Mikel Arteta Blasted 'You'll Never Walk Alone' Before Arsenal Played Liverpool

Mikel Arteta blasted 'You'll Never Walk Alone' over the speakers in Arsenal training ahead of a trip to Liverpool, Cedric Soares has revealed.

Liverpool play the iconic anthem, recorded back in 1963 by Gerry and the Peacemakers, before every home game at Anfield.

The famous atmosphere generated by Liverpool fans has brought many special nights under the lights and can be difficult for opposition players to deal with.

And so last season, when Arsenal travelled to play Liverpool, he decided to get his Gunners side to grips with the soundtrack they would be playing against.

"Of course we work a lot on the game but you kind of work a bit on the atmosphere sometimes," Cedric told JOE.

"Anfield is a very known stadium here. It's always difficult to play there because also the quality, we know the fans will be helping their team. So Mikel tried to prepare it as much as he could and his idea was to bring speakers and create a bit of chaos during training so the players needed to adapt straight away.

"It's good also for the players to have something different in training and also for this in your mind. They will be there, they will be loud, but we still need to do our job."

The exercise will be featured in Arsenal's Amazon All or Nothing documentary, which also includes a team talk where Arteta discusses the life-saving heart surgery he had as a youngster.

In the away fixture against Liverpool, Arsenal were playing relatively well but a heated touchline row between Jurgen Klopp and Arteta got the home fans fired up and they went on to hit four past the visitors without reply.

Discussing the spat, Arteta said afterwards: "He was defending his team, I was defending my team, that's it. It doesn't matter.

"Yes, I did [speak to Klopp after] and I congratulated him. These moments are left on the pitch."

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Topics: Liverpool, Anfield, Arsenal, Mikel Arteta, Jurgen Klopp

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