Manchester City kick off their Champions League campaign on Thursday night with an eagerly awaited clash against Napoli at the Etihad.

The Blues face Italian opposition first up for the second successive continental campaign having drawn 0-0 with Inter Milan at this stage a year ago.

And, just like this week's Champions League fixtures, that encounter came immediately before a crunch Premier League clash between City and Arsenal.

Twelve months ago the clash was in Manchester and City were given an extra day to prepare having played Inter 24 hours before the Gunners, who were away at Atalanta the following night.

That stuck in the craw of Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta at the time with the Emirates chief saying: "We wanted the same as them, we’re not getting it, so we have to adapt and make

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