Guardiola is well aware of the significance of the fixture and wants fired-up supporters to help maintain City’s charge.
Arsenal will make their trip to Etihad for the much-awaited title-decider game in Premier League.
Pep Guardiola wants Man City fans to support them with full heart at home. He has called on fans to paint Manchester blue and crank up the noise for a potential title decider this week.
The Gunners have topped the table for most of the season but their advantage has been eroded in recent weeks and victory for City would take them within two points of the top with two games in hand.
Guardiola is well aware of the significance of the fixture and wants fired-up supporters to help maintain City’s charge.
Guardiola said: “It’s really important, the final we have on Wednesday – and it is a final – against a team who have been the best team in England so far. They are five points ahead of us.
“Hopefully all Manchester that day will be blue and they can come to support us. We need incredible noise from the first minute to the last as I know which opponent we are going to play against.
“Even though they’ve drawn the last three games, the way they play is difficult to stop. You have to read exactly what you have to do.
“It’s a massively important game for us. If we win it’s a step to getting it completely in our hands.
“We have this opportunity and we want to take it. Hopefully the whole of the Etihad will be full three hours before.”
City have defeated Arsenal twice this season, in the Premier League and FA Cup. With draws against Liverpool, West Ham, and Southampton in their last three games, Arsenal are in pressure.
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