According to Pep Guardiola, Manchester City ’s rivals want the club “wiped off the face of the Earth.” Everyone, he says, wants City to be punished in a way no Premier League club has ever been punished before. And, though he doesn’t mention Arsenal by name, it doesn’t feel like a wild stab in the dark to suspect they are uppermost in his thinking.

Former Arsenal defender Matthew Upson says his old side were forced into gamesmanship to defend their lead during Sunday's draw at Manchester City, saying their defensive display shows their grown into a "really resilient" team.

John Stones’ injury-time equalizer rescues a point for Manchester City in a 2-2 draw with 10-man Arsenal in the Premier League

Call it the dark arts. Call it anti-football. Call it doing whatever it takes to win. Arsenal tried it all against Manchester City on Sunday in the latest chapter of the Premier League’s new heavyweight rivalry — and came within seconds of victory.

Manchester City versus Arsenal just five games into the season lived up to its billing in many of the conventional ways and served up a memorable ending. Yet it also proved that no heavyweight contest cannot be enhanced by a bit of s***housing (or,

Manchester City's Kyle Walker and John Stones accused Arsenal of employing the 'dark arts' as the Gunners tried to see out Sunday's top-of-the-table Premier League clash with 10 men. BBC Sport's chief football writer Phil McNulty called Arsenal "streetwise",