Arsenal vs Man City LIVE: Premier League latest score and updates as Erling Haaland scores at the death

Mikel Arteta makes two changes to the Arsenal team that drew with Brentford last time out. Jorginho starts in place of Thomas Partey who doesn’t make the squad and Takehiro Tomiyasu replaces Ben White.

Pep Guardiola swaps out Aymeric Laporte for Nathan Ake in Manchester City’s only change from the team that defeated Aston Villa 3-1 in the previous outing.

Arsenal XI: Ramsdale, Tomiyasu, Saliba, Gabriel, Zinchenko, Jorginho, Xhaka, Saka, Odegaard, Martinelli, Nketiah

Man City XI: Ederson, Walker, Dias, Ake, Rodrigo, De Bruyne, Gundogan, Bernardo, Mahrez, Grealish, Haaland

Arsene Wenger has told Arsenal that they must win the Premier League title this year, urging his former club to not “miss this opportunity”.

Mikel Arteta’s side have a three-point lead at the the top of the table ahead of a crucial clash withManchester City, their closest chasers.

It is now nearly 19 years since Arsenal last won the league, with Wenger’s “Invincibles” winning a third and final crown of the Frenchman’s long tenure in north London.

Having seen title challenges come infrequently during the rest of his 22-year tenure at the club, Wenger has stressed that the club must capitalise on the struggles of other more regular challengers and make the most of their chance.

Pep Guardiola says that Arsenal have been the best team in the Premier League this season and predicts that this evening’s match-up will be a battle between the two sides.

"So far, they are the best team in the Premier League.” said the City boss,

“They played an incredible first round of fixtures. We felt it, when we played them a few weeks ago, how committed and how sharp they are.

"We have to try to read the game and it will be a big, big battle. In every department you have to be ready."

Manchester City have won their last six away matches against Arsenal in all competitions, as many as they had in their previous 61 visits to the Emirates and Highbury combined.

No team has ever won seven consecutive away fixtures against the Gunners.

Pep Guardiola has apologised to Steven Gerrard and admitted he was ashamed of himself for his “stupid and unnecessary comments” about the former Liverpool captain’s slip in the 2014 title race.

The Manchester City manager had mocked Gerrard’s infamous error when addressing the 115 charges the Premier League have levelled at his club and the possibility they could be stripped of some of their honours as he tried to argue their medals were won on the pitch.

City went on to win the Premier League in 2014 after Gerrard lost his footing and Demba Ba scored in Chelsea’s victory over Liverpool and Guardiola said on Friday: “I don’t know if we are responsible for Steven Gerrard slipping at Anfield. Was that our fault?”

Arsenal have lost 10 consecutive Premier League games against Manchester City, their longest losing run against one opponent in their league history.

Arsenal boss, Mikel Arteta, spoke about what it’s like to face his old mentor, Pep Guardiola, when their respective teams come up against each other.

Guardiola has won six of the seven meetings against Arteta’s Arsenal with the Gunners’ only victory coming in the 2019 FA Cup semi-final on their way to lifting the trophy.

"For me it’s the team," said Arteta. "The team, the club and where we are. For me beating one manager or another, it’s not about that. It’s about beating the next opponent and in this case it’s Manchester City.

"What they have done in the last six years, they absolutely merit it, the way they play, the way they have competed, the way they have gone through difficulties. For us the challenge is to get to that level."

Pep Guardiola says his Manchester City side will fight to regain their title despite not playing to the best of their ability this season.

"The biggest motivation is that I don’t want to drop the Premier League just because we are not who we are.” said the City boss,

"If they (Arsenal) beat us because they are better, then this is sport. I’ll be the first to congratulate them, as I’ve always done. But not because we are not there. You want it? OK, fight...take it. It’s in our hands.

"We’ll defend this title until the last day - this is what I’d like. To fight to the maximum, to try to retain the title. If we don’t, accept it, but we need to give our best. My players have to feel that every day."

When news broke in late January that JP Morgan were willing to invest €1bn in Serie A for media innovation, it sent a ripple around Premier League executives. There are more than a few who think “this is exactly the sort of shock” the competition needs to be aware of. This is how you miss out on innovation.

One club owner has already been pushing for change but has been frustrated by how slow the monolith of the club’s broadcasting model moves. It will be a feeling shared by many supporters on Wednesday night, some of whom will doubtless tune into Sky Sports and BT Sport for Arsenal vs Manchester City only to find it is on neither.

The biggest game of the Premier League season so far will instead be on the third and most recent provider, that also represent the first step into a more digital era. That is of course Amazon, whose purchase of their package means that anyone in the United Kingdom wanting to watch all of the possible televised games has to pay close to £100.