Thierry Henry has warned Mikel Arteta that Arsenal cannot afford a repeat of their performance against Sporting CP of their Premier League match against Manchester City on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Arsenal have secured their place within the Champions League semi-final where they’ll meet Atletico Madrid following a goalless draw at home to Sporting on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
However the Gunners, who had a 1-0 win from the primary leg in Portugal last week, delivered one other unconvincing performance as they registered only one shot heading in the right direction against Sporting within the return fixture on the Emirates Stadium.<\/p>\n
Arsenal now turn their attention to the Premier League this weekend as they play City on the Etihad Stadium in a game which may have a big impact on the title race.<\/p>\n
Arteta\u2019s side currently sit six points clear of City at the highest of the Premier League but Pep Guardiola\u2019s side have a game in hand and can cut that lead to 3 points with a win.<\/p>\n
\u2018I would like to see that fireside on the Etihad,\u2019 Henry told CBS Sports.<\/p>\n
\u2018That\u2019s what I would like to see, it\u2019s easy to speak, go there, at Man City, and deliver.<\/p>\n \u2018I imagine in what I see though, I imagine in him Arteta, \u2018the hearth\u2019, but while you talk like that you’ve to do it then. I didn\u2019t see that tonight.<\/p>\n \u2018We’re through, so joyful, semi-final, I never won it, but I won the league though, go and win at Man City, I would like to see that fireside there, I imagine Mikel, yes, but show it.\u2019<\/p>\n Asked how he would approach the sport against City, Henry replied: \u2018Not like tonight, or against Bournemouth, or Brighton away, or Mansfield, or all the things that I\u2019ve seen this season.\u2019<\/p>\n Asked if the performance against Sporting can be enough to beat City, Henry laughed and replied: \u2018The Man City I\u2019ve seen recently? We\u2019re talking concerning the team that won 4 in a row, Liverpool got here in between that if not it could have been more.<\/p>\n \u2018I do imagine, I\u2019ve been saying for the reason that starting of the season, this 12 months I do imagine we are able to win the league, that is the most important likelihood in your life simply to prove to yourself, as a team, that we are able to.<\/p>\n \u2018After which people won’t talk concerning the word they need to use that I are not looking for to make use of.<\/p>\n \u2018I do imagine personally but I’m sitting in a chair for CBS, there\u2019s nothing I can do. Now I heard \u2018fire\u2019, I would like to see that fireside on the Etihad.<\/p>\n \u2018If you’ve the face of Declan Rice return to that, at the top of the sport I stayed together with his face, you had a whole lot of guys smiling but his face\u2026 I don\u2019t know, perhaps I would like to talk to him to know what he had in his head. It is a guy who just went through to the semi-final of the Champions League.<\/p>\n \u2018There\u2019s no positive or negative here. We’re in a semi-final of a Champions League, well done, that didn\u2019t occur lots in history so obviously I\u2019m over the moon. But City\u2026 I would like the team to win there, not draw, statement.\u2019<\/p>\n For more stories like this,\u00a0check our sport page<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Follow Metro Sport for the newest news on ![\"LONDON,](\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SEI_293299378-3400.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646\")
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