The Liverpool head coach backed Mikel Arteta amid the criticism he has received in the last week. The Gunners head to Anfield on Sunday, where a guard of honour will greet Liverpool's entrance to the pitch.

Arne Slot insists Mikel Arteta has created a ‘special’ team with Arsenal ahead of their Premier League match against Liverpool on Sunday. Arsenal will now end the season without a trophy after they were knocked out of the Champions League by Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday night.

Arsenal's players will line up and give newly-crowned Premier League champions Liverpool a guard of honour at Anfield on Sunday afternoon - and Mikel Arteta will forced them to do so