However, the Chilean has stressed that the contest with Arsenal is far from being a title decider. It is somehow apt.
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– Kelechi Iheanacho’s two Premier League goals this season have earned Manchester City four points; the same total to come as a direct result of Olivier Giroud’s nine goals for Arsenal.
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It will be an electric atmosphere inside the Emirates Stadium come Monday evening and playing in their familiar surroundings will give the home side the edge. The other teams being unpredictable has helped them but Arsenal have been mildly consistent [while others have no major momentum]. Their meeting represents a test of strength in depth. But with Francis Coquelin and Santi Cazorla absent and the onus on them to dictate the tempo, City could yet gain revenge by exploiting the holes between the home defence and its shield. Now each is sidelined.
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Arsene Wenger does not have confirmation over Alexis Sanchez’s availability and will wait until the last minute on the day to assess his situation.
LEICESTER: Unbelievable, the biggest feelgood story in the Premier League for ages. The Spaniard might have to do without the services of midfielder James McCarthy, who has a hip injury, but will be pleased to hear that central defender John Stones’ ankle problem will not keep him out of the crunch tie.
Yet there are questions if he has the positional discipline. He gets into the team because of the way he plays the game. In total, City have travelled to the capital on 89 occasions with only 15 of those ending up in victories compared to Arsenal’s 53.
“He has brought his experience, his calm and his leadership”, said Wenger, who was quick to praise David Ospina, last season’s first-choice Arsenal keeper. If not, Joel Campbell’s remarkable renaissance could continue with a starting berth.
Increased television revenue has allowed so-called lesser clubs to hold their own in the modern Premier League but Wenger stopped short of agreeing that the likes of City and Chelsea, with their incredible financial clout, are no longer the dominant forces in the market.
The likelihood is that Arsenal will score, probably a few times.
However, Vincent Kompany is unlikely to make the squad after failing to recover in time from a calf injury. They have conceded 16 times. He’s technically very gifted and he’s got a lot more to come. The feeling is that they remain reliant on a group of particularly gifted individuals.
As mentioned earlier, Pellegrini has been given an early Christmas present with the return of lethal frontman Aguero with Wilfried Bony nearly certain to make way.
Obscurely, since breaking their duck, City have acclimatized swiftly and well to the new challenges of the Emirates, losing only one of their past five games in North London.
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City expect to welcome back Sergio Aguero – the Argentina star having returned to training after a heel problem marked the latest setback of an injury plagued campaign. City’s destiny may be in his hands. City travel to the league leaders before the end of the year and if Arsenal beat City on Monday night, chances are they will top the table entering 2016, a position from which they would be very hard to dislodge, especially with key men set to return and money to spend where necessary.
