Diogo Jota believes Arsenal will have extra motivation ahead of Sunday's FA Cup third-round encounter -
The Portugal striker reveals his 'surprise' surrounding Gunners' form.
Jota is also under no illusions that despite a downturn in form from Mikel Arteta's side, the threat of Arsenal is greater than ever.
Liverpool and Arsenal meet for a second time in just a matter of weeks after sharing the points at Anfield -
Klopp's side have since picked up back-to-back wins over Burnley and Newcastle United to move four points clear at the summit
Arsenal have slipped to fourth after suffering successive defeats.
Jota
"I think no-one really expected [Arsenal to drop points] but games in December come really quick, fast, and they are Premier League games, so it is always hard,
"I think they have that extra advantage of trying to make things right and they lost their last game at home, so they don't want to do it again for sure.
"We know that's going to be psychologically an advantage for them, but it will still be a football game and like I said, we are able to go there and win.
"I think especially in the first round that we are in [the competition] we get this trip to Arsenal, it doesn't get much tougher, but it's part of the draw and we know that we can go there and beat them and that's what we want to do."
Jota has eight goals in 13 appearances against Arsenal, including two braces at the Emirates Stadium in the league and Carabao Cup
The former Wolves attacker believes that while it will be tough, the Reds can "go there and win".
Jota added:
"Arsenal [are] a great team, no doubt about it. They are maybe not in the best run of form at the moment, but they are a big team and the game they played at Anfield was proof of that.
"It was a lot of intensity, teams really going for each other, and we dug out a draw that was not what we wanted, but they were able to do that.
"Now, like I said, they are not in the best run of form, so maybe they look at this cup as a very important competition for them. We go there, it's going to be tough, 100 per cent, but we can go there and win.
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