Ex-Arsenal star gives sends blunt warning to Mikel Arteta with Liverpool title verdict

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Former Arsenal defender William Gallas said that Arsenal missed its chances to "kill" Liverpool during last weekend's clash at Anfield.

The game between the Premier League's top two from last season was settled by a stunning Dominik Szoboszlai free-kick, extending the Gunners' lengthy wait for a win in an away league game against Liverpool.

Arsenal hasn't won away to Liverpool in the top flight since 2012, and Gallas bemoaned his old club's failure to put an early marker down in the title race with a statement win.



"I think, especially at the start of the season, if your team is ready to fight for the Premier League, to win the title, and you have the players that Arsenal have, then you should do everything you can to win that game," Gallas told Gambling Zone.

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But when you play against Liverpool at the start of the season, you have a chance to send a message by beating them because they are not quite ready yet.

"They’ve got all these new players, and some of them have yet to start performing.

Liverpool made a lot of mistakes, and Arsenal played very well.

They look very strong and they will only get better.

"If Liverpool don’t take their eye off the ball, then the only thing Arsenal can do is to match them by not making any mistakes for the rest of the season

If Arsenal start dropping points from here, then yeah, we can decide that Arteta is the wrong man.

He’s lost points against Liverpool that they shouldn’t have lost