Hear from the managers ahead of Week 23 of the 23-24 Premier League season including Jurgen Klopp and Mikel Arteta ahead of Liverpool's trip to Arsenal
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00:00 Jürgen Klopp's team is a tough opponent coming up,
00:07 we need to be absolutely at our best.
00:10 We played them recently twice, both games were not perfect.
00:15 At home we played a really good second half,
00:19 but not a good first half, and there we won the game,
00:22 but it was not the game how we usually play it.
00:25 What we need to do is play like we played the last two games against them,
00:28 and be more efficient in the areas that are going to decide the game.
00:31 But we're very excited, it's always great to prepare a game against Liverpool.
00:36 How good they are, they dominate every aspect of the game,
00:38 and we play at home.
00:40 What I sense is a real sense of positivity and enthusiasm around the place.
00:45 We know in the past how difficult it has been,
00:47 even when we won it always was tight and we lost the two games we played last season.
00:51 So we know the difficulty for the way we play,
00:55 but the standards that they have, they are clear and they believe it,
00:59 and they apply it really well.
01:03 But another game to face, another challenge for us.
01:06 It's a tough venue, the supporters there really get behind their team.
01:11 Even though the results have dropped off a little bit now,
01:14 when we played them even here it was a really tough game for us.
01:18 We've gone to some pretty tough venues away from home this year,
01:21 and I think we've performed really well.
01:23 We're going to have to again on Saturday because it's going to be a tough game.
01:26 We've got a competitive side that's performing in the right way to create all those things,
01:31 but you've got to score a goal.
01:33 The braid, miss to miss, is always key for me.
01:36 I think a lot of the performance-level stats are very strong.
01:38 You've got to take advantage of those stats by scoring in one end and stopping it in the other.
01:42 That's one thing that hasn't changed, so we've got to make sure that we're focused on that.
01:46 But it is pleasing in one way that the team is being effective to create those chances.
01:50 Incredibly tough challenge as always, playing Manchester United like we just have,
01:55 or playing Chelsea, two of the biggest clubs in England.
01:59 Incredible ability to sign talent and produce some of their own talent.
02:06 Massive squad, full of quality, so it will be an incredibly tough test.
02:11 Of course, it's a team that we play against them and we know very well.
02:18 Of course, it's going to be very competitive and we need to be very focused.
02:23 We need to show a solid performance if we want to win.
02:26 Soufiane will return Saturday in training.
02:31 Ty and Mason Mount, I don't expect them back.
02:38 Viktor Lindelof, I think he was almost very back yesterday.
02:42 He trained with the team. We have to see how far he is.
02:44 Tomorrow we play against a good side, like all the sides in the Premier League.
02:50 Yes, we did well when we played them away from home.
02:55 But for us, again, we have to be at our best to have a result again.
03:00 That's what we focus on.
03:02 Every game has to be an opportunity for us to get results.
03:04 Now there's nothing more to say.
03:08 You can't win them all, but we have to have the mindset to do something in every game.
03:15 [Music]