Some persons have a different view about the game, they feel Guardiola made a huge gamble with the game by deciding to leave Kevin De Bruyne on the bench against a team like Arsenal who will always play good football and try to hold possession throughout the game but I feel Arsenal have made huge improvements and are on a fast track to matching City and that was practically put in play against Manchester City in that game.
I do not agree that Arsenal can be compared with City, Guardiola does what he sees fit, besides this is only the beginning of the season and perhaps he had reasons to do so with De Bruyne. Agree when the referee adds 11 minutes of extra time to the main time, this is not normal, but that’s not even the point, I don’t think that anything has changed much and therefore I think that Arsenal will not be able to compete with City on equal terms in the Premier League.
Manchester City are an important team and they have strengthened their defence by reinforcing Gvardiol. Still, I think Arsenal is a team that can compete with them. Both teams had competitive matches last year. Even though Arsenal haven't been successful in their last period, I can say that Manchester City is the most difficult opponent. I think we can see a rivalry between the two teams this year as well.