(Reuters) – Arsenal supervisor Mikel Arteta stated his gamers are totally conscious of the problem of enjoying at Liverpool with the London membership trying to finish a nine-year winless streak at Anfield within the Premier League on Saturday.
Arsenal had been backside of the desk in August after dropping their first three league video games however Arteta’s aspect have jumped to fifth spot on 20 factors after 11 matches, with an unbeaten run of eight video games.
The London membership, nevertheless, haven’t gained a league sport at Anfield since 2012, when Arteta was nonetheless enjoying for them.
“It’s a take a look at,” Arteta informed reporters on Friday. “Anfield is a captivating stadium to play soccer.
“It’s important to be at your greatest and lift your degree to the utmost requirements emotionally, bodily, technically and tactically as a result of in the event you do not you’re going to get uncovered.
“To go to Anfield is all the time a take a look at. However once more if you’ll be able to do this as effectively, there usually are not that many grounds pretty much as good to really feel that you’re a correct footballer.”
Arteta stated his in-form aspect are eager to take care of their momentum by enjoying on the “highest degree” towards Liverpool, who’re a spot above them within the desk on 22 factors.
“Juergen (Klopp) and his employees have managed to convey the membership to one of the best moments of their historical past and sustained it which is the toughest factor to do,” Arteta stated of their opponents.
“They’ve remodeled the power across the place, what they’ve created within the stadium is one thing particular and so they have been extraordinarily profitable.”
Arteta stated that Thomas Partey and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang can be assessed earlier than the match attributable to harm points, whereas Sead Kolasinac (left ankle) and Granit Xhaka (proper knee) are nonetheless recovering.
(Reporting by Manasi Pathak in Bengaluru; Enhancing by Toby Davis)
