Manchester City Boss, Pep Guardiola, has ruled out possible repeat of the 5-1 heavy defeat by Arsenal last season.
The Spaniard and his men will travel to Emirates again on Sunday, already trailing the Gunners and defending champions Liverpool in the Premier League title race.
City lost two of their opening three games to Tottenham and Brighton, but have bounced back with comprehensive victories over regular foes, Manchester United and in the Champions League over Napoli.
City failed to win a trophy for the first time since 2017 and finished a distant third behind Liverpool and Arsenal.
“The game last season, we started like many times last season, like an under-14s team and gave away a thousand million goals,” said Guardiola when asked to reflect on his last visit to the Emirates.
“After we were, a lot of the time, pretty good considering how it was last season, but the last 15-20 minutes were a disaster.
“We forgot to do what we had do and it was easy for Arsenal. I want to compete to be a better team than we were last season.”