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It was an unusually introspective and reflective Pep Guardiola who pulled up a chair in front of the media at the City Football Academy on Friday. This has been a bruising week for Manchester City, who have lost two games while watching Arsenal deliver two statement performances in contrast.

A week ago, it felt like City were about to lay down a challenge to the Gunners. Now Mikel Arteta's side are a short price to win the Premier League title and after their impressive win against Bayern Munich, they might just be the best team in Europe at the moment.

So Guardiola knows that the shackles will have to come off if his team are to stand any chance of stopping what could be shaping up to be a procession if Arsenal continue in this mood. That's why he was so disappointed wit

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