Mikel Arteta will hope his Arsenal team can continue their brilliant form when the Premier League resumes on Boxing Day. The Gunners sit top of the table at Christmas as they lead reigning champions Manchester City by five points.
Arteta will be missing his star striker Gabriel Jesus for the next two months after the Brazilian suffered a serious knee injury whilst playing for Brazil at the World Cup. The 25-year-old completed a £45million move from City in the summer to reunite with Arteta before being joined by Oleksandr Zinchenko.
Pep Guardiola is looking to add a fourth Premier League title to City's trophy cabinet after Liverpool were the only side to knock them off their perch in the last five years. The Reds, along with Chelsea and Manchester United look to be out of the title race already meaning that the Gunners are the only real threat to City's chances of retaining their crown as Premier League champions.
