Arsenal will should be courageous and at its best whether it is to snap its winless run at Anfield, supervisor Mikel Arteta stated on Friday, because the Premier League chief look to take care of its eight-point lead over Manchester City within the title race.
Arsenal has not received at Anfield within the Premier League since 2012, a sport through which Arteta performed. Since then it has suffered heavy defeats, together with two 5-1 losses.
The north London membership was within the contest final 12 months earlier than Arteta’s touchline spat with Liverpool boss Juergen Klopp fired up the house aspect who ran out 4-0 winners.
“We’ve been in a few grounds that we haven’t won in 17, 22 years and we’ve managed to do that. So we’re capable of doing it,” Arteta instructed reporters forward of Sunday’s sport.
“We know we’ll have to be at our very best to win the game and certainly better than we were there, especially in the second half last year when we opened up and allowed Liverpool to attack open spaces in a really comfortable way.
“We have to fully embrace it and go for it, it’s a chance to go to Anfield and do something we haven’t done for many years… It’s a different group coming from a different position. What we need to have is courage – on Sunday we’ll try to be that team.”
Arsenal has struggled to attain at Anfield on its previous few visits and Arteta stated he was glad to have January signing Leandro Trossard within the aspect, with the Belgian netting a hat-trick for Brighton & Hove Albion at Liverpool earlier this season.
“It’s great to have a player that has experienced something really nice and positive at that stadium. He was a crucial player that day and it was a beautiful game to watch,” Arteta stated.
“That’s what we need, players with a lot of belief on that pitch so we can go there and win it.”
Arteta stated Bukayo Saka can be again in competition to start out whereas one in all his injured gamers may return. The Spanish supervisor refused to reveal the participant’s title though defender William Saliba is anticipated to return after lacking two video games.
Liverpool has picked up just one level from its final three video games to sit down eighth and Arteta stated its slide from title contenders to top-four hopefuls was proof that sustaining consistency on the prime was a troublesome activity.
“It shows the difficulty of being at the top and transforming a football club,” Arteta stated.
“It shows how hard it is to maintain that. We’ve all had difficult moments. What they have done at the club is remarkable.”
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com