Alan Shearer sends Arsenal major warning ahead of Liverpool fixture

Arsenal invited Liverpool to the Emirates successful the Premier League this play and Alan Shearer believes the Gunners volition person to amusement subject to situation for the title

Alan Shearer has warned Arsenal they indispensable hole their subject issues that person seen them shown 3 reddish cards this season, oregon hazard falling retired of the rubric race.

The Gunners saw William Saliba sent off successful decision to Bournemouth arsenic Mikel Arteta watched his squad driblet points for the 3rd clip aft going down to 10 men. The Frenchman was judged to beryllium past antheral aft VAR intervened successful arguable circumstances but Shearer dismissed that arsenic an excuse.

The erstwhile Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United striker believes the Gunners threatened to onshore themselves successful occupation again during their win implicit Shakhtar Donetsk. Shearer reckons White was subsituted for fearfulness helium would beryllium brandished with a red.

The pundit commended Arsenal's cognition but called connected them to amusement greater subject if they anticipation to execute occurrence this term.

"So acold this season, Arsenal person had 3 Premier League matches wherever they person been shown a reddish card, and with 9 points available, they’ve lone taken 2 points," said Shearer speaking to Betfair. "Whether you hold with the reddish paper decisions oregon not, that indispensable change.

"You can’t proceed to play implicit an hr successful games with 10 men. Even successful this week’s Champions League crippled against Shakhtar Donetsk, with Ben White ’s yellowish paper successful the archetypal half, they took him disconnected astatine half-time retired of fearfulness helium could beryllium sent off.

"It could beryllium a operation of unit and being excessively pumped up for games which is causing players to beryllium sent off. I similar that they’ve got a spot of a wound astir them, they don’t similar being beaten and erstwhile it doesn’t spell their mode they travel unneurotic - that’s a bully trait to have.

"But you’ve got to beryllium disciplined successful what you’re doing, and they were told erstwhile the referees went astir the clubs earlier a shot was kicked this play to explicate the rules, and what they volition beryllium clamping down on.

"It hasn't happened to each the different teams, truthful it indispensable beryllium an contented of ill-discipline astatine Arsenal. Going forwards, that indispensable alteration different they volition beryllium retired of the rubric contention earlier they cognize it.

Arsenal look Liverpool successful a top-of-the-table clash successful the Premier League this weekend. The Reds apical the part aft 8 matches and person enjoyed their champion commencement to a play nether the tutelage of caller brag Arne Slot.

The Gunners person location vantage successful the fixture but Shearer reckons the unit is connected Arteta's side. "We person a immense crippled connected Sunday astatine the Emirates, and If Liverpool were to triumph and summation their spread to 7 points implicit Arsenal, that would beryllium immense aft 9 games," helium said.

"Arsenal are astatine location though and they request to bounce backmost successful the league aft past week’s defeat. They did conscionable that successful the Champions League with a win, and whilst it wasn't a large performance, it felt similar the effect truly mattered.

"They possibly whitethorn person different wounded present excessively with Riccardo Califiori going disconnected injured, but they are astatine location truthful it'll beryllium a large ambiance and that volition payment Mikel Arteta’s side. It's going to beryllium a fantastic crippled with truthful overmuch riding connected it already aboriginal successful the season."

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