Alan Shearer fires title warning to Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta - 'I don't care who you are'

Match of the Day pundit Alan Shearer feels Arsenal cannot spend to suffer against Chelsea this play if they are to support gait with Liverpool and Manchester City successful the rubric race

Alan Shearer insists Arsenal are OUT of the rubric contention if they suffer their London derby against Chelsea this Sunday.

The Gunners were 1 of the pre-season favourites for the Premier League crown and viewed by galore arsenic the squad astir apt to wrestle the rubric distant from Manchester City if the champions faltered this term.

But Mikel Arteta's squad are successful the midst of a mediocre tally of form and caput into this weekend's circular of fixtures immoderate 7 points down apical of the array Liverpool aft losing 2 of their past 3 league games.

Arsenal fell to different decision successful midweek against Inter Milan successful the Champions League and were besides rocked by the departure of Edu, the club's influential sporting director, connected Monday. And their week could spell from atrocious to worse if they neglect to debar decision astatine Stamford Bridge, according to Shearer.

The Match of the Day pundit told Betfair: "Chelsea caput into their lucifer with Arsenal supra the Gunners aft 10 Premier League games, and though Arsenal person stumbled recently, it shows however good Enzo Maresca has done astatine Chelsea, particularly erstwhile you see the chaotic quality astatine the club.

"The midfield is astir apt wherever this crippled with Arsenal volition beryllium won and lost. Rice and Partey against Caicedo and Lavia is simply a bully conflict due to the fact that you're talking astir bully midfielders that bask handling the ball.

"The crippled against Chelsea is simply a ‘must not get bushed game’ for Arsenal. I don't attraction who you are, the imaginable of sitting 10 points down Liverpool is simply a batch astatine this level, and they can't spend excessively galore much defeats.

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"There volition beryllium fireworks, and it wouldn't astonishment maine if we saw a reddish paper oregon two, but I'll spell for a gully connected Sunday."

Arsenal fable Thierry Henry besides feels that his aged nine find themselves successful a must-not suffer concern this weekend. He was asked if decision against Chelsea would scupper Arsenal's rubric hopes connected CBS Sports successful midweek and replied: "I deliberation it [would] beryllium highly difficult.

"Why? Because you person excessively galore teams to catch. One squad tin person a problem, but 1 oregon 2 – we’re going with Liverpool and Man City – I don’t spot 2 teams collapsing, that’s my issue."

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