JUNGLE WARFARE

Mikel preparing Gunners for lion's den of Anfield

HE DOESN'T aspire to celebrity but Mikel Arteta knows all about the perils of the jungle.

Arsenal's manager is just nine games away from leading the club to a momentous first title in two decades.

And in a Premier League season where superb performances have laid a number of ghosts to rest, Arteta is hoping to leave Anfield awestruck by his table toppers.

But the Spaniard wont get his players ready for Anfield by belting out You'll Never Walk Alone over speakers at training, like he did last season.

But instead of lions, Arteta’s men were pussycats as they were hammered 4-0.

Yet the former Rangers star remains defiant that priming his men ahead of their trip to the Lions’ Den was the right thing to do.