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Arsenal face true test of Mikel Arteta progress in bid to break Etihad hoodoo

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One of Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta's favourite tactics ahead of big games is using motivational tools.

He has been known to use tweets from opposition players, something a manager has said, or even, as was the case last season, make his squad watch back Amazon's fly-on-the-wall documentary and the moment Arsenal blew Champions League qualification in 2021-22.

But Arteta will not need to get creative to motivate his players for at the Etihad Stadium as the stakes could not

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