However, captain Vincent Kompany remains unavailable for selection despite returning to light training following a calf injury so he joins Fernando, Pablo Zabaleta and Samir Nasri on the sidelines.
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Aguero could make his comeback at the Emirates Stadium after missing four games with a heel problem.
Both sides have lots of attacking talent in their ranks making the game a likely goal fest. Barcelona are the best team at the moment in the world.
Arsene Wenger has hailed the character in his team ahead of tonight’s game against Man City, and says that the fixture against Manuel Pellegrini’s side will be another chance to show that in the Premier League. The Gunners are unbeaten against City in their last three meetings, including a 2-0 win when the two last faced off in January.
“Tottenham can be involved, so can Liverpool and Crystal Palace”.
However, the visitors haven’t lost on their last three visits to the Emirates and the hosts have collected more points away from home this term.
It’s always tough to pick a key man for a team like Manchester City that is so loaded with superstars. This one should be a cracker and I will be settling in for this as one of the games of the week.
I’m going to take both teams to score here. You could see us in Athens against Olympiacos: we just needed two goals but we went for the third one.
“The team believes in itself more this season”.
And the Spanish worldwide is under no illusion about the task that awaits Man City come Monday evening.
But he said: “I’ve experienced so much already in my career, positive or negative, that when the media write in a negative or a positive way it didn’t bother me”. Naturally, you are going to want to watch it. That is what we are here for.
“It goes without saying that this is a very important game because we are up against a direct rival in the title race and we have to face it thinking that by working hard and playing as we know can we will have options to win”.
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Wenger’s scouts have been watching Southampton’s Victor Wanyama and he remains the No 1 priority but Rabiot could be a loan solution until the summer. “When one of my teammates is better positioned, I will pass the ball, because I play for the team and not for me”. The game yielded yet another goal for Olivier Giroud and another assist from Mesut Ozil, and if the in-form duo can repeat that kind of form here Arsenal will sense success, especially as City have had more than the odd struggle in defence in recent games.
