'Fear is the worst enemy,' says Arteta ahead of Arsenal's match against Liverpool.

"To win those matches you really need to believe that you can go there and win and compete against those teams," explained Mikel Arteta in his pre-match press conference.

"If you don’t have that component then you have fear and fear is the worst enemy, especially against the top teams because this is what they use a lot of the time just to win matches.

"You cannot go with any of that into Sunday’s game, just the same as we didn’t go [with any fear] when we played Spurs."

The Arsenal boss continued: "The moment that you get momentum and you are in a good run and you can leave an opponent as far [behind] as possible, psychologically also it is really important.

"To do that and to be 14 points clear of them [Liverpool], we need to beat them and it will be a difficult thing to do but we are willing to try."

The Gunners maintain their lead at the top of the table but beating Liverpool would help extend the gap with Manchester City.

Source: Arsenal.com