Man City midfielder Rodri identifies Arsenal’s key man ahead of Premier League clash

Manchester Metropolis midfielder Rodri has backed former Atletico Madrid team-mate Thomas Partey to turn into a key participant for Arsenal.

City shall be seeking to make it 13 successive victories within the league once they journey to north London to face Arsenal in a 4.30pm kick-off on Sunday.

Arsenal have received simply two of their final 5 Premier League matches and are available into the conflict in tenth place – 22 factors adrift of Pep Guardiola’s aspect, who’re unbeaten in 24 matches throughout all competitions.

Nevertheless, the Gunners beat Leeds United 4-2 of their final league sport, with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scoring a hat-trick.

Arsenal are more likely to be with out Partey for tomorrow’s match, with the midfielder nonetheless fighting a thigh harm, however his former team-mate at Atletico Madrid has backed him to make an impression on the membership.

“I’ve good recollections of enjoying with Thomas – we performed lots of video games collectively,” Rodri advised Sky Sports.

“We managed the midfield of the workforce in that season. He’s two years older than me, however we’re the same age and he’s a really humorous man.

“We had an excellent friendship so it’s good to see your previous team-mates once more. Let’s see if he’s prepared for Sunday, however he shall be an important participant for Arsenal.”

Metropolis ran out 4-1 winners of their earlier journey to the Emirates Stadium within the Carabao Cup in December and Guardiola’s former assistant Mikel Arteta shall be hoping to fare higher tomorrow.

Arteta left Metropolis to turn into Arsenal boss in December 2019, which means Rodri solely spent a short while working with him, however the Spanish holding midfielder is filled with reward for the previous Blues coach.

Manchester Metropolis consolidated their place on the high of the league with a routine 3-1 win over Everton on Wednesday.

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He added: “Mikel has been crucial for this membership up to now few years. I labored with him for six months, and on this quick interval, he taught me lots of issues in coaching about place myself in video games. I’m fortunate as each he and Pep performed as midfielders, so it was simpler for them to show me play.”

“He’s such a pleasant man and I consider his highest quality is that he works like an animal in an effort to assist his gamers enhance. I respect what he taught me loads. He has his personal identification as a supervisor and desires time to develop his workforce.”

“He’s bought nice gamers in an effort to obtain that. It’s not straightforward within the Premier League as we all know how excessive the extent is, however we’re anticipating a really powerful sport on Sunday. If we’re to maintain the rhythm of victories, we’ll should be at our greatest.”