Arsenal have to show they are ready to topple Premier League champions Manchester City in Sunday's top-of-the-table clash between the title favourites, according to Gunners' boss Mikel Arteta.City failed to score against Arsenal in the Premier League last season and the Gunners' title challenge looks set to be built on solid foundations once more.

Manchester City will take on Arsenal this Sunday at the Etihad Stadium. The Premier League fixture between two teams who are expected to fight it out for this season’s title is a fixture that will throw up a host of subplots that will decide the game.

It’s Arsenal, City’s opponents this weekend, who have taken their status as the league’s most miserly side, a characteristic which proved problematic for City last season. The Gunners conceded 29 goals in the 2023/24 Premier League campaign,