he is in the Premier League, you have to stay close to the first four places until the Boxing Day. Then you can think about it.

“Last season, after the boxing day, we were in another country. For this reason, let’s go today and we will see what is happening. There are many games.

“For the sake of experimenting, in the six victory in the Premier League, I think four or five, we were behind Liverpool or Arsenal in December, and at the end, we won it.

Pep Guardiola: “For me, Arsenal is the most solid team. They are not making mistakes at the back. It is an incredibly strong team.

They came in the foreground, of course they were cut off with Niko Gowv, who was here.

“What a team” in each section. “

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“Watch the team they go up. This is all that worries me at the present time. See the team a step forward every day. We will not win the Premier League on Sunday. We will not lose the Premier League on Sunday.

“So we see the team, we are better than last season there, and we are better and somewhat continued, many good things that we have done in these two games, and we continue to do so.”

Arsening an enemy

Guardiola and Arteta have enjoyed many battles since the latter left his Gunners’ school team, but this match may have more importance than most of them.

City has been a significant decrease in the recent period of quality, but still gets results against Gunners.

Arteta is often accused of playing very safe against his competitors in the title, and with City’s return this season, he will be keen to prove himself in front of his old teacher and put the Arsenal title adopting data.

Guardiola has nothing but respect for his former student.

He added: “We started the game last season several times last season and a thousand million goals, and after we were a lot of time in good condition, taking into account how it was last season, and the last 15-20 minutes was a disaster.

“We have forgotten to do what we did, and then it was easy for Arsenal. We hope this season can face more challenges because Mikel Arteta is an exceptional manager and the team increased in these four or five windows.

“So, it is an incredible team and an incredible team, it is one of the most difficult opponents that you can find now in Europe and try to compete. I want to compete to be a better team than we were last season, especially in the last 20 to 25 minutes.”