Arsenal Are Going to Liverpool to Win Insists Carl Jenkinson

Sunday, 2nd September, 2012

Arsenal defender Carl Jenkinson believes that if the Gunners can win at Anfield against Liverpool later today then the rest of the Premier League will sit up and take notice – and he insists his side are going for the three points.

Arsene Wenger’s Gunners travel to Merseyside for a match they will hope to win after failing to yet register their first win of the new Premier League season; equally Liverpool are still waiting to collect their first three points, but will spy the perfect opportunity against an Arsenal side who have not scored in their two matches so far.

One team are likely to break a negative trend at Anfield and Jenkinson is hoping it can be the Gunners, although he accepts it is a difficult task.

"Anfield is always a great place to play football, we’re all looking forward to it and we’re going for the three points", the defender told Arsenal’s official site.

"I was only on the bench last year, but the atmosphere and the stadium itself make it a special place", he continued.

"Liverpool are an ambitious club, and I am sure they will not sit back at Anfield looking to take a point.

"It would be a huge statement of intent to win there. Liverpool are a big club but we are just focused on our own game, and hopefully we will execute as we need to and get the three points."

Last season Arsenal won at Anfield, taking all three points in a 2-1 win. The Gunners have a good recent record when playing Liverpool away and have not lost to the Reds on Merseyside since a 2008 Champions League clash.