Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has urged perspective after back-to-back Premier League defeats.
The Gunners meet Liverpool in the Third Round of the FA Cup.
It affects the momentum that we had," Arteta admitted. Until Christmas Day we were top of the league, six days later, we are fourth. So you can be very tempted to look at things with a microscope, or else take a telescope and look a little bit further and have things with a little bit more perspective.
My job, big time, is to look through the telescope and have perspective and analyse things in the broader way and not get affected by one performance. Not even the result, one performance.
The team has to give more. The team has to transmit that fight, aggression, intimidation and dominance to the opponent. Certain games this season, especially Champions League games, are going to create that next step, that's my opinion."
Arteta also said of their clash with Liverpool: "We are really happy with the atmosphere that we've created at the Emirates.
It's been incredibly supportive. Can we tweak it and sometimes make it even more hostile? I think we can and that's the next step in my opinion.
We have to be so grateful for what we are achieving and creating in our home ground and Sunday is going to be a good one again."
