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LOSE to Liverpool, and Arsenal are retired of the Premier League rubric race.
That is according to Paul Merson, who believes the Gunners cannot spend to autumn down due to the fact that the "gulf is massive" astatine the top.
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Arsenal, who beryllium 3rd successful the Prem aft a daze 2-0 decision to Bournemouth past clip out, big leaders Liverpool connected Sunday.
But they volition bash without the spine of their team.
With skipper Martin Odegaard retired with an ankle wounded sustained connected planetary duty, Bukayo Saka a uncertainty and William Saliba suspended aft a reddish card astatine the Vitality Stadium past Saturday.
And erstwhile Gunner Merson believes Sunday's crunch clash could find Arsenal's Prem rubric hopes.
Merson told Sky Sports: "This is simply a large football match, a immense football match.
"I'd spell arsenic acold arsenic to accidental that if Arsenal get bushed here, I deliberation they're retired of it. I truly do.
"And radical tin accidental 'Oh there's 29 games left' but aft Manchester City bushed Southampton, Arsenal volition beryllium six down them.
"And if they suffer connected the weekend, they're going to beryllium 7 down Liverpool.
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"These teams enactment up figures and don't look similar they're going to get bushed by the lesser teams. The gulf is massive. I deliberation this is simply a immense game."
Arsenal could besides beryllium without Riccardo Calafiori, who came distant from their cagey 1-0 triumph implicit Shakhtar Donetsk injured, and Jurrien Timber, who picked up a sound against PSG, when Liverpool travel to town.
Mikel Arteta admits Arsenal suffered with tiredness against Shakhtar Donetsk
Mikel Arteta admitted his broadside were bushed successful the 2nd fractional against Shakhtar, who could person earned themselves a constituent were it not for David Raya’s fantabulous prevention to contradict Pedrinho’s long-range changeable successful the 92nd minute.
Liverpool person a mates of wounded problems of their ain and person a time little to retrieve aft their 1-0 travel to RB Leipzig successful the Champions League connected Wednesday.
Goalkeeper Alisson is retired with a hamstring wounded portion question marks stay implicit Diogo Jota, aft the Portugal prima limped disconnected successful the opening stages of their 2-1 triumph implicit Chelsea past weekend.
It whitethorn not beryllium must-win conscionable yet, but it’s adjacent to must-not-lose for Arsenal.
Because portion the gulf is massive, the borderline for mistake is small.
Mikel Arteta's broadside are already 4 points disconnected leaders Liverpool and 3 points down past season’s rubric rivals City, who big 19th spot Southampton, who are winless this term.
But Merson mightiness beryllium being excessively hasty arsenic Arsenal suffered 4 defeats by New Year past season, going onto to suffer 5 games each season.
Arsenal ratings vs Shakhtar: Jesus reminds fans of his prime but Trossard flops for mediocre Gunners
ARSENAL continued their unbeaten tally successful the Champions League with a 1-0 triumph implicit Shakhtar Donetsk - but it was acold from a convincing performance.
Gabriel Martinelli orchestrated the decisive extremity erstwhile his low-driven onslaught deed the station and deflected successful disconnected the backmost of goalkeeper Dmytro Riznyk.
Here’s however SunSport’s Tony Robertson rated the Gunners…
DAVID RAYA - 7
Seldom asked to bash overmuch speech from recycle the shot to Gabriel oregon Saliba until the last stages
Pushed a perchance unsafe transverse retired of information successful the 84th minute. Pulled retired a magnificent low prevention successful wounded clip earlier claiming a unsafe transverse to support his cleanable sheet.
BEN WHITE - 6
Back successful astatine right-back contiguous and played arsenic if helium had ne'er been retired of the team.
Received a yellowish paper successful the 34th minute. Subbed astatine half-time for Mikel Merino.
WILLIAM SALIBA - 7
In the squad aft his reddish paper against Bournemouth, played similar his typically assured self marshalling the defence.
One oregon 2 sloppy passes precocious successful the 2nd fractional but different tin person nary complaints with another solid performance.
GABRIEL MAGALHAES - 5
Sloppily gave the shot distant to manus the visitors a unsafe accidental retired of nothing. Had different lapse conscionable aft the opener but successful the extremity helium was bailed retired by Calafiori.
Marked betterment successful the 2nd half.
RICCARDO CALAFIORI - 6
Skied a aureate accidental implicit the barroom aft six minutes. Tested the goalkeeper again aft 24 minutes.
Dragged his ft and went down injured aft skipping nether a tackle successful the 67th minute. Replaced by Myles Lewis-Skelly successful 71st minute.
THOMAS PARTEY - 6
Comfortable evening successful midfield for him. Recycled the shot good erstwhile astatine his feet and kept play ticking over.
Moved to close backmost arsenic White was hooked but didn't person excessively galore worries. When helium was caught retired of presumption Rice was capable to cover.
DECLAN RICE - 6
Like Partey, helium had a quiescent nighttime successful midfield with Shakhtar incapable to clasp meaningful possession.
Moved into the six arsenic White was hooked and Partey moved to right-back. Cut retired a unsafe debased transverse astatine the borderline of the area.
LEANDRO TROSSARD - 4
Nothing rather went close for him each nighttime with immoderate sloppy touches ending attacks and putting Arsenal successful trouble.
Summed up his nighttime by missing a 77th infinitesimal punishment and was hooked successful the 88th minute.
GABRIEL JESUS - 8
Wore the captain's armband and looked agleam down the close wing.
Denied a well-deserved extremity by the feet of the keeper successful the 43rd infinitesimal aft Havertz played him in.
Second fractional saw much bully nexus play, but ne'er had different accidental to extremity his extremity drought arsenic helium was replaced by Sterling successful the 68th minute.
GABRIEL MARTINELLI - 7
Grew into the crippled pursuing a quiescent commencement and was rewarded with a goal, of sorts, aft 30 minutes.
Brazilian chopped wrong from the near helping earlier firing a changeable to the adjacent station earlier the changeable rebounded disconnected the woodwork and deed the goalkeeper Dmytro Riznyk to spell successful the net.
KAI HAVERTZ - 7
Centimeters away from getting Arsenal's 2nd successful the 39th infinitesimal aft Jesus squared a volley backmost crossed goal.
Returned the favour to acceptable up his team-mate moments aboriginal lone for the goalkeeper to forestall a goal.
Won a free-kick astatine the precise extremity of the crippled to tally the timepiece down.
SUBS
Mikel Merino (on for White HT) - 6
Some bully touches and stitched play unneurotic well. A coagulated yet unspectacular performance.
Raheem Sterling (on for Jesus 68 mins) - 6
Tried to play connected the enarthrosis of the past antheral but did not person the gait find the wide chopped accidental helium would person liked.
Myles Lewis-Skelly (on for Calafiori 71 mins) - 6
Slotted successful astatine left-back and was not acrophobic to amusement for the shot but often did not person it portion tucking infield.
Jorginho (on for Trossard 88 mins) - N/A
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