Arsene Wenger has been preparing for Arsenal’s visit to Anfield today, where the Gunners have a very good recent record of only losing once on their last six trips to Liverpool.
Last season’s win there towards the end of the season gave Arsenal a great boost towards their race for a top four spot at a crucial point of the season and Wenger recalls it with fondness: “When we went to Liverpool and won, it killed off their chances of a Champions League spot and gave us a big lift,” he said.
“We were on a good run when we went there and it was a massive encouragement for us that we would have a chance to be in the Champions League places. That Liverpool game really started convincing us that we would be in there again.”
The ‘Pool have a new manager now in Brendan Rodgers and Wenger things they are changing their style of football, but Wenger is hoping that they have not quite settled into the Rodger’s brand quite yet. “He is doing well, and that is what you want. That people have a personality, a style of play and they gain the confidence of the players.
“Liverpool always try to play good football. They have a history and tradition of playing well. When you go there you always face a team that tries to play. But every manager needs time when he comes in to put his mark on the team and on the club, of course. It takes time.”
“They play a different style now, they keep the ball more, but they have players up front who can be dangerous too.
“In the last game they had Borini, Suarez and Sterling, a young promising talent, in attack plus Steven Gerrard in the middle of the park. They are all players we have to keep quiet.
“We always try to go there, play our game and put them under pressure,” he concluded. “In recent years it has worked for us.”
bviously Wenger is pleased with the two clean sheets so far but he is aware that the goals will need to come soon, because that is the whole basis of his footballing philosophy!
“We have worked on our defending and I think we are doing a good job,” said Wenger.
“Last year that we had the lowest number of shots against us in the league. But we have worked on it again with Steve Bould.
“So far this season, we have played against two teams who defended more than they attacked against us. But the real tests will come when we go to places like Liverpool and see how strong we are as a team defensively.
“I am confident we will be strong back there but, of course, as well as that we want to score goals because that is our mark, our brand. I am confident we can do that too.”
Lets hope we do score today, and early, and then score again and again and again!
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