City rediscover quality they've missed
Pep Guardiola challenged his Manchester City players before taking on Arsenal to show they wanted to win the Premier League title. He said to lose the title to a better team is fine, but he insisted that his side must show fight. He's asked a lot of City mentally, and at Arsenal they rediscovered a very useful trait of true champions.
Whether it was Ederson taking too long over goal kicks, or Kyle Walker getting a booking for kicking the ball away, City embraced their role as villains in Arsenal's title quest. The whole City team surrounded the referee when Arsenal were given a penalty, and there were plenty of late kicks and examples of gamesmanship from the Blues on a feisty night. Everyone knows City are unstoppable when at their best. At the Emirates they showed they're ready to fight dirty if the occasion demands it. They answered Guardiola's cries with their off-the-ball antics as much as their quality on it.
