Man City ‘Best Team In Europe’ Says Arsenal Boss Arteta

Mikel Arteta believes his Arsenal team will be tackling the best side in Europe when they take on Premier League leaders Manchester City at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday, 21st of February.

City have won a club-record 17 successive games across all competitions and are 10 points ahead of second-placed Manchester United.

Arteta is quite familiar with Guardiola after working under the City boss in Manchester for three years before returning to manage Arsenal, having previously played for the Gunners.

According to Arteta; “I think they are the best team in Europe at the moment. The way they are performing, the football they are playing and the consistency of the results, take all that and it makes them the best team.

“So we have a big but, as well, a very exciting challenge ahead of us on Sunday.”

Man City made an uncertain kickoff to the season but are now hot favourites to win a third Premier League title in four years.

Arteta further stated that he was impressed by how well they had regained their form.

“What they have done is react to a difficult moment,” he said. “They reacted in a really convincing way, all united and doing what they do best, being very consistent and winning games very comfortably.

“They have weaknesses like every team but at the moment teams have struggled a lot to find any of that because I think first of all defensively they have been really, really strong.”

Arteta’s praise for City was reciprocated by Guardiola, who predicted Arsenal would be title contenders in the near future.