Mikel Arteta has said he wants the pain of performing a guard of honour for Liverpool to act as Arsenal’s motivation to beat their rivals to the Premier League title next season. Arteta’s players will stand and applaud the champions ahead of Sunday’s fixture at Anfield, only four days after they were eliminated from the Champions League.

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