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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is \u2018certain\u2019 that his side will beat Mikel Arteta\u2019s Arsenal in the Premier League this coming weekend, according to a report.<\/p>\n
Arsenal<\/strong> find themselves at the top of the Premier League table after 32 rounds of matches with 70 points.<\/p>\n The Gunners are six points ahead of Manchester City<\/strong>who are currently second and have a game in hand.<\/p>\n Man City and Arsenal will face each other in a potential title-decider at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday.<\/p>\n Pep Guardiola\u2019s<\/strong> side will head into the game against the Gunners as the in-form side.<\/p>\n Man City beat Chelsea 3-0 at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League at the weekend, which followed a 4-0 victory over Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.<\/p>\n READ: Big Midweek: Real v Bayern, Arsenal, Arne Slot, Rashford, Forest<\/strong><\/p>\n The Cityzens also beat Arsenal in the final of the Carabao Cup last month.<\/p>\n In contrast, Arsenal are in poor form, and doubts have emerged on whether Arteta\u2019s side have the mettle to win the Premier League title this season.<\/p>\n Arsenal slumped to a 2-1 defeat to Bournemouth at the Emirates Stadium in the Premier League at the weekend.<\/p>\n Earlier this month, the Gunners went down 2-1 to Southampton away from home in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.<\/p>\n According to The Touchline<\/em>Man City manager Guardiola and his players are confident of a win against Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium this coming Sunday.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Chief Arsenal bottlejob punished in ranking of 20 biggest summer signings<\/strong><\/p>\n The account, which has 1.5million followers on X<\/em>wrote at 11:20am on April 14: \u2018The word inside Manchester City\u2019s dressing room is that Pep Guardiola is certain they will beat Arsenal this upcoming Sunday.<\/p>\n \u2018The players and himself feel that extra motivation to secure the Premier League title after their fallout from the UCL.<\/p>\n \u2018Players also have peak confidence and are certain they will win their matchup against Arsenal.\u2019<\/p>\n While Man City have a full week to prepare for the Premier League clash against Arsenal, the Gunners are in action on Wednesday.<\/p>\n Arsenal will take on Sporting CP at the Emirates Stadium in the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie.<\/p>\n The Premier League leaders won the first leg of the tie 1-0 in Portugal last week and will head into the second leg in North London with confidence.<\/p>\n Ahead of the game against Sporting CP on Wednesday, Arteta reflected on the defeat to Bournemouth and remained optimistic about a successful season.<\/p>\n Arteta said in a press conference on Tuesday: \u201cObviously, it was a big disappointment and a hard one to take, especially losing at home when we had the opportunity to make that gap bigger and bring more certainty and get into this week in the best possible manner.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat we are trying to achieve is difficult, is challenging, is bumpy at times and it\u2019s supposed to be like this.<\/p>\n \u201cSo you have to confront it and what I basically said, we are trying to do something in this competition that hasn\u2019t been done in the history of the club in 140 years.<\/p>\n \u201cSo that tells you the difficulty of that and what you guys are doing.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s the second time that we are three years in a row in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.<\/p>\n \u201cThe second time in our history. For other clubs, that\u2019s the daily meal. For us, no.<\/p>\n \u201cSo we value a lot where we are. We have the opportunity tomorrow to go to the semi-finals.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are competing to win the Premier League and we are in a really strong position after 22 years without doing it.<\/p>\n \u201cSo we know the difficulty of that, but the beauty of it is that it\u2019s difficult, that it\u2019s challenging and that\u2019s why we are so willing to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT: Paul Scholes predicts Arsenal v Man City title race outcome: \u2018Not seen them do it\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/div>\n