Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta hasn’t had much luck against his mentor Pep Guardiola. He is 1-7-1 in nine Premier League games as a manager against Guardiola’s City. Despite staying in the title race until the end for the past two seasons, Manchester City has come out on top each time.

City begin their Champions League campaign with a showdown against Inter Milan — the team the Sky Blues defeated in the 2023 Champions League Final — on Wednesday afternoon. There’s nothing in the numbers that says City doesn’t deserve to be at the top of the Premier League table, but it is fair to say what they’re doing right now is unsustainable.

Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya was the hero with a stunning double save to preserve a 0-0 Champions League draw with Atalanta.

David Raya came to Arsenal’s rescue in the Champions League on Thursday with a double save from a penalty that was celebrated by his teammates as wildly as a goal being scored. It preserved a 0-0 draw with Atalanta in the opening round of matches in the revamped tournament,

Raya's amazing double save against Atalanta has been rightly praised - the hard work that produced it was honed on the training pitch