Former Liverpool player Jamie Carragher has revealed two reasons he believes Arsenal might struggle to win the Premier League.
The Gunners have been in contention for the league title since the beginning of the season, similar to their performance in the last campaign.
Mikel Arteta’s side has displayed superb form so far, and in recent games, they have secured late winners, demonstrating their readiness to be champions.
Arsenal is currently one of the strongest clubs in Europe and consistently proves their worth in every game.
As they lead the standings while Manchester City struggles, many football enthusiasts believe they could emerge as champions at the end of the season.
Carragher acknowledges their competitiveness but expresses concerns that two issues could hinder their chances of winning.
The former England international said, as quoted by the Daily Mail:
‘They are the two things [the goalkeeper situation and the last-minute goals] that’s making me think Arsenal won’t win the league.
‘I can’t think of many teams, if ever, who have won a league title without a goalkeeper being a big part of it and I just look at the goalkeeper situation, and it doesn’t feel right. I look at the last-minute goals and it could be a good thing, it could be a bad thing.
‘You’ve got to score last minute winning goals to win a title, that’s a fact, but it feels like it’s happened so often that those games can sometimes easily go the other way. It just feels like every game has to go to the wire. It doesn’t feel like any game is easy.’
Just Arsenal Opinion
We are not the perfect team yet, but we have made a very good start to this season and can be champions by next summer.
We just need to keep working hard and getting those wins.
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Too early to say, that why we wont win the last but it isn’t going to help us and has to change. Some people will say, what BS, we are top of the league so thats not right. Well thats shortsighted!!!!!!
Not the last🤣the league 🤭
Carragher appears to be talking without too much conviction
The goalkeeping situation ISN’T ideal but the constant reference to it in the media is jarring me now. The daily flow of niggly remarks makes it worse than it really is It’s like a feeding frenzy. Bring on another crisis in another club for them to turn their attention to. In Carragher’s case I hope it’s Liverpool
The ‘goalkeeper situation’ is really a creation of the media from the way I see it-it’s been blown way out of proportion,possibly because Ramsdale is English. If there was a real crisis in our goalkeeping department,I doubt we’d have the best defensive record in the league. Our goalkeepers have made mistakes for sure,but it’s nothing that can’t be corrected with time and training – it’s actually a good thing the mistakes are appearing in the first half of the season. I’m sure they’ll be ironed out eventually,one way or another.Talking of winning last minute,it’s something even our closest competitors have been doing. Carragher’s beloved Liverpool,for instance,were trailing at home to Fulham by the 80th and needed two late goals to win.City have had their worst run in a while. Liverpool were also held to a draw by this Luton side.Clearly every team has their struggles at this point in time.I understand it’s his opinion,but it’s still too early to make any calls based on prevailing squad situations and results imo.
I think injuries are a bigger concern just like with any team. Imagine if we were to lose Odegaard for these upcoming matches. Who do we have in the squad to replace him? Even if Vieira were fit would any of us honestly trust him to play near the same level? No real Odgaard or Saka backups are for me our biggest concerns.
You’re right RSH regarding injuries. But the truth is,there are some players that are just irreplaceable and every team has them. We have the likes of Saka and Odegaard. Liverpool don’t really have like for like alternatives to Salah,VVD or Allison. City have been unable to win without Rodri.You can only hope they never get injured or come up with ways to reduce their injury risk.
Agh!!!
Last Carragher said our lack of a 25 goal scoring forward would hinder our chances of winning it. Now he comes up with these theories.
Bet next he will come up with other reasons to try & erode the growing confidence & believe amongst our supporters.
His comments are just missiles launched @ us in a PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE. Therefore i never give his oppinions any weight as he will always be scepticle about Arsenal.