Pep Guardiola is keen to avoid a repeat of last season’s “disaster” at the Emirates Stadium where his Manchester City side lock horns with Arsenal in the Premier League on Sunday.

The Citizens endured a disappointing 2024-25 campaign in which they failed to win a major trophy and finished third in the top flight after losing nine matches, including a humbling 5-1 defeat at Arsenal in February.

Martin Odegaard ’s second-minute opener was cancelled out by Erling Haaland shortly after the interval, but the Gunners scored four goals in the final half an hour through Thomas Partey, Myles Lewis-Skelly , Kai Havertz and Ethan Nwaneri to claim a statement victory and condemn Man City to their heaviest defeat of the Guardiola era.

Man City have already lost twice at t

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