'You can't train in a zoo then go to the jungle' - Arteta on Anfield preparation

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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta celebrates aft his broadside bushed Bournemouth

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta expects the ambiance distant to Liverpool connected Sunday to beryllium similar a "jungle".

Arsenal past won astatine Anfield successful 2012 and earlier their past league sojourn Arteta played 'You'll Never Walk Alone' connected a dependable strategy astatine the grooming ground.

The Gunners mislaid 4-0 that day but volition instrumentality to Anfield 8 points wide astatine the apical of the Premier League.

"You cannot bid the players successful the zoo and past spell to the jungle connected Sunday," said Arteta.

"It's impossible. You person to exposure yourself. You person to hole the players. You person to archer them what they're going to beryllium facing and you person to recognise that."

The Spaniard added: "The squad is afloat of enthusiasm and positivity.

"We cognize that we person a large situation but it is simply a large accidental to spell to Anfield and bash thing we haven't done successful galore years and that is what [has been] driving the squad the past fewer days."

During the archetypal fractional of Arsenal's past league travel to Anfield successful November 2021 Arteta and Liverpool brag Jurgen Klopp were booked for clashing connected the touchline with the people astatine 0-0.

Asked if helium would respond successful that mode again, Arteta said: "I reacted to support our players the champion imaginable mode but I don't similar seeing myself similar this truthful hopefully not.

"It happens successful shot and aft that we hugged each different and moved on. The past clip we were unneurotic thing happened.

"I person afloat respect and admiration for what they've done. We've moved on."

Mikel Arteta has a spat with Jurgen Klopp

Liverpool players 'are not worse, they've conscionable played worse'

Liverpool person challenged for the Premier League rubric successful 3 of the past 4 seasons, winning it for the archetypal clip successful 2020, but this word they are good disconnected the gait successful eighth place.

The Reds are 29 points down leaders Arsenal having mislaid 9 times successful 28 matches. They person not mislaid much league games successful immoderate of Klopp's six afloat seasons successful charge.

"It is 1 of these moments wherever it is truly not good," Klopp said. "You get successful this whirlwind and it sucks you successful that absorption and each of a abrupt it's similar 'Wow, wherever are we?'

"[But] I americium not a worse manager than past year, decidedly not. It doesn't mean the result is bully enough, not astatine all. But I'm not worse.

"And the players are not worse players. They've conscionable played worse. That's decidedly the case."