Manchester City ace Kevin de Bruyne isn't surprised seeing Arsenal's players responding to manager Mikel Arteta.

The Gunners are currently sitting top of the Premier League after nine matches, having only lost once, leaving them one point above City who have won seven and drawn two matches this campaign.

De Bruyne told Sky Sports: "No, not really. Obviously I see a lot of similarities with the way we play, but that's always been his style.

"When he stopped playing and he had the opportunity to come here I think it was a good learning school and obviously we had great years.

"I saw an evolution from the beginning of Mikel to after three years when he left.

"At the beginning he was adapting but then he was getting more and more into his role.

"We also saw he had a lot of ambition and when an opportunity came he took that.

"It's nice to see that he got the time from Arsenal. I'm happy for him that it's going well.

"They're playing really, really, really good football. Hopefully they will just not be good enough for us."