Martin Keown sends warning to Arsenal ahead of Liverpool clash – HITC

Martin Keown has warned Arsenal about Football Focus that Liverpool will ‘destroy’ them if they are ‘afraid’ of their opponents before Monday night’s game.

Mikel Arteta’s team travels to Anfield for the first of two meetings against the champions of England this week, the first in a Premier League showdown before meeting days later in the League Cup.

Despite the fact that Jurgen Klopp’s men have been taking down everyone who has crossed their path of late, a certain north London club have had the best of them in recent months by taking two wins, in the Premier League and the Community Shield.

But Keown, who would have had its fair share of battles on Merseyside, sent a warning to his former club ahead of today’s visit.

“The way Liverpool play, I mean their coach is of a different class for saying good things about Arteta,” Keown told Football Focus.

“But this is the ultimate challenge. When you play Liverpool and go to Anfield. You have to love it. You have to love it and you cannot fear it because if you do it will destroy you.

“They were very good last week against Chelsea and the way they played in the middle of the week. You saw the guys who weren’t getting any games scoring a lot of goals. The mood is back to what it was before and Klopp will be delighted with that. “

This could be a very interesting matchup because Arsenal are on top after a solid start to the season and the Reds beat Chelsea last time out.

While Liverpool know they will compete for the title this season, Arsenal fans are still trying to figure out what their team can produce.

Arsenal fans will be quite happy with a top-four result this season, but given the way Chelsea are playing, City’s crushing defeat at the hands of Leicester, could Arteta’s men surprise some at Anfield and show the world that they are in a better situation? position that most think?

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