Arsenal managed to pick up a win against Liverpool in the Premier League meaning the Gunners are still very much in the race to play in the Europa League next season.
Liverpool took the lead in the match thanks to a goal from Sadio Mane but then mistakes from Van Dijk and Alisson made sure that Arsenal made a comeback into the game and eventually hold onto their thin lead.
After going down 2-1, Liverpool controlled almost all of the match but failed to breach Arsenal’s defence meaning the Anfield outfit will not be able to accumulate 100 points by the end of the season.
The North London side though will have no time to rejoice since they take on Manchester City in the FA Cup during the weekend and many pundits think they will have to play a similar sort of game against the Citizens and Guardiola’s men will ensure they take full control of the match from the very first minute.
According to the Gunners manager, his team have the ability to play every style on the pitch but the win against Liverpool has proved that his side have a very big gap from the top of the table sides.
Arteta said, as per the club’s official website: “It wasn’t part of the gameplan obviously [to not see much possession] but at the moment you can see in many areas the gap between the two teams, what we have to achieve and the areas we have to improve.
“Certainly there is one area that we’ve caught them on and it’s the belief, the accountability, the passion… they play for every single ball. With that, we can beat a lot of teams.
“Against Tottenham we had total dominance for several periods and we lost the game, so we will find the right balance but credit for them as well for what they have achieved.
“Unfortunately with the level of dominance, the way they control every aspect of the game, there are going to be little moments or big moments where you’re going to have to defend very close to your area and we knew that.
“We prepared for that and the boys were terrific. Sometimes we did it really well and sometimes we had moments of luck as well.”
Against Liverpool, Arsenal had only 31% possession and whether Arteta accepts it or not but his players will have to play the same type of football against the Citizens.
And the Gunners managed to score two goals against the Anfield outfit due to two unforced errors but we are confident that Guardiola’s men will not show any such lapses in concentration.
