Arteta's defiant message to Klopp ahead of Sunday's clash

Every week the Premier League gives us exciting and dramatic matches, which is why it is called the best league in the world. This matchday has a great star dish prepared for us, when the leader Arsenal receives at home, the Emirates Stadium, the always candidate Liverpool FC, who is not going through its best moment. The difference between them is 10 points, but on the pitch, that difference will surely disappear.

Speaking ahead of the eagerly awaited clash, Gunners head coach Mikel Arteta spoke ahead of Sunday's clash. "Facing Liverpool is always very exciting. Playing against one of the toughest opponents in the league always gives us lessons to learn. It's going to be a very demanding game that will need us to be at our best, again," said the 40-year-old DT who took the reins of the first team in December 2019.

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The duel between these teams is always intense, as shown in November 2021, when Liverpool thrashed Arsenal 4-0, and the coaches got heated, to the point of facing each other and being separated by their work teams, that night Jürgen Klopp celebrated each of the goals in this paternity that the Merseyside side have with the Londoners, winning four of the last five games between them.

Mikel Arteta added in his address to the media that every game is the same, with this one being the one everyone is looking for and it is against an opponent that has proven its level over the last five or six years. "If we want to aspire for serious things in the championship, we have to prove it. We have raised our level, and we are ready to compete against them," commented the former player.

Arteta expects an exciting game against Liverpool

Today things are different, the start of the tournament between the two is different. Arsenal FC jumps out as favourites according to bookmakers and pundits. The arrival of former Manchester City striker Gabriel Jesus has put the Gunners at the top of the table, with the Citizens looking for a slip-up from the Londoners to steal the lead with striker Erling Halland, who has 14 goals, nine goals more than Bobby Firmino.