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KEOWN TALKS TACTICS: Liverpool could learn from Arsenal in 2002

In September 2002, we felt untouchable at Arsenal and Arsene Wenger told us we were capable of seeing out the entire season without losing in the Premier League.

Then a month later, after going 30 games unbeaten, a 16-year-old Wayne Rooney gave Everton a 2-1 win against us. Suddenly that aura we had been carrying disappeared and what followed was a spate of defeats in England and Europe.

Three days after losing to Everton: Arsenal 1, Auxerre 2. Four days after that: Arsenal 1, Blackburn 2. Another four days: Borussia Dortmund 2, Arsenal 1.