Arne Slot has refused to join the Mikel Arteta pile-on by insisting the boss deserves huge credit for the job he is doing at the Emirates.

Slot’s champions face the Gunners at Anfield with Arteta in the firing line after his team’s semi-final exit at the hands of Paris Saint-Germain.

Arsenal need points after a slump in form which has seen their chances of finishing second for a third successive season start to come under pressure

A Carabao Cup semi-final exit at the hands of also means the London club have now failed to win a trophy since Arteta lifted the at the end of his first season in charge in 2020.

But Slot insisted: “Mikel has been working there for five years and he should get, in my opinion, a lot of credit for the way his team plays.

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“Arsenal can play almost every style. It is a big accomplishment to have one style, but I saw Mikel’s team play a different style at Paris Saint-Germain and another style in the home game against .

“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. So every part of the game they are good - and that means it is difficult to analyse them because you don’t know what you’re going to face.

“Will they play on the ground or will they play long? Against Paris Saint-Germain, every throw-in was long and they got two very big chances.

“I think Mikel deserves a lot of credit for that because the only way you can have that is if you work at a club for so many years and not all managers who have been at clubs a long time can play so many styles.

"That is special. You don’t see it a lot.”

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