According to Pep Guardiola, Manchester City ’s rivals want the club “wiped off the face of the Earth.” Everyone, he says, wants City to be punished in a way no Premier League club has ever been punished before. And, though he doesn’t mention Arsenal by name, it doesn’t feel like a wild stab in the dark to suspect they are uppermost in his thinking.

Arsenal forward Leandro Trossard was sent off just before halftime at Manchester City with a second yellow card after kicking the ball away