Tony Adams urges Mikel Arteta to make one change to Arsenal’s defence for crucial Manchester City clash

Tony Adams has made his prediction for Arsenal’s Premier League title clash against Manchester City and urged Mikel Arteta to drop influential summer signing Oleksandr Zinchenko.

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Title rivals Arsenal and Man City meet for the first time in the league this season on Wednesday night.

Pep Guardiola’s side are travelling to north London knowing victory would send them top of the Premier League, though a home win would see Arsenal go six points clear with a game in hand.

Adams has backed Arsenal to beat Manchester City but still expects the defending champions to go on to lift the title.

‘If Arsenal are going to win the league, then Erling Haaland will be their ultimate test,’ the four-time Premier League winner told The Sun.

‘They have also been struggling for goals lately and they really need Gabriel Jesus back as soon as possible.

‘Striker Eddie Nketiah has done brilliantly to come in and score some goals like Christopher Wreh did for us back in 1998. But we still needed Dennis Bergkamp and Nicolas Anelka to come back and get us over the line.

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‘It’s the same now because Arsenal won’t win the title without their main man up front. At the moment it feels like Arsenal and City are both missing some of the parts needed to be champions.

‘The team that corrects those issues first will go on to win it but if they don’t I can still see Manchester United coming in with a late run from behind.

‘They might be a long way back for now but they’re on a roll and there’s no pressure on them.

‘I think Arsenal will win the game tomorrow but, sadly, I still don’t see them winning the title. I still believe