Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says Bernardo Silva will play against Arsenal today.

Bernardo is fully fit for the trip to London, as confirmed by his manager.

“Bernardo is so important for us, for me personally because of the relationship I have with him," said the boss in his pre-match press conference.

“Always I like to have relations. Tight relations with some players is possible, for the other ones is not because everyone has his own character, myself first. Bernardo is so special.

“And, of course, he's an adaptive player, can play in a few positions, many, many positions.

“He's a huge competitor. He loves to win. He's incredibly hungry…and upset. It doesn't look like that from the outside. But when he loses a game or misses a pass or simple things, he's angry with himself because he's so competitive.

“When we need a winger with more speed, I would play with Jeremy [Doku] for example or before him Leroy [Sane]. When you need a winger when you have the ball, like Riyad [Mahrez] or himself, who gives you extra time to join the team, join the structure, he's so good.

“He's a really interesting player and defensively as well.

“And last season he played as a left-back against [Bukayo] Saka in Emirates.

“He can play in many, many positions. He's so intelligent. He would have been a big loss this season after Gundo [Ilkay Gundogan], Riyad [Mahrez], Ayme [Laporte] left.

“He and Kyle [Walker] [leaving] would have been a big, big loss. Fortunately we can have him one more year."