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		</div><p>Pep Guardiola insists Arsenal’s recent problems will not prevent them providing Manchester City with a big test this weekend.</p>
<p>The Premier League champions travel to the Emirates Stadium on Sunday expected to get back to winning ways after last weekend’s damaging loss to Manchester United.</p>
<p>Arsenal have endured a difficult campaign to date, with manager Unai Emery sacked last month and last Monday’s victory over West Ham being their only success in 11 matches in all competitions.</p>
<p>The Hammers victory, under caretaker boss Freddie Ljungberg, was also unconvincing, coming against another struggling side.</p>
<p>Nevertheless, Guardiola – with his own side having surprisingly lost four times this term – is taking nothing for granted.</p>
<p>The former Barcelona boss said: <em>“I have not watched the previous games with Unai, I watched the games they played with Ljungberg to try to figure out what they’ll try to do.</em></p>
<p><em>“But normally Arsenal have a typical style of play. If you let them play, they have the quality to play. Arsenal away is always a big test for any team.”</em></p>
<p>Ljungberg is a fans’ favourite at Arsenal having been a member of the club’s 2004 ‘Invincibles’ side and has lifted the atmosphere in the past four games. Emery’s reign had ended in dismal fashion after a run of seven games without a win.</p>
<p>Guardiola said: <em>“It was a position after the Unai Emery situation, the club decided on him, of course a person who has had many years at the club.</em></p>
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<p><em>“He knows the feelings of the club and the fans, the way they like to play. He made a good result the last weekend so we’ll see.”</em></p>
<p>Guardiola’s highly-rated assistant Mikel Arteta, another former Gunners player, has been linked with the Arsenal vacancy.</p>
<p>Arteta, 37, was also a contender when Arsene Wenger left last year. Guardiola has said he expects Arteta to become a manager one day, and would allow him to leave with his blessing, but only when he feels the time is right.</p>
<p><em>“You can be 45 years old and believe you are not be ready, or be 35 years old and believe you are ready,”</em> Guardiola said. <em>“Only he knows.”</em></p>
<p>City’s record goalscorer Sergio Aguero and defender John Stones are still sidelined with thigh and hamstring injuries respectively.</p>
<p>Veteran playmaker David Silva is also a doubt after a blow to the leg in the derby last Saturday.</p>
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