Manchester City find themselves in an unprecedented dark patch of results which have led to uncertainty surrounding their manager's future.

While sacking Pep Guardiola appears to be out of the question, there is a fair chance that City's head coach may choose to walk away from the job. When he left Barcelona in 2014, he suggested that the time was now right to go despite the success he had achieved in Catalonia.

"We were incredibly successful," he admitted. "But gradually I found it more and more difficult to motivate myself and to motivate the team.

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"That is when you know it is time to walk away." It can definitely be argued that this is the case currently with City winning just one of their last 12 matches in all competitions.

Of course, if Guardiola does decide to walk, the knock-on effect will be felt by most of the Premier League, including Arsenal. Football.london has taken a look at what it could mean for the Gunners below.

New Arsenal expectations

With Guardiola out of the picture, there would be an expectation that Arsenal should be finishing above City with regularity. Mikel Arteta's side are well into their redevelopment while City would be at the beginning of a rebuild.

As such, Arsenal would have to deal with these new expectations which would lead to further pressure being applied to the team...

Arteta pressure

It is fair to say that Arteta would be under increased pressure for success with Guardiola gone. Before, there was an expectation that City were just going to win everything in their path because of how well-drilled his teams are.

But that luxury afforded to Arteta will leave with Guardiola and the Spaniard will be under increased pressure from the boardroom and the fanbase to secure success.

Change of tactics

We noticed earlier this season when Arsenal went to the Etihad that Arteta chose to employ a defensive style to try and grind out a result. It could be argued that this was down to them being reduced to ten men but there has been a theme against teams at the top of the table from Arteta's men.

However, with Guardiola not at the Etihad, there would be an emphasis particularly on away matches to try and impose themselves on the match more. Arsenal fans would not accept their team being so cautious and, as such, a more attacking style could be preferred.