ARTETA ADMITS ARSENAL NEED TO BE NEARLY PERFECT

ARTETA ADMITS ARSENAL NEED TO BE NEARLY PERFECT

Mikel Arteta has acknowledged that Arsenal will need to be near perfect to catch Premier League leaders Liverpool, but he believes momentum is building after a difficult spell. Arsenal, who finished runners-up to Manchester City in the last two seasons, have seen Liverpool surge eight points clear at the top of the table.

ARTETA ADMITS ARSENAL NEED TO BE NEARLY PERFECT

Arteta’s side heads into Saturday’s match against West Ham buoyed by a 5-1 thrashing of Sporting Lisbon in the Champions League and a 3-0 victory over Nottingham Forest last weekend. The win over Forest ended a four-match winless streak in the league and gave Arsenal hope of climbing back into the title race. A victory at the London Stadium on Saturday would lift the Gunners into second place, ahead of Sunday’s key clash between Liverpool and Manchester City.

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Klopp thinks positivity helps on big occasions

Jurgen Klopp reckons that Liverpool – Manchester United is the kind of match for which no hype is necessary because the match already carries a lot of importance. Technically it’s just another Premiership match for the two teams, but if anyone from the two camps says that they don’t have that little bit of extra excitement about this game in comparison to other Premiership games, then that will be lying, because this match matters a LOT for people from both camps.

According to Klopp, while it’s a huge match, Liverpool won’t be doing anything different to what they have been doing in the Premiership so far – the process needs to remain the same. But the mindset has to be positive. Because when you put in your efforts thinking positively, more often than not you end up fetching the positive results.

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LIVERPOOL MAKES PREMIER LEAGUE RECORD

Premier League side Liverpool reached another milestone following their 2-0 win over rivals Fulham over the weekend. The club proved it was done with its inconsistencies of the yesteryears, and keen on achieving even more this term.

The Merseyside outfit has had their best start to any season in the Premier League era after garnering 30 points after 12 games so far.

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