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LONDON — On the night before the biggest game of Arsenal's season so far, Jack Griffin slipped inside the Emirates Stadium to make sure everything was in ...

“When we started, we were sitting at the back of a block,” one of the group’s leaders said. “The Ashburton Army have shown the rest of the stadium how it should be done,” Herlihy said. “The Emirates Stadium is the epicenter for that, and from there it spreads out across the globe.” The banner RedAction unfurled at the North London derby — spanning the width of the stadium — had, for example, been financed by the club. “You know what they say: The streets don’t forget,” he said. It had become a stigma for the club.” That was where the Highbury Library nickname began.” All that was lost in the move, it turned out, was the rhyme. “It ruined a whole generation,” Marsh said. Arsène Wenger, the manager who oversaw the relocation, always felt that Arsenal had “left its soul at Highbury.” Inside the club, there is a sincere belief that the raucous atmosphere is a cause, rather than a consequence, of the team’s surge in form. “It was amazing to play out there,” he said. As the players of Arsenal and Tottenham took the field at the Emirates, Block 25 was transformed.

"The bus was driving in a narrow street where we met another car. The question was: who would give way? Unfortunately, our man withdrew."

Here we had to get off the bus and go to the stadium. But we arrived in good time." A lot of strange things have happened when we have been on European tours!" "It's classic Bodo/Glimt. "The question was: who would give way? Unfortunately, our man withdrew."

Mikel Arteta said: 'You need to believe you can compete,' with Arsenal having won only once in the past 19 matches against Jürgen Klopp's side.

Although Arsenal burnished their credentials with an exhilarating win over Spurs last Saturday there is a sense Liverpool would be a more telling scalp given the hold Klopp’s team have exerted on them. “You’ve seen a lot of [turnarounds] in this league and we are making assumptions,” he said. They have stormed to the Premier League’s summit with a tempo and rhythm reminiscent of Jürgen Klopp’s side, who have made a scratchy start and sit ninth.

Ahead of one of this season's biggest tests against Liverpool, Mikel Arteta spoke to the press about our opponents, our start to the season, ...

But as we're looking ahead, again, to where we want to be and at the moment, we are not there yet. I think one of the things in terms of how you measure success, as well as lifting trophies, is needing to understand where we were. Now, I look at the games with a different perspective - you have to be much cooler, and you have to prepare many other aspects that are relevant to beat them on Sunday. If you're able to win, we set an atmosphere and such a feeling of belonging and participation, I think it's much better. And we have to show those opponents again that we have reached the level and we are ready to compete against them. So it's something that we have to experience, and test because at the moment, we don't really know how it's going to play out. Well, we know that the fixtures that we've been given have no precedence in this league because of the World Cup and with everything that we have to play in between. You always hear about the weaknesses that you want to improve. The atmosphere they're creating every time we play for them is fantastic. I think the way he has established himself, the composure and leadership that he's shown on the pitch – it's done in a very natural way without any flashlights, just being himself. But at the moment, we cannot ask anything of them. Again, it's another really exciting game to play against one of the toughest opponents in this league.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said his side could get a psychological boost for their Premier League campaign by beating Liverpool and extending their lead ...

You cannot go with any of that into Sunday's game, the same as we didn't when we played Spurs." Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com