'MORE TEARS FOR GUNNERS'

AFTER a hartseer einde to their Champions League campaign when they lost 2-1 (3-1 on aggregate) to PSG on Wednesday, Arsenal now face the prospect of even more pain in the Premier League. 

With champions Liverpool lying in wait on Sunday at 5.30pm at Anfield, defeat for Arsenal coupled with victory for Manchester City over already-relegated Southampton will see the third-placed Citizens draw level on points with the Gunners, who at one stage were loshande voor die chasing pack for second place. 

Arteta said after the match against PSG: “Today I see how much they want it because they were in tears.

“This squad, two years ago, nobody believed that we could even probably qualify for the Champions League, not even think that we could finish second and compete in the league.

“Perhaps the amount of points that we had in any other year, you are champions. But the reality at the end is you need something to lose and that trophy with all the work that we do and the disappointment is we don’t have them.” 

Former Manchester United midfielder Roy Keane reckons it will be more trane for the Gunners this weekend and says even a below-par Reds will klap Arsenal. 

He says on the Stick to Football podcast: “Liverpool was poor at the weekend, and the last few games. “They beat Spurs, they were poor at Leicester, poor against West Ham, poor against Chelsea. They’re still at home, and a bit of pride kicks in. I’m predicting a 2-1 Liverpool win.”