Wenger reveals plan to beat City

Arsenal will hope to bring a halt to City’s sensational start to the season when they travel to the Etihad Stadium on Sunday.

Pep Guardiola’s side are currently unbeaten in their opening 16 games in all competitions and there has even been talk of whether they could go the whole campaign undefeated.

However, City have won just one of their last nine meetings in all competition with the Gunners, and Arsenal claimed a memorable 2-0 win over the then reigning champions in 2015.

Arsene Wenger’s side have won six of their 10 league games this season and sit in fifth place, level on points with Chelsea and nine points behind their opponents on Sunday.

Despite the gap, Wenger remains optimistic with his side’s chances in the clash on Sunday.

“I believe we can beat them,” he told ‘Sky Sports’.

“I’ve been told we’ve only lost once in the last nine fixtures against City, so let’s continue that.

“Maybe if I listen to the so-called experts, City are better than ever before, so that could be a bigger test for us.

“We have to try and contain them when they have the ball as they are a force going forward. The number of goals they’ve scored is quite impressive. It would be suicidal not to be careful defensively. We need to produce a strong defensive performance as a team. That might not be enough.

“It could be an open game as we will attack when we have the ball – although we won’t play with seven strikers.”