Arteta will speak to his City counterpart after weekend but he hopes it is not after finishing second

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta during the Premier League match against Bournemouth at Emirates Stadium, London, on May 4th, 2024. Photograph: Ryan Pierse/Getty ImagesMikel Arteta pondered the question for a split second, then responded. Had he been in touch with Pep Guardiola this week to discuss Sunday’s denouement of the Premier League title race? “No, no,” came the emphatic answer.

In an interview with the BBC to mark being awarded the prestigious Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic from the king of Spain this week, Arteta spoke about the “unbelievable chemistry” he had with Guardiola “and not only on the football side”. Liverpool came back from the disappointment of accumulating 97 points and being runners-up to City in 2019 by becoming champions for the first time in 30 years the following season. Arteta, asked whether Arsenal could take inspiration from that, said: “As in any sport you want to win. If you don’t, okay, what can you improve to be better and try again? And be ruthless with that assessment and try to be better.

Arteta added: “When it gets really tight and when it gets emotional, in that emotion lots of things can happen when games become chaotic. Things happen that normally don’t happen, and within that chaos the magic can happen as well. We have seen it many, many times. I think the magic is already happening because this is what everybody wants. Every football supporter, every fan, wants to live it and for it to go to the last game, to the last minute in the Premier League at this level.

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