Mikel Arteta has said he wants the pain of performing a guard of honour for Liverpool to act as Arsenal's motivation to beat their rivals to the Premier League title next season.

Arteta’s players will stand and applaud the champions ahead of Sunday’s fixture at Anfield, only four days after they were eliminated from the Champions League.

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Addressing the guard of honour, Arteta said: "Something has to drive you, to motivate you and pain is probably a good one to use when you don’t really want to do something, but it’s the right thing to do and then use that as a motivation for next season.

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"But they (Liverpool) deserve that guard of honour because they have been the best team and they fully deserve it.

Arsenal, who trail Liverpool by 15 points, will record fewer points than they managed in both of the past two seasons where they finished as runners-up to Manchester City.

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But following their failure to launch a serious title challenge to Liverpool and their last-four exits from both the Champions League and Carabao Cup this season, Areta has courted criticism.

However, Arteta continued: "I have so much to achieve and that is what drives me every day
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