# Arteta can follow Graham’s Anfield blueprint to end Arsenal’s winless run

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/arteta-can-take-inspiration-from-george-graham-to-expunge-painful-anfield-memories/
- Published: 2026-10-30T20:00:23+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-30T20:17:17+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/oct/30/mikel-arteta-arsenal-inspiration-george-graham-anfield-liverpool
- Topics: Art, Culture, Sport

## Key points

- Arsenal have gone 13 league games without winning at Anfield.
- Arteta may take inspiration from George Graham’s 1989 title-winning tactics.
- Injuries and a recent cup defeat add to Arsenal’s challenge.

## Summary

Arsenal have not won a Premier League match at Anfield for 13 games, and Mikel Arteta faces a chance to challenge the view that his side struggle to win major away fixtures. The article suggests he could draw on George Graham’s measured approach in 1989, when Arsenal won the league there with a late goal.

Arteta has described feeling overwhelmed at Anfield as an Everton player, and his Arsenal teams’ last league win there came in 2012. Injuries and doubts over several forwards add to the challenge, while Arsenal were recently knocked out of the Carabao Cup by lower-league Fleetwood. In 1989, Graham urged his players to keep the game tight before Michael Thomas scored in stoppage time to secure the title.

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