{"id":91251,"date":"2025-05-10T23:22:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T23:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/91251\/"},"modified":"2025-05-10T23:22:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T23:22:12","slug":"liverpool-boss-arne-slot-jumps-to-the-defence-of-special-mikel-arteta-and-says-arsenal-boss-deserves-a-lot-of-credit-despite-missing-out-on-the-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/91251\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool boss Arne Slot jumps to the defence of &#8216;special&#8217; Mikel Arteta and says Arsenal boss deserves a lot of credit despite missing out on the title"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Arne Slot&#8217;s Liverpool will host Mikel Arteta&#8217;s Arsenal at Anfield on Sunday<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>The Gunners will start Sunday&#8217;s game 15 points behind champions Liverpool<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>LISTEN NOW: <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"class\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailymail.lnk.to\/its-all-kicking-offDM\">It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!<\/a> Are Arsenal even close to achieving big things?\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-409\/joe-bernstein.html\" class=\"author\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JOE BERNSTEIN<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Published:  17:30 EDT, 10 May 2025   |  Updated:  17:30 EDT, 10 May 2025   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/arne-slot\/index.html\" id=\"mol-3065eb90-2de2-11f0-b708-09a95520e405\" rel=\"noopener\">Arne Slot<\/a> has lent his support to &#8216;special&#8217; <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/mikel-arteta\/index.html\" id=\"mol-3068d1c0-2de2-11f0-b708-09a95520e405\" rel=\"noopener\">Mikel Arteta<\/a>, insisting the <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/arsenal\/index.html\" id=\"mol-30630560-2de2-11f0-b708-09a95520e405\" rel=\"noopener\">Arsenal<\/a> manager deserves more credit for the job he&#8217;s done at the Emirates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The knives are out for Arteta following Arsenal&#8217;s <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/champions_league\/index.html\" id=\"mol-306af4a0-2de2-11f0-b708-09a95520e405\" rel=\"noopener\">Champions League<\/a> exit against <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/psg\/index.html\" id=\"mol-3064b310-2de2-11f0-b708-09a95520e405\" rel=\"noopener\">PSG<\/a>, despite being favourites to finish <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/premierleague\/index.html\" id=\"mol-306aa680-2de2-11f0-b708-09a95520e405\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a> runners-up for the third consecutive season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Slot, whose <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/liverpool\/index.html\" id=\"mol-30643de0-2de2-11f0-b708-09a95520e405\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool<\/a> champions will get a guard of honour from the Gunners at Anfield on Sunday, wants people to look beyond Arteta not winning a trophy since the <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/fa_cup\/index.html\" id=\"mol-306b1bb0-2de2-11f0-b708-09a95520e405\" rel=\"noopener\">FA Cup<\/a> in 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Mikel should get, in my opinion, a lot of credit for the way his team plays,&#8217; said Slot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Arsenal can play almost every style. It is a big accomplishment to be able to have only one style, but Mikel&#8217;s team are capable of being different, as we saw in the two games against PSG.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;They can play off set-pieces. They can defend in a low block and be the dominant team. They can play a high-press. They can build up from the back or play the long ball.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-c037f832fdd7c12c\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/98257025-14699161-Arne_Slot_has_guided_Liverpool_to_the_Premier_League_title_in_hi-a-30_174691180096.jpeg\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Arne Slot has guided Liverpool to the Premier League title in his first season on Merseyside\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Arne Slot has guided Liverpool to the Premier League title in his first season on Merseyside<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-8881f8fbc828981a\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/98257027-14699161-The_biggest_challenge_came_from_Arsenal_but_Mikel_Arteta_s_men_u-a-31_174691180096.jpeg\" height=\"460\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The biggest challenge came from Arsenal but Mikel Arteta's men ultimately could not keep up\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The biggest challenge came from Arsenal but Mikel Arteta&#8217;s men ultimately could not keep up<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-df1863047e4346f5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/98257011-14699161-Slot_and_Arteta_will_go_head_to_head_for_the_second_time_this_se-a-32_174691180097.jpeg\" height=\"471\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Slot and Arteta will go head to head for the second time this season when they meet on Sunday\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Slot and Arteta will go head to head for the second time this season when they meet on Sunday<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Every part of the game they are good, and that means it is difficult to analyse them because you don&#8217;t know what you&#8217;re going to face.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;The only way you can have that is if you work at a club for so many years but not all managers who have been at clubs a long time can play so many styles. This is special. You don&#8217;t see it a lot.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Slot&#8217;s backing has echoes of Pep Guardiola sticking up for Arteta after Manchester City had beaten an injury-ravaged Arsenal 5-0 in 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Liverpool manager is already planning for the post-Trent Alexander-Arnold era by starting Conor Bradley at right-back this weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Whilst Jurgen Klopp talked about his team&#8217;s leadership group of Virgil van Dijk, Alisson, Mo Salah, Andy Robertson and vice-captain Alexander-Arnold, the Dutchman revealed his style is different.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;We have leading players, but it&#8217;s not like I sit every month or week with a leadership group. I&#8217;ve never done that,&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;With Trent leaving, it&#8217;s not all of a sudden we have no leaders left. He wasn&#8217;t the most vocal one in the dressing room, but he did lead by example. I talk with all of the players, not three or four.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DailyMailSport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Liverpool boss Arne Slot jumps to the defence of &#8216;special&#8217; Mikel Arteta and says Arsenal boss deserves a lot of credit despite missing out on the title<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arne Slot&#8217;s Liverpool will host Mikel Arteta&#8217;s Arsenal at Anfield on Sunday The Gunners will start Sunday&#8217;s game&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91252,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[1121,161,748,92,393,94,4884,179,80,101,93,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-91251","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-arne-slot","9":"tag-arsenal","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-dailymail","12":"tag-england","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-great-britain","15":"tag-liverpool","16":"tag-mikel-arteta","17":"tag-premier-league","18":"tag-sport","19":"tag-uk","20":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114486112744702359","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}