City has now prevailed in the last seven games between the two in the Premier League, with Raheem Sterling scoring Pep Guardiola’s team winner against the Gunners on Saturday night.
However, Leno believes Arsenal produced courageous functionality opposite the Citizens regardless of the score, and told Arsenal’s official website: “On the one hand, we are disappointed, but on the other we played a match.
“We face the City and in the end you can see that the hole is very small. I think when you compare the first game after the blockade, how we played here and lost 3-0 without any chance and how we play today, there’s a big, big difference.
“We are on the right track and we lost this game, but next week we have to win and be confident in our game like this. “
“I think we lost a little bit of the stroke of luck. We tried in the end with kicks and centers stopped, but we couldn’t finish the action.
“It’s our only major challenge in the end, because I think we were better in the part of the moment and we controlled the game, but maybe we missed a smart opportunity. “
Mikel Arteta’s team returns to action on Thursday night as they travel to Austria to face Rapid Vienna in the Europa League.