Souness: A monster match

Manchester City and Arsenal go head-to-head on Super Sunday looking to secure Champions League football next season. Graeme Souness previews the match and says it’s time for both teams to show the resilience they have been desperately lacking…

Sunday’s clash between Manchester City and Arsenal is a monster game for both clubs.

It is vital for both sides to put a marker down and show that they can deal with disappointment because they have not dealt with it very well so far this season.

Look at Leicester City. If you win the Premier League it means you have managed the difficult moments of the season better than anyone else.

If you win the Premier League then you’ve shown character and resilience when everyone was doubting you – which was certainly the case because nobody fancied Leicester at all this season.

Every time Claudio Ranieri’s side have been beaten they have come back strong, but for the other teams a defeat seems to prompt a hangover. The players at Arsenal and Manchester City, as with all of the so-called big teams, have not performed.

They have not shown any resilience to bounce back when things have got tough. Players have gone missing and that is one of the reasons why Leicester have won the league.

Man City went out of the Champions League this week and need to bounce back from that set-back. There’s still a chance they might not finish in the top four – although I cannot see that happening – but their season is a mystery to me because they have the …

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