Just when it looked like Manchester City’s underwhelming season was turning a corner, the team suffered another humiliating defeat, this time at the hands of Premier League rival Arsenal.

Pep Guardiola accepts Erling Haaland’s emotions may have got the better of him in Manchester City’s heated clash with Arsenal last September. But the City manager insists it was a rare lapse from a player who continually rises above persistent attempts by opponents to unsettle him.

Arsenal's hammering of Manchester City was punctuated by frequent attempts from Arsenal to wind up Erling Haaland, with Pep Guardiola brushing off the mockery of his star striker