"There's NO WAY Arsenal can catch Liverpool" | Paul Merson believes Arsenal's title race is over ❌ - Vídeo Dailymotion

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► Subscribe to Sky Sports News: http://bit.ly/SkySportsNewsSub ► Watch Sky Sports: https://bit.ly/BuySkySports  Former Gunner Paul Merson doesn’t hold back as he discusses Arsenal’s struggles in the title race and why he believes there’s no way they can catch Liverpool now.  #skysportsnews #skysportsfootball #arsenal    ► For the latest developments on this story: https://qrcode.skysports.com/skysports/topstories ► For the latest transfer news: https://qrcode.skysports.com/skysports/TransferCentre     More from Sky Sports on YouTube:  ► Sky Sports: http://bit.ly/SkySportsSub ► Sky Sports Boxing: http://bit.ly/SSBoxingSub ► Sky Sports Cricket: http://bit.ly/SubscribeSkyCricket ► Sky Sports Darts: https://bit.ly/SubSkySportsDarts ► Sky Sports Football: http://bit.ly/SSFootballSub ► Sky Sports F1: http://bit.ly/SubscribeSkyF1 ► Sky Sports Golf: https://bit.ly/SubscribeSkySportsGolf ► Sky Sports Premier League: https://bit.ly/SubscribeSkySportsPL ► Sky Sports Retro: http://bit.ly/SkySportsRetroSub  ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skysportsnews ► X: https://x.com/SkySportsNews ► Website: https://www.skysports.com  ► To enquire about licensing Sky Sports content, you can find out more here: https://www.skysports.com/more-sports/news/31754/11434270/license-sky-sports-footage

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00:00But what we need to talk to Merse about now is what happened at the Emirates today.

00:04Arsenal's unbeaten record in the Premier League at home has gone.

00:08West Ham doing what they did last season and winning at the Emirates.

00:11Last season 2-0, this season 1-0.

00:13Jared Bowen with his 50th Premier League goal for the Hammers this afternoon.

00:18And only two shots on target from Arsenal in that game.

00:21The fewest they've had in the Premier League at home so far this season.

00:24And we wondered, we wondered about those injuries,

00:27the key injuries, so the likes of Havertz as well.

00:29Whether they had found a new striker last week against Leicester City.

00:33I think we found out the answer this afternoon.

00:35Yeah, I mean, they were fortunate last week, let's be honest.

00:38It was 0-0, they made Leicester look half-decent last week.

00:40And Mourinho comes on and scores two very good goals.

00:43A hard position to play centre-forward.

00:45There's not a lot of top centre-forwards around.

00:48It's a difficult position to play.

00:50And to just throw people up there and expect they're going to do the magic,

00:54especially when they've never played there, for me is mind-blowing, really.

00:58Absolutely mind-blowing.

01:00He looked like a fish up a tree, if I'm being honest.

01:02I don't mean disrespectful to him.

01:03He's a holding midfield player.

01:04It's like me going and playing at centre-half.

01:07I mean, you just don't do that.

01:08It's like Clinton going to play right back.

01:10You know what I mean?

01:11He just can't do that.

01:12So, yeah, I worry for Arsenal now.

01:14I worry for them now.

01:15I mean, listen, for you, you said it.

01:18You talk about Liverpool booking team buses and all that for the opening top parade.

01:21You think the title race is over.

01:22You worry about them beyond that.

01:24One million per cent.

01:25One million per cent.

01:26There's no way Arsenal can catch Liverpool.

01:29They've got no forwards.

01:30They've got no forwards.

01:31They've got a young 17-year-old who's going to have a bright future.

01:34Amazing player.

01:35How did Domanieri look today?

01:36No, he struggled.

01:38But he's 17 years of age.

01:40He's going to be like that for the club.

01:41You can't ask a 17-year-old to be the answer, can you?

01:43Yeah, he's been like that all the time.

01:44But he will be going like that.

01:46And when it gets like that, it's hard for a 17-year-old to come back.

01:50So that's hard.

01:51Trossard is a bit-part player, in my opinion.

01:55I think if everybody's fit, he's one of them you want to come on with 30 minutes to go,

01:59if you need him.

02:00I think he's that kind of player.

02:01But he's got to play every game now.

02:03And then they've got no centre forward.

02:05There's absolutely no chance.

02:07Even if Liverpool got beat 7-0 tomorrow, they still can't win the league.

02:11They can't.

02:11Not with...

02:12I see enough today to know that they are going to struggle to the end of the season.

02:17And I'll be...

02:18How many games have they got left?

02:21Well, they've got Nottingham Forest away next.

02:2312 next to come.

02:24Man Utd away.

02:25Then Chelsea at home.

02:26So 12 total they've got left.

02:2712 total games.

02:31They'll do well to win half.

02:34Really?

02:35They've got nothing going forward.

02:37Absolutely nothing going forward.

02:38I don't mean...

02:39You know, it's going to be so easy for teams to defend.

02:42I mean, they just played against the West Ham team that...

02:44Let's be honest.

02:45They're not, like, unbelievable at the back.

02:47It's not like we're sitting there and we're going,

02:48oh, it's Van Dijk and who else, you know, at the back.

02:51You know, they're just a solid outfit.

02:53They were comfortable.

02:55Areola...

02:56What's the name? Areola?

02:57Areola made one save with his foot, with his feet that I would have saved.

03:01I mean, this is Arsenal at home who haven't lost a game at home this season.

03:05They haven't got any forwards.

03:06They've got absolutely no chance.

03:07All of a sudden now, the PSV game has become a Heads or Tails game.

03:12Heads or Tails game when...

03:13Let's be honest.

03:14If Martinelli, Saka and Havertz were fit,

03:18you're looking at that game and going,

03:19well, that's a shoo-in.

03:20They're through to the quarterfinal.

03:21Now, honestly, I don't see it now.

03:24Who have they got next? Forrest?

03:25They have.

03:26Yeah, they won't beat Forrest.

03:26Midweek, away at Nottingham Forest.

03:28They won't beat Forrest.

03:29Firstly, if they only win in six out of 12 games,

03:32they won't finish second.

03:34Yeah, I'm not sure.

03:36I don't know if they will finish second.

03:38I think they've just got to come in the top four, don't they?

03:39I mean, at the end of the day, they've got to get...

03:42I don't see a bigger Forrest.

03:43For you, the season's objectives have changed that dramatically

03:46with the injuries, the players they're missing.

03:47Well, what I...

03:48How about just making sure they finish in the top four title race?

03:50Have you gone...

03:50Simon, what I've seen in the last two weeks,

03:52completely and utterly gone.

03:53They've played West Ham, who were about sixth spot,

03:55and they got destroyed by Brentford last week.

03:57And then they played Leicester, who...

03:59Leicester, I mean, I don't want to be horrible here,

04:03but we'd probably get a team together here

04:04and give them a game, you know what I mean?

04:06And keep it tight for an hour or so, do you know what I mean?

04:08And then they'd end up destroying us.

04:10But it's not like they've just played, like, Liverpool,

04:15way, like, who else?

04:18And someone, like, I'm thinking the top teams now, I mean...

04:21Have you seen some of the players in here, Merce?

04:22I mean, that's a big claim, that we give them a game right now.

04:25I mean, they're bad, but they're not that bad.

04:27We keep it tight for a while.

04:28Not Arsenal, I'm saying about...

04:29They made Leicester look very, like, comfortable,

04:32and Leicester can't win a game, can't score a goal.

04:34I've seen enough over the last two games,

04:36they haven't made any chances.

04:38Yeah.

04:38Mourinho come on, scored two.

04:39I think before that, I don't think they had a chance

04:41against Leicester, or probably had a couple of off chances.

04:44So that's two games against, no disrespect,

04:47two pretty average teams, and they've failed to do anything.

04:52And listen, they're third from last game,

04:55is that game at Anfield away to Liverpool.

04:57From a drama point of view, every neutral hoping,

05:00there's still something riding on it.

05:01From everything you're saying, you think that's very, very unlikely.

05:05No chance.

05:05They go to Man United in a couple of weeks.

05:08Yeah.

05:08That'll be heads or tails.

05:10That'll be heads or tails game.

05:11Even against that United side.

05:12I'm telling you, they've got nothing up front.

05:14It's absolutely toothless up front.

05:17Toothless.

05:18Like they've got no centre forward.

05:19Centre forward is such a hard position to play.

05:21It's such, Clinton will tell you, it's such an art, isn't it?

05:24You can't just go and throw someone up there and go,

05:26go and do that.

05:27It's an art.

05:28It's an art.

05:28It is.

05:28Look at your face, you love that, don't you?

05:31Yeah, for me, I don't see them beating Forest.

05:33I'd be shocked if they beat Nottingham Forest.

05:34I honestly would be absolutely flabbergasted.

05:37Anyone here does not think the title race is now over after this afternoon?

05:42I thought it was over.

05:43I said to you last week, Merckx, I was doing the AFL zone and I left.

05:46And I was like, they've got no chance of winning.

05:48They've lost four main attacking players.

05:51And then you're left with three.

05:53Yeah.

05:54What do you do?

05:54It's like we talk about Manchester City defensively.

05:57You can't go away to a Real Madrid and expect to win a football match

06:00if you can't defend.

06:01Other end of the spectrum is Arsenal.

06:03Like Mercy's saying, I'm with him.

06:05If you can't score goals and you don't create chances,

06:06you've got no chance at that level.

06:07And you can't keep going through transfer windows

06:09and not bring in a striker they want to be crying out for.

06:11Exactly.

06:12After the couple of draws they had in three games, Liverpool,

06:14I thought the door was ajar.

06:17But they had to win today.

06:18Yeah.

06:18And then Man City had to win tomorrow in the Super Sunday game.

06:23That then kicks it wide open.

06:25Then you think, hold on a minute.

06:27You know, there might be a title race now.

06:29And they've tripped up now at home.

06:31So I always said it.

06:32Difficult.

06:33They've got home games.

06:34But they've got home games against teams from London

06:36who want to spoil the party.

06:38And West Ham have done that.

06:39Chelsea have got to go there.

06:40Fulham have got to go there.

06:42They haven't got an easy game with the team,

06:43what they have at their disposal at the moment.

"There's NO WAY Arsenal can catch Liverpool" | Paul Merson believes Arsenal's title race is over ❌

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