B seat: Liverpool is the biggest champion rival, Arsenal is not at that level

Sports     5:00pm, 21 September 2025
Manchester City captain B said that despite Arsenal's improvement in recent years, Liverpool is still their biggest opponent.

B seat: "All the competition is different, I think United has gone through quite a bit of a difficult time in the last few years, and we compete in the same city. Our biggest opponent to date is Liverpool because those guys always compete with us for the championships and they have also succeeded in winning the championships. Then you do see teams like Arsenal getting better and better over the years and starting to compete for these titles, even though they haven't reached that level yet."

"So, the competition is quite different, but so far, I'll say our main opponent has been Liverpool."

This weekend, Manchester City will face Arsenal, and in February the Gunners beat Manchester City 5-1, when Manchester City was in a "vulnerable" period.

"That was a very bad time for us, it was a time when we were very vulnerable, anything could happen to us. You would lose the ball, the team would collapse easily, and mistakes would follow."

"The atmosphere was bad, everything was very bad, they took advantage of that. They saw the opportunity and used it. That's what you have to face when you play a team at this level."

"We have to know that against Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea are getting closer to that level. If you are not in your best form, you will have difficulties."