LONDON -- This shouldn't feel sweet for Arsenal . There is every possibility that come the end of the season, this will have the look of two points frittered away by a conservative selection and a drab first-time display. The familiar tropes that are deployed against Mikel Arteta were present in abundance: a midfield that lacked guile, an attack that tilted too heavily to one flank, a side who look their most threatening from set pieces.

And yet this should and perhaps will feel like a better day than it might otherwise for one particular reason: Arsenal just inflicted on Manchester City what City inflicted on them 364 days ago. As Bernardo Silva might put it, only one team came to play football in the second half. Pep Guardiola ended this game in a 5-5-0, the man who seemed to be his

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