Pep Guardiola has refused to accept the fact that being his assistant at Manchester City helped Mikel Arteta land the top job at Arsenal.
“What I see the last month or two months, every game Arsenal plays better than the opponent,” he said.
“Our dream as managers is to deserve the results. We play to deserve what we want to get. Sometimes you lose or you win, you cannot control.
“What we want to deserve he is doing and in the games over the last month, always they are better than the opponent – analysis in terms of controlling the game, creating more chances and conceding few.
“We must have an incredible performance to play as good as possible with the ball and run a lot in the right tempo to get the ball because they have an exceptional build-up already.
“In the final third they have incredible energy with [Emile] Smith [Rowe], [Bukayo] Saka and [Pierre-Emerick] Aubameyang.
“In the future they will be a real contender to fight for the titles.”
“He doesn’t need help. He is more than well prepared than to get help from me,” he said.
“He is an important person in my life. We had a lot of contact in or period here in Manchester
“Everything going well for him makes me happy.”
Guardiola added: “No, I didn’t inspire him. What he knows he knows for himself.
“I’m not, absolutely in this case, any influence. What he is doing is all the credit for him and his backroom staff.”
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