Pressley has guided Coventry in their steady climb up League One and now comes Arsenal in the FA Cup

Steven Pressley admits he is facing the greatest challenge in his five years so far as a football manager when he takes Coventry City to the Emirates tomorrow night to face Arsenal in the FA Cup fourth-round.

The 40-year-old Scot, whose prolific progress in his 11 months at Coventry has belied the political wrangling surrounding the club, will go head-to-head with Arsène Wenger, knowing the 54 places currently separating the two clubs in English football will test his wits to the limit.

Pressley, however, has rarely wobbled before such challenges, as he made plain again yesterday. “I know full well what I will be up against: a team full of world-class players, led by a world-class manager,” the former Falkirk manager said. “But we will