Mikel Arteta shares what he really thinks of Andoni Iraola’s Liverpool having beaten them at Anfield

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Mikel Arteta finally has an Anfield victory to his name as a manager after Arsenal beat Liverpool 1-0 on Sunday. Despite the Spaniard being into his eighth season in charge of the Gunners, he had been yet to beat the Reds on their own patch until a referee-aided win allowed him to change that.Liverpool should have had a penalty for a shirt pull on Alexander Isak during the first-half, but after conveniently declaring that he did not see the incident in question, Arteta patronised the Reds with some fairly smug praise.

Liverpool are beaten by Arsenal at Anfield. Give your reaction to that display… Arteta wants to give credit to Liverpool You have to hand it to Arteta, he has certainly failed, failed and failed again, but has kept on plugging away at the chance to beat Liverpool at Anfield.

“I want to give credit to Liverpool as well,” Arteta said in his post-match press conference. It’s very difficult, that’s why I think winning here deserves even more credit.” With Liverpool no doubt feeling better about themselves following the words of such an esteemed manager, Arteta was told that his team had actually prevented the Reds from having a shot on target at Anfield for the first time in Premier League history.