Man City master Pep Guardiola and his Arsenal apprentice Mikel Arteta are bossing the Premier League - The Warm-Up

MONDAY'S BIG STORIES Pep and Mikel bossing it Ad Oh he’s good. So good that Manchester United fans were leaving at half-time. So good that one fan appearing to wear a Manchester United shirt in the first half wore a Manchester City one in the second half (it’s doing the rounds on Twitter).

TransfersReal lead race for Liverpool target Bellingham — Paper Round4 HOURS AGO So good that Roy Keane and Gary Neville were back to their familiar post-match assessments. So good that social media was rife with copycat jokes claiming Keane targeted the wrong body part when looking to injure Alf-Inge Haaland 21 years ago. So good that TWO of his players scored a hat-trick in one match.

We’re talking of course about Pep Guardiola. Yes, he may have two of the most destructive tools in world football at his disposal in Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne, but still you have to know how to use them, and boy does he know how to use them. When all is said and done, perhaps the majority will finally respect his efforts and impact on this league, and while the financial backing is naturally a major factor, yesterday his side made a fellow Big Six, billion-pound-spending (since 2013) team look beyond ordinary to once more expose how big the gulf in Manchester really is.

And, of course, he wasn’t entirely convinced. «Perfection doesn't exist, it's impossible,” Guradiola said after the 6-3 win. “But we have to try to look for it.