'Nothing to do with me' - Mikel Arteta reveals what he will be doing when Liverpool face Man City

Liverpool might currently sit top of the Premier League table, but they could well lose that berth before Sunday’s clash with Man City.

The Reds currently sit a point clear of Pep Guardiola’s reigning champions, and are two ahead of third-placed Arsenal. But with the Gunners hosting Brentford on Saturday evening, Mikel Arteta’s men have the opportunity to leapfrog both sides.

Already boasting a far superior goal-difference to both Liverpool and Man City, victory for Arsenal over the Bees would also ensure that top spot would remain theirs if their title-rivals fight out a draw at Anfield.

Those of a Liverpool and City persuasion will inevitably expect nothing less than a Gunners win against Brentford. But when it’s their turn to take to the pitch on Sunday, Arteta will be watching on, having revealed that he intends to watch the top-of-the-table clash with his children.

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“Honestly, it is nothing to do with me,” he said of Liverpool’s meeting with City. “I will sit down with my kids and enjoy the match.

“I can't control it. I will enjoy a magnificent game of football between two of the best teams in Europe in the last decade and let's see what that brings, but the focus is on us and Brentford.

“Privately and publicly I have the same (answer) because it's nothing to do with me. We know the demands that we have and the demands that Brentford are going to ask us to win the match and identify that.

“We are still not (top of the league) and we want to be better than where we are at the moment, and the other two are, so we have to continue to win. That's the only thing we