{"id":1120097,"date":"2019-12-13T17:07:27","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T17:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1120097"},"modified":"2019-12-13T17:07:27","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T17:07:27","slug":"premier-league-preview-arsenal-man-city-gameweek-17","status":"publish","type":"features","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/premier-league-preview-arsenal-man-city-gameweek-17\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Arsenal have the pacey players to hurt Man City&#8221; &#8211; Premier League tactical preview show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>There&#8217;s no room for rest at this time of year and the Premier League is back for another stacked Gameweek as a frantic festive fixture list begins to take hold.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Manchester City faced a gruelling trip to Croatia on Wednesday night while Arsenal will have barely touched down from Belgium by the time they take on Pep Guardiola&#8217;s men on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The Gunners are battling to retain a place in the top half of the table and the reigning champions need a positive result to stay within touching distance of second-placed Leicester.<\/p>\n<p>All of which means we are expecting an entertaining encounter as Freddie Ljungberg attempts to stake his claim for the manager&#8217;s job. However, do the hosts have any hope of keeping out Raheem Sterling and Co.? Or will we see Man City get back to their best in north London?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1116882\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1116882\" class=\"wp-image-1116882 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/11\/25154420\/squawka-man-city-know-your-squad-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Man City Know Your Squad Video\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/11\/25154420\/squawka-man-city-know-your-squad-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/11\/25154420\/squawka-man-city-know-your-squad-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/11\/25154420\/squawka-man-city-know-your-squad-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/11\/25154420\/squawka-man-city-know-your-squad-66x37.jpg 66w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/11\/25154420\/squawka-man-city-know-your-squad-620x350.jpg 620w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/11\/25154420\/squawka-man-city-know-your-squad-940x530.jpg 940w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/11\/25154420\/squawka-man-city-know-your-squad.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1116882\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WATCH MORE:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8PGx6Im8utU\"> Man City &#8216;Know Your Squad&#8217; Challenge<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, runaway leaders Liverpool host rock bottom Watford. A huge 37 points separate the two sides and logic says Nigel Pearson&#8217;s men will not be the team to finally end the Reds&#8217; superb home record.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Chelsea host Bournemouth and Leicester take on Norwich as Jamie Vardy looks to continue his one-man assault on his own goalscoring record.<\/p>\n<p>Spurs travel to Wolves with Jose Mourinho aiming to get one over on Nuno Esp\u00edrito Santo, whom he managed during Porto&#8217;s victorious Champions League campaign in 2004. Harry Kane and Dele Alli were both rested in midweek and will be champing at the bit to make their mark at Molineux.<\/p>\n<p>A rejuvenated Manchester United face a rejuvenated Everton, with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer looking for a third top-flight win on the bounce which will go a long way to proving the argument that he is overseeing real change \u2013 and progress \u2013 at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p>Big Duncan Ferguson will, as ever, be out to rain on the parade.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch the video at the top of the article to hear our\u00a0<span>preview for Premier League Gameweek 17.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><strong>Subscribe to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s no room for rest at this time of year and the Premier League is back for another stacked Gameweek as a frantic festive fixture list begins to take hold. 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