‘If it’s a football game Arsenal win’: Jamie Carragher urges Mikel Arteta not to wind the Liverpool fans up and avoid clashing with Jurgen Klopp
- Jamie Carragher says Arsenal shouldn’t wind up the Liverpool supporters
- Carragher also told Mikel Arteta not to clash with Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp
- Last season the game slipped away from Arsenal following touchline clash
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Jamie Carragher has urged Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta not to anger the Anfield crowd by clashing with Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp.
Arsenal face Liverpool away on Sunday, with the Gunners looking to restore their eight point lead at the top of the table.
Last season Arteta clashed with Klopp on the touchline and Arsenal subsequently capitulated after the incident, with Liverpool running out 4-0 winners.
Liverpool legend Carragher hopes that there won’t be a repeat of those scenes on Sunday, and that the focus is on football.
Speaking on Sky Sports, Carragher said: ‘We keep talking about this Anfield factor, they’ve got to not wind the crowd up. That’s got to be the same for Arteta, he can’t be getting involved with Klopp and make it an end to end game, if it’s a football game Arsenal win.’
Jamie Carragher has urged Mikel Arteta to avoid clashing with Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp
Carragher says that Arsenal should be focused on football as they are then likely to prevail
There is likely to be much tension at Anfield, with Arsenal determined to push on in pursuit of the title.
Liverpool, meanwhile, will be eager to return to winning ways having gone four matches without a win in all competitions.
Arteta will be determined for Arsenal to secure their first league victory at Anfield since 2012
Arsenal have won their last seven league games but know that they will face a tough test at Anfield despite Liverpool’s inconsistency this season.
The last time that Arsenal won at Anfield in the Premier League was in 2012, when Arteta was playing for the Gunners.
Arteta admitted Arsenal’s record at Anfield needs to change.
He said: ‘(It) has to change, is not good enough. The players know that, we know that. You have to think out of the box to get things out of individuals. Liverpool know what it does teams coming here, we know what the Emirates does to teams. Winning today would be a big boost, I’m very confident we can do it.’
It remains to be seen whether defender William Saliba, who has missed Arsenal’s last two Premier League games through injury, will be fit enough to feature against Liverpool.
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