Jose Mourinho comparisons will sting Mikel Arteta but Arsenal risk being cut adrift

Pep Guardiola is a man of such iron self-discipline that you only catch him smoking a cigar once the title for Manchester City is mathematically secure. But as he surveyed the wan half-smiles of Mikel Arteta and Arne Slot, both of whom were thrilled by their teams’ tempo and yet troubled by the potential advantage squandered in this high-octane draw, he must have felt tempted to start puffing on his finest Montecristos.