Don't compare us to Invincibles: Arteta

MIKEL Arteta has insisted his Premier League title-chasing Arsenal side can only be mentioned in the same breath as the Invincibles if they start winning major trophies.

- By PHILIP DUNCAN

Mikel Arteta

The Gunners host Liverpool tonight - a pivotal fixture in which Arteta declared his team have a "point to prove" - sitting at the top of the table.

Arsenal, runners-up for the past three seasons, last won the title in 2004 when Arsene Wenger's team went undefeated in an historic campaign.

Arteta's players have amassed two more points and scored four more goals than the Invincibles did after 20 matches.

But speaking on the eve of his side's contest against the champions, Arteta, when asked if his squad is as good as Wenger's 2004 team, replied: "No, because the Invincibles won a lot.

"They won consistently and they created a history and a legacy and we have to do that.