Guardiola: Me and Arteta will soon fight on the touchline

The pair meet tonight when Guardiola's reigning Premier League champions host the competition's current leaders in the Cup.

FRIENDS REUNITED: Mikel Arteta and Pep Guardiola, former colleagues who'll face off again tonight. Picture: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)

Pep Guardiola accepts he will probably have a touchline bust-up with Mikel Arteta "sooner or later".

The Manchester City manager fears this is inevitable with his friend and former assistant now an increasingly formidable rival.