Mikel Arteta will try to emulate Liverpool’s dominance by copying Jurgen Klopp’s famous trick.
Liverpool value an advantage above all else, but Mikel Arteta will look to change that when Jurgen Klopp brings his side to London.
As the FA Cup third round between Arsenal and Liverpool draws to a close on Sunday, Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta appears to have taken inspiration from his Liverpool counterpart Jurgen Klopp’s tactics.
Two weeks later, the two teams drew 1-1 in a Premier League match that had a great atmosphere.
Arteta appears to have taken a page from Klopp’s playbook as he rallies his Arsenal fans to make his presence felt in the upcoming FA Cup tie. When these teams last met, Klopp expressed his displeasure with the atmosphere in the Carabao Cup games against West Ham and Manchester United in the league and called for more support from the home crowd. So he urged Liverpool fans to bring more energy to the game.
Klopp’s comments, Arteta urged Arsenal fans to turn up the heat at the Emirates Stadium during the FA Cup tie. “We are very happy with the climate of support we have achieved in the Emirates,” Arteta told reporters.
“But can’t we make this scarier than it is now?” I think so. This is our next goal. “We are very pleased with the progress we have made at home and expect Sunday’s game to be another exciting game.”
The decision comes after Arsenal lost 2-0 at home to West Ham and 2-1 at Craven Cottage. The team appear to be under pressure from their busy festive schedule and are struggling to score goals in particular.
Arteta acknowledged the recent performance problems and said: “We didn’t play well enough. I don’t think we deserved to lose the game, but I don’t think we did enough to win the game.”
He continued: “It hurt our momentum. On Christmas Day we were top of the league. I did so and it took 4th place 6 days later. If the situation is not good, it is easy to check all the details, but it is very important to maintain the point of view, but the performance is not good.
Liverpool miss a star player for Fa Cup in the Egyptian team of the African Cup. Wataru Endō is also involved in the Asian Cup with Japan, because Dominic was injured and Costa Robertson in Costa Robertson was injured.
This makes Joe Gomez the favorite to fill the left back position. Arteta is aware of the impact that waiting can have on results.
He once tried to prepare his players for Anfield by saying “you can never go it alone” over the training ground loudspeaker, but to no avail. It is now clear that he wants Arsenal to create a similar sense of threat.
