Preview: Manchester City v Arsenal

In what many are dubbing the game of the season, the Premier League’s top two collide at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday night in a match that will have a huge bearing on who lifts the silverware at the season’s conclusion.

We head to Manchester with a five-point lead, although Pep Guardiola’s team are breathing down our necks courtesy of having two games in hand - a home encounter with West Ham United next month, and a trip to Brighton & Hove Albion in the final week.

Having ended lengthy waits to taste victories at Stamford Bridge, Old Trafford and Tottenham during his time in charge, Mikel Arteta will be hoping he can claim our first victory in the blue half of Manchester since 2015 to…