Arsenal told not to fear Tottenham's trademark win over Pep Guardiola and Manchester City

Arsenal began Saturday afternoon in good spirits after the 2-1 win over Brentford sent them to within just one point of fourth place in the Premier League.

However, Arsenal’s positivity was soon drained as Tottenham pulled off a wildly unlikely victory at the Etihad thanks to goals from Dejan Kulusevski and a double from Harry Kane.

Arsenal were unable to pick up any points against Man City however the Spurs win should not suddenly sink the Gunners’ optimism about their top-four hopes. Despite the previous description of ‘wildly unlikely’ to describe the Tottenham win over the Premier League leaders, the record of our north London rivals shows the win was nothing new.

City have only won once in their last six attempts to beat Spurs in the league. Spurs have acted as Pep Guardiola’s bogey team for some time despite the continual change of managers which has seen four different coaches at the helm of those six games.

Mauricio Pochettino, Jose Mourinho, Nuno Espirito Santo and Antonio Conte have all sat in the Spurs dugout across those six matches.

Therefore, it is not some miracle that Conte performed at the Etihad on Saturday night, it is the repeat of what has been seen time and time again.

Manchester City's dominance was beaten again by arguably the best counter-attacking side in the table. He writes with a sense of painful reluctance.

Pep Guardiola labelled the goals as having differences and whilst the finishes certainly were, their making was not. All stemming from periods of City possession then left exposed as the ball was turned over.

“Every goal is different. It was difficult to defend the second one especially when they come from five or 10 yards behind,” said Guardiola.

“The third one was to the back post and