Fans will flock to the Emirates Stadium for Sunday's standout Premier League contest, as Arsenal welcome champions Manchester City to their North London headquarters.
Both sides took to the Champions League stage away from home in midweek, as the Gunners were bested 2-1 by Lens, while the Citizens left it late to overcome RB Leipzig 3-1.
However, David Raya's poor clearance then led to Adrien Thomasson curling home a sumptuous leveller - a penny for Aaron Ramsdale's thoughts as the Spaniard's pass was cut out - before Elye Wahi found the far corner with aplomb to send Arsenal back to the English capital empty-handed.
Torrid weather conditions in North London - leading to the delay of their flight across the channel - slightly derailed Arsenal's pre-match preparations, but Arteta refused to make excuses for his side's tepid display on an evening where Bukayo Saka was also withdrawn with a first-half injury, capping off a nightmarish evening for the Gunners.
Nevertheless, Arteta's third-placed charges are one of only two teams in the Premier League yet to lose a top-flight game this term - the other being their arch-nemesis Tottenham Hotspur - and last weekend's 4-0 dismantling of Bournemouth has the Gunners sitting pretty in third place in the fledgling rankings.
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