Adesoji from Stirling: Hi Simon. I am a concerned Arsenal fan and I
feel the team has done a lot to be a worthy, but with Manchester City in the mix, there
could only be one winner. Looks like City sadly. They have the best first and
second eleven in the division and may not be relinquishing their hold on the PL
any time soon. What can teams do to stop City realistically?

Apart from waiting
for Pep Guardiola to leave, you mean? Firstly, don’t be so downbeat. Arsenal
have bounced back from the Aston Villa defeat with three successive wins.

If
they win their next three – not easy given in-form Bournemouth are their next
opponents and a trip to Manchester United is not simple – they have a chance.
It would only need City to draw a game to let the Gunners in, and they are not
in brilliant form at the moment.

I do think Guardiola leaving will give
Manchester City a problem. It is impossible to quantify the extra bit he gets
from his squad just by being him. The same is true of Jurgen Klopp and was for
Sir Alex Ferguson. The squad may the same when he goes – but they may not hit
the same level. (His contract expires at the end of next season by the way).

And, I will tiptoe round this for now, but we don’t know what the fall-out will
be from those 115 charges.