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Pep Guardiola has revealed how Manchester City could try to manage without midfielder Rodri at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

Manchester City travel to North London to face last season`s title rivals Arsenal in the Premier League this weekend, with the Blues looking to avoid back-to-back defeats in the league for the first time since 2018.

The treble-winners suffered their first loss of the campaign against Wolves last weekend, as Gary ONeils side inflicted a first Premier League loss on Manchester City, who had enjoyed an impressive start to the new season.

Manchester City`s trip to Arsenal is the first of a series of upcoming key matches, with Premier League fixtures against Brighton, Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham all upcoming.

Pep Guardiola remains without Rodri for Sunday`s visit to North London, with Manchester City having suffered defeat in the two matches the Spaniard has missed as a result of a three-match suspension for a red card against Nottingham Forest.

Rodri returned that week for Manchester City’s UEFA Champions League win over RB Leipzig, but will miss this weekend’s game against Arsenal, where the 27-year-old scored twice.

Midfielder The absence of Kevin De Bruyne and Kevin De Bruyne is a big blow for his Manchester City, who are also without John Stones due to a long-term injury.

Ahead of Sunday’s trip to the Emirates, Guardiola revealed how Manchester City will cope with Rodri’s absence.

“Let’s see what happens. Today we are starting to talk to the staff. We need to analyze it. Today we will train this afternoon and prepare for tomorrow.

“Rodri is one of the two or three best defensive midfielders in the world, so he will have a big impact on the team. But he is not there. We have suffered from outages in the past.

“The relation is so important and when we have an absence as important as Rodri, we need to look deep inside us to solve it.

“We cannot start crying and complaining, we have to find a solution and 11 players will be trying to win in London.”