{"id":6525,"date":"2026-04-12T22:01:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T22:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=6525"},"modified":"2026-04-12T22:01:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T22:01:25","slug":"rio-ferdinand-warns-mikel-arteta-you-cant-do-that-ahead-of-man-city-vs-arsenal-clash-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=6525","title":{"rendered":"Rio Ferdinand warns Mikel Arteta ‘you can’t do that’ ahead of Man City vs Arsenal clash | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mikel Arteta takes his stuttering Arsenal side to Man City next weekend (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rio Ferdinand has warned Mikel Arteta his Arsenal side will get \u2018pumped\u2019 by Manchester City in next weekend\u2019s summit meeting if he sets up to play for a draw. <\/p>\n

A contrasting weekend of fortunes for the top two has dramatically shifted the momentum in the favour of Pep Guardiola\u2019s rampant chasers who underlined their intent with a dominant 3-0 win over Chelsea. <\/p>\n

City\u2019s performance could not have been more contrasting to the one given by the Gunners 24 hours earlier where nerves and apprehension were so clearly in evidence against Bournemouth.<\/p>\n

Apoint next week would still keep Arsenal\u2019s noses in front but Ferdinand believes Arteta can ill-afford to rely on the sort of defensive approach that yielded a draw two years ago when the two teams faced off in the closing stages of the 2023\/24 season. <\/p>\n

The former Manchester United defender cited abject surrender against PSG last week as evidence of what might happen to Arsenal if they attempt to copy the approach employed by Arne Slot against the Champions League holders.<\/p>\n

Ferdinand told his YouTube channel: \u2018If you go there and sit back like Liverpool did at PSG the other day it\u2019s slapsville. <\/p>\n

\u2018You\u2019re getting pumped. You can\u2019t do that. Do you win leagues doing that?\u2019<\/p>\n

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Adam Scott scored Bournemouth\u2019s winner against Arsenal (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Arsenal\u2019s form has tailed off dramatically since their Carabao Cup final defeat against City last month and Ferdinand believes the onus is on Arteta to find a solution to the problems provided by the pressing systems that have blunted the attacking threat of his side in recent weeks. <\/p>\n

\u2018This is glaring the way City set up block all passing lanes, pressing high,\u2019 said Ferdinand. \u2018I don\u2019t think Bournemouth went four up the pitch as glaring in exactly the same way. <\/p>\n

\u2018They were great in terms of blocking passing lanes making Arsenal having to go over it or just panic a little bit and give the ball away. <\/p>\n

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Pep Guardiola\u2019s Man City team had too much for Chelsea and Cole Palmer (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018I think is that the blueprint? Bournemouth have copied it their own way. Mikel Arteta and his team haven\u2019t found an answer yet. <\/p>\n

\u2018It wasn\u2019t a good performance. At least get about and put it on some players.\u2019<\/p>\n

While Arsenal are back in European action against Sporting Lisbon in midweek, City will have the benefit of a week off to prepare. <\/p>\n

On facing Arsenal, Guardiola said: \u2018We have seven days. So prepare mentally. Beating Arsenal once is difficult, they proved that all season. So to beat them twice in a margin of three weeks is even more difficult. <\/p>\n

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Jeremy Doku scored in Man City\u2019s 3-0 win over Chelsea (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018We play at home, it is a final. Relax and focus on what we need to do through that game. If you win or if you lose everybody knows.<\/p>\n

\u2018We have to talk about what we have to do against a team that defends well, wins duels, attacks also with the long balls, thousand million things that they do brilliantly this season that make them the best team in England \u2013 the numbers are there \u2013 and the best team in Europe \u2013 the numbers are there. We have incredible respect.<\/p>\n

\u2018I have three people in front of me here, did you bet \u00a31 before the Carabao Cup final that we would win? No chance. You were all thinking Arsenal was going to win. We have to control that next Sunday.\u2019<\/p>\n

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