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.

Manchester City striker Vivianne Miedema scored and made another goal against her former club Arsenal, who still managed to grab a 2-2 draw on the opening weekend of the Women's Super League thanks to a late Beth Mead strike at The Emirates on Sunday.