“It is two teams who want to be very dominant in their way of playing. They are very aggressive in the high press and the way we have to have the ball. There is a lot of individual quality on that pitch, it is about imposing what you want and keep them far from their strengths.”

With that in mind, Arsenal have the chance to put at least some distant pressure on the league leaders, albeit it remains difficult to imagine a scenario in which Liverpool let it slip up from here. Still,