Manchester City ace Bernardo Silva admits he was very impressed by Arsenal on Wednesday night.
The Gunners suffered a major blow with their 3-1 defeat at home to City which saw the reigning champs leapfrog into top spot on goal difference.
Four-time Etihad winner Silva, though, is full of admiration for this great and very tough" Arsenal team that bears a strong resemblance to Pep Guardiola's dominant Class of 2018.
Silva, who worked with Emirates boss Mikel Arteta when he was Guardiola's assistant, said: Arsenal have a great team with a lot of energy.
We will fight until the end, knowing that we are going to fight against a very tough side that reminds me of us five years ago.
They're so young, they're so good, their energy is so nice.
But we are here and want to win again. We know it's not going to be easy but we will fight.
We have struggled this season to get to that winning run, winning three, four games and then losing one. It's quite disappointing.
Hopefully we get to that run and finish this season in the best possible way.
I think it is going to go up until the end."