Liverpool are deserved Premier League champions and Arsenal will show them the necessary respect when they line up to form a guard of honour at Anfield on Sunday.
But once the niceties are complete, showing Liverpool too much respect will be dangerous.
Mikel Arteta has three games to secure another season in the Champions League for Arsenal and he will have learned from Wednesday's Champions League defeat at Paris Saint-Germain on how elite sides should tackle giants in their own back yard.
The Gunners went after PSG at the Parc des Princes, pressing them high up the pitch, and their 20 shots was the most an away team have had there all season.