Manchester City vs Arsenal or Guardiola vs his shadow Mikel Arteta or Rodri vs Declan Rice
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Editor’s Note: This is our weekly football column from Sandip G, which is being published on Saturday evening rather than its usual Monday morning slot because of the Manchester City vs Arsenal game, to be played on Sunday.The Manchester City-Arsenal encounter is an event; as well as an event within an event. In the broader scheme of the league, the meeting is a potential title decider, and if that be the case, a symbolic moment. That game when the power transfers from the hands of Manchester City to Arsenal, or that match City reimposes itself, or that contest Liverpool sneaks past their rivals to the title march. There is a thrilling intrigue that the league has not sustained for more than a decade.
But even in isolation, delineated from the overbearing title shadow, there are ...