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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola backs struggling Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta and insists there are 'no doubts' his former assistant is still best man to take Gunners forward

Daily Mail | December 15, 2020

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Pep Guardiola backed his former assistant manager Mikel Arteta to turn things around at struggling Arsenal.

Arteta won two Premier Leagues, an FA Cup and two League Cup titles as Guardiola's No 2 at Manchester City but left to become Arsenal boss in December 2019.

The Gunners are currently 15th in the Premier League and lie just five points off the relegation zone after losing their last three games, including a limp 2-0 defeat to Tottenham in the north London derby.

Arsenal's Mikel Arteta is under pressure after a five-game winless run in the Premier League

But City boss Guardiola said Arteta needed time to turn things around at the Emirates and was the right man for the rebuilding job.

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