Does Pep still have the edge over Arteta?
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Pep Guardiola's future at Manchester City
I still don't think he fully knows what he's going to do in the summer to be honest. I think he's probably got an inkling, but I'm not sure he would be fully decided.
It did feel a little bit like one of the old masters just reasserting, 'Hey, I'm still here and I'm still a problem.'
Tottenham relegation battle
Spurs are in a really bad place. They're actually quite good first half yesterday but then as soon as they went a goal down it just sort of fell apart... they are sleepwalking into relegation.
Tottenham manager sacking
I think he should have gone after the Liverpool game to be honest. I think they were probably thinking after the first Atletico Madrid game let him sort of take the Liverpool away game and then we'll get someone else in.
Sunderland vs Newcastle rivalry
Sunderland... unbeaten in 11 Premier League games against Newcastle winning eight and drawing three, the longest unbeaten run in derby history.
Mikel Arteta's goalkeeper selection
Arsenal simply haven't won enough trophies to be taking a risk like that in that position to basically say one of our best players, which is what Raya has been this season, doesn't need to play against the second best team in the country.
Newcastle United transfer rumors
You wonder what the impact of that might be this summer with some of those players who are at real peak ages... you wonder if one or two of those might say, 'Look, we've been here a few years and the club hasn't become that fixture in the top four or five.'
Premier League title race
I think the fact that Man City have to go to Chelsea before they play Arsenal could actually be important in terms of potentially a tricky game there for City in a few weeks time.
England squad selection
I don't think in an international tournament you can probably put [Nico O'Reilly] as a left back just because there isn't the training time to develop systems and styles in the way that Guardiola does.
Ryan Cherki's showboating
I think it just comes back to the personality word again. You need to see it. Everyone talks about how boring football is becoming but when you see someone who's having fun on the pitch you just gravitate towards them.
