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Junior Firpo claims Arsenal will need to be 'unbelievable' to beat Leeds United

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Junior Firpo has claimed that Arsenal will need to make "unbelievable actions" to beat Leeds United when the two sides meet at the Emirates Stadium.

Leeds and Arsenal go head to head in the Premier League for the second time this season in their first game back after the international break. A chaotic match at Elland Road in October last year saw Mikel Arteta's side win 1-0 through a Bukayo Saka goal after the game was delayed for 40 minutes due to a power outage.

Patrick Bamford missed a second-half penalty as the current league leaders ultimately claimed all three points. Firpo was an unused substitute in that match and has now sent a word of warning to Arsenal ahead of Leeds' upcoming trip to the nation's capital.

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"No fear, we have proven against the big teams we play amazing," Firpo told The Official Leeds United Podcast. "Always, we play amazing against big teams. The only game against the top-six that we didn't is against Man City at home. After that we beat Liverpool, we beat Chelsea, we played a good game at Stamford Bridge, we played a really good game against Tottenham

"At home against Arsenal we did an amazing game as well, so no fear. We will go for the three points."

And ahead of the clash with the Gunners, Firpo has warned Arsenal that Leeds will not just roll over as he believes some of the top-sides expect them to.

"Those games, usually, the big teams say: 'We don't need to rush, just play until they get tired, someone will not make the run that they need to cover the space and we will take advantage'. But in our team, that doesn't happen - we run for the entire game.

"They will need to make unbelievable actions if they want to beat us."

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