Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola warned Man City to be ready for Arsenal in the near future because it’s certain that they will be competing at the highest level in the coming years.
Arsenal and Manchester City are competing for the league title for the second consecutive year. Last season, Pep Guardiola’s men managed to overcome the Gunners towards the end of the season.
Arsenal were at the top of the league table for the major part of the season until the slipped up and surrendered the top to the Cityzens who went on to win the trophy with five points above the Gunners.
Similarly, this campaign, Mikel Arteta’s side are behind the Sky Blues with two points heading to the final day. However, Pep Guardiola believes the Gunners will be a big threat to Manchester City and other top teams in the near future.
“For the future, Arsenal are giving the message, and we take it,” Guardiola said, according to Mail Sport.
The Man City manager claimed that just like waking up in the morning and going to bed in the evening are certain in life, Arsenal contending at the highest possible level in the future is very certain.
“I have few certain things in my life, like waking up in the morning and going to sleep at night. It’s going to happen for the rest of my life.
“The other certain? With the age they have, with the manager they have, with the way they’re playing for the last two seasons, they will stay here for a long, long time. That’s why we get the message,” he added.
Mikel Arteta worked as Pep Guardiola’s assistant at Manchester City before joining his former club, Arsenal, in 2019. Therefore, the City boss insisted that he knows his former Assistant and what how determined he always wants to succeed.
“Whatever happens on Sunday, if you don’t start to be ready to compete with them again, they will take our position. I know Mikel, I know the team, I know Arsenal as an institution.
“I know Mikel. He is a huge competitor. I think our chemistry when we were together, I felt it. Whatever happens or whatever the moment or position he is [in] with Arsenal, he will do it.”