Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has shut down comparisons between himself and Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta ahead of Sunday's clash.
Arteta was Guardiola's assistant at the Etihad for three years before he took on the head coach role at the Gunners.
Since then, Arteta has managed to turn the Gunners into a title contenders last season and they finished second in the Premier League behind the Citizens.
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The Gunners tactician has unsurprisingly drawn comparisons with his former colleague due to playing style, but Guardiola has disagreed with those comparisons.
"He has a father and mother completely different and have their own personality. All the success he has belongs absolutely to Mikel and his people at Arsenal, not me," Guardiola told reporters, as per Manchester Evening News.
"People say, 'oh, he was with Pep and learned a lot'. I learned a lot from him.
"The people say always I have to teach my assistant coaches; I bring the assistant coaches here to teach me. But I am here, the figure in front of the microphone and have to talk about the excellences that we do as Manchester City but I learn like the players.
"The people believe we teach the players but we learn off them to take the decisions many times. All of the success and good things about Mikel belongs to him, his genetics his mum and dad are giving to him. Not me."
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