Mikel Arteta
ArsenalArne Slot
Liverpool
Meeting Highlights…LIVERPOOL
What we need to do is play the way we played in the last two games against them, and be more efficient in the areas that are going to decide the game. I’m very excited, it’s always great to prepare a game against Liverpool; how good they are, they dominate every aspect of the game. We play at home, and what I sense is a real sense of positivity and enthusiasm around the place.
…TEAM PERFORMANCE
Obviously, we had some big experiences and what we did last season was another big step. This year, what we’re trying to do is something even better, and we are in the Champions League as well, which is a big step, and yeah, the squad is better. It’s true that we had some very important injuries, but I think the squad has managed that really well.
…PARTEY
It’s a big concern because he’s such an important player for us and he was getting some momentum at the start of the season and then we lost him for a while. Now it’s been a long time without him and he gives us something very different that no other player can give us in the squad. He’s been a real miss.
Mikel Arteta
Manager on Arsenal…LIVERPOOL
What we need to do is play the way we played in the last two games against them, and be more efficient in the areas that are going to decide the game. I’m very excited, it’s always great to prepare a game against Liverpool; how good they are, they dominate every aspect of the game. We play at home, and what I sense is a real sense of positivity and enthusiasm around the place.
…TEAM PERFORMANCE
Obviously, we had some big experiences and what we did last season was another big step. This year, what we’re trying to do is something even better, and we are in the Champions League as well, which is a big step, and yeah, the squad is better. It’s true that we had some very important injuries, but I think the squad has managed that really well.
…PARTEY
It’s a big concern because he’s such an important player for us and he was getting some momentum at the start of the season and then we lost him for a while. Now it’s been a long time without him and he gives us something very different that no other player can give us in the squad. He’s been a real miss.
Arne Slot
Manager on Liverpool...PLAYERS RETURNS
That is not a challenge, it is for this one moment for the first moment in the season. We kind of have a luxury problem and more players available for different positions than we can start. But it is absolutely no problem, it is just good.
…CLIMBING LEAGUE TABLE
It's good but you cannot really add that on. Shall I go to the boys in the dressing room and say, If we win against Arsenal we are eight points between us and them? Everybody knows that. If we lose, we are still two points ahead, but then City are the big winner of a game they are not even involved in. That's outside talk and fine. Inside, we just focus on the game, on the things we have to do, improve on the games we played against them, learn from the games we played against them and try to win.
…ARSENAL
It is difficult enough anyway and at Arsenal it is probably more difficult anyway, but we are in a good moment and we should use that as well. The things we did well recently, we should pack into this game as well, so let's give it a try.