Arteta rallies his Arsenal players: We're where we want to be

The Gunners go into the game six points ahead of second-place City, though having played a game less.

Arteta said: “Go for it. Let’s be ourselves and go for it, put everything we have on that pitch. Huge belief, huge conviction and go for it because we are more than capable of doing it.”

The Gunners manager also stated, in a clear message to his squad: “One hundred per cent. We are exactly where we want to be and there have been a lot of positive things and

"I don’t see anything that has to hold you back.

“We are where we want to be in the period where you want to be playing against an opponent that requires the best out of you so it doesn’t get much better than that.”