- Arsenal travel to Man City on Sunday in Premier League title showdown
- Gunners lost 4-1 in this fixture last season on way to title collapse
- Mikel Arteta does not want to be defeated in such fashion again
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has insisted he is keen to avoid another seismic defeat to Manchester City when the two sides meet on Sunday.
The Gunners can strengthen their title credentials with a first win at the Etihad Stadium since 2015, but head north knowing this fixture was crucial to their demise last season.
Arteta’s men were hammered 4-1 by City in April 2023 and Arsenal later ended up surrendering top spot to Pep Guardiola’s side having spent 248 days in first place.
In his pre-match press conference, Arteta was asked what he felt after last season’s humbling defeat to City.
“Not nice, I guarantee you,” he replied. “I don’t want to go through that again because we knew after that it was going to be very difficult, something that we fought for that many months. It was a different timing as well.”
