Former Arsenal team-mate backing Vieira to succeed Wenger

Pep Guardiola is most interested in the six victories that will make the English title a mathematical certainty for Manchester City

Pep Guardiola is most interested in the six victories that will make the English title a mathematical certainty for Manchester City

Yet former Manchester United winger Giggs, the division's most decorated player, insists City have to back up their "wonder season" with further titles if they want recognition alongside United's 1999 treble-winning squad, Arsenal's Invincibles and Jose Mourinho's first Chelsea side.

The Gunners came in for heavy criticism for their performance in last Sunday's 3-0 defeat to Manchester City in the EFL Cup final at Wembley.

And Guardiola insisted his side will remain focused despite City already landing their first silverware of the season and their huge lead at the top of the table. I don't think some of the players are to Arsenal's quality. "I've been here 21 years and turned the whole world down to honour my contract".

Asked on-air after the game about whether replacing Wenger would appeal to him, the Sky Sports pundit, who is also a member of Belgium's coaching staff, said: "I still have a job to do with Belgium, but let's see what's going to happen".

This Thursday's Premier League game will certainly be interesting, as every Arsenal player will have a big point to prove.

Arsenal were defeated easily by Manchester City in Sunday's Carabao Cup final and now sit ten points off fourth-placed Tottenham Hotspur.

"Or do we want to go with someone who has Champions League experience like Diego Simeone?"

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If I was a player and got slaughtered on TV, radio and in the papers - and so many did after Sunday - I'd be devastated.

City will be without midfielder Fernandinho for Thursday's game at the Emirates Stadium after he strained a hamstring in the Carabao Cup final, and Raheem Sterling is unlikely to be fit in time because of a hamstring injury.

Often maligned by Arsenal supporters in the wake of a poor result, those that were critical of Granit Xhaka's part in Sunday's loss were justified in doing so after the Swiss global failed to impact the game in the centre of Arsenal's midfield.

That's not something you see from an Arsenal team much any more.

That embarrassment against Manchester City highlighted it.

Given the success that Wenger has achieved at Arsenal (three Premier League titles and seven FA Cups), it was felt that Arsenal needed to stand by the Frenchman through the leaner spells that all great clubs inevitably go through.

"We have to live with [criticism]; it's part of the modern game".

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