Former Arsenal man Tony Adams has labelled the Gunners “City Lite” because Mikel Arteta has groomed his side to be similar to the Premier League champions.
Arsenal faces City today in a very important Premier League match as they chase the league crown and both clubs are similar in how they play.
Arteta was on the staff of City from 2016 to 2019 and worked as the assistant to Pep Guardiola at the Etihad.
This meant he learnt from one of the best-ever managers in the world and has taken that to the Emirates, where his Arsenal side is now one of the best in this campaign.
It remains to be seen if Arsenal will beat the Manchester side to the league crown, but one thing for sure is that there isn’t much difference in how both teams play.
Adams writes in his column on The Sun:
“Mikel has modelled everything on what his mate Pep Guardiola has done and, as a result, Arsenal are City Lite.
“But you can’t win the title by copying a better version because Pep has more resources in his arsenal than Arsenal.”
Just Arsenal Opinion
We are very similar to City, which is understandable considering our manager’s history and the players we have added to the squad from the Etihad.
Hopefully, this will help us to end the season as champions and beat them in today’s huge match.
Mikel Arteta in positive mood ahead of Man City visit – “If you want to be champions, you have to win those matches. It’s as simple as that.”
CALLING ALL ARSENAL FANS! Anyone who would like to contribute an Article or Video opinion piece on JustArsenal, please contact us through this link…
The sheer resources at the Citizens disposal makes them almost invincible.
So Xhaka asking team members if there is anyone not ready for this game stay at home it dosen’t matter your age or if you are nervous.
Is a reasonable request in my opinion.
These away games Newcastle, Anfield and Etihad are not for weak
What does “lite” imply , I askmyself. And I ANSWER THAT LITE MEANS SIMILAR INSTYLE BUT INFERIOR TO THE ORIGINAL. Now i do not say Arsenal ARE necessarily inferior to City, though we surely are in DEPTH of REAL TOP quality.
But in a one off game where imo, all save HOLDING inour team are close to theirs in quality and some are above theirs, we have a real CHANCE tonight.
But I caution that IF we beat them, NOT to regard us then as title favourites, as I say we would NOT be favourites, but still outsiders even then.
This evening IS a title decider, IF we lose but NOT if we win, nor even if we draw., though a draw would make us greater outsiders than right now, ie before the game.
Maybe not with the bookies I will allow, but for ME, it is win or bust tonight.
That fact is actually what gives us a greater chance tonight than if it were otherwise.