Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has warned: I just cannot do a Pep at the Emirates.

The runaway Premier League leaders Manchester City prepare to visit Arsenal tonight, Emirates’ boss Mikel Arteta has warned he CAN’T rival Pep Guardiola’s Etihad achievements and resources.

Arteta and Guardiola were both educated in Barcelona’s academy and worked together with great success at Manchester City.

But while Guardiola’s first job as a head coach was in charge of Lionel Messi and Co at Barca, putting theory into practice at the Emirates is another kind of task for rookie Arteta.

And with boss Pep already lifting EIGHT trophies at City, if you include Community Shields, the Arsenal boss said: “You cannot compare his situation to the one with us. They are very, very different.

“You can share some values, some ideas and the way we were raised and educated in football is very similar because we had the same background.

“The fact we worked together united us a lot to get that chemistry.

“How do you make it work and what do you need to make it work? You need time. Sometimes you need a lot of investment, sometimes there is a group of players that can already provide that.

“You have to keep evolving and finding a way because there is not one formula that works. You cannot try to follow that because you will fail.”