The Gunners are six points back of City and sit third on the live table.

Mikel Arteta has kept Myles Lewis-Skelly on the bench to start against Nottingham Forest, sacrificing a bit of possession for a lot more danger in Bruno Guimaraes.

Declan Rice — or perhaps Guimaraes — will take a slightly more defensive role in the midfield but this is another chance for Guimaraes to show that he’s the best fit with Rice and just behind Martin Odegaard.

Guimaraes is such a flashpoint for a team and has creativity and drive. He played as a six at times in Newcastle’s fantastic midfield with Sandro Tonali and Joelinton. He looked even better at times for Brazil.

Arteta is going to keep grooming the young and impressive Lewis-Skelly and rightly so, but he also needs to find his right now big-game midfield. This feels likely to be it, especially if it comes down to out-dueling PSG or Barcelona and thier magnificent middies.