From the Champions League to Mexico: Where Arsenal's last XI to beat Man City are now

Quite frankly… it's an absolute disaster.

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Pep Guardiola has been City boss since 2016 and the Gunners have not claimed a Premier League victory in that time.

In fact, you have to go all the way back to 2015 to find a league win for the north Londoners.

Guardiola boasts a Premier League record of 12 wins and one draw against Arsenal.

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Arteta was even Guardiola's assistant for much of that time, but even he has struggled to get a solitary point in league games.

No, you have to go back to Arsene Wenger's era and their line-up looked very different.

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So different in fact that six of the players from that squad have already retired and a number are close to doing so.

Petr Cech, Per Mertesacker, Laurent Koscielny, Nacho Monreal, Mesut Ozil and Mathieu Flamini - so rich he even hinted he could buy the club one day - all started that match. Now all of them have hung up their boots.

Three are in the twilight of their careers.

Aaron Ramsey, 32, is at Nice, Olivier Giroud has since won the World Cup and, at 36, is in the Champions League semi-final with Milan. Meanwhile, Theo Walcott, 34, is back at Southampton.

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Walcott in fact inflicted a dent into their title hopes this season, scoring in Southampton's 3-3 draw with the Gunners last Friday.

The other player to start that game was Joel Campbell, who only played 40 times for the club and is currently playing in Mexico.

On that day in 2015, Arsenal won 2-1 with the goals coming from Walcott and Giroud, while Yaya Toure netted for City.

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Arteta will no doubt be hoping to end this disastrous record in what could be a title deciding fixture.