Mikel Arteta has stepped out of Pep Guardiola's shadow but says his mentor will always be celebrated as a pioneer who changed the face of football.
Like Guardiola's predecessor as Barcelona coach, Johan Cruyff, the Arsenal manager regards the Manchester City boss as a visionary who unfurled a new blueprint for others to follow.
And now a new generation of Pep pups – notably Xavi, Vincent Kompany and Arteta himself – are carrying the torch for a progressive, expansive approach which shames the anti-football or Rubik's cube complexity of dinosaurs and grifters.
