Mikel on the chance to get three points at Anfield

Mikel Arteta could get his first win at Anfield as a manager in Saturday’s Premier League clash against Liverpool.

Anfield has proven a particularly difficult place to go during Arteta’s four-year tenure so far, but the boss is confident that we can go there to get a win on the weekend.

“We have done it at Old Trafford, Stamford Bridge and many other places that for many other years we hadn’t and that’s the next challenge,” he said. “Go there and win. If you want to be at the top, you’re going to have to go to those places and be dominant and win games. That’s what we’re going to try to do.”

Asked if silencing the partisan crowd is an important factor in getting a result away to Liverpool, Mikel explained how we wants the performance of his team to do the talking.

“I think you have to play better than them and you will silence the crowd if you are dominant and better than them,” he said. “In any other ground, it’s no different I think.

“You’re going to have to suffer in every game. How you go through those moments together, how do you do it? How do you overcome that moment?

“That’s a big thing and last year we went through those moments, especially in the second half and we had some difficulties to get over them. They extended for a period that was too long and you have to be able to turn those periods around and come back to the state of the game that you want.”