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Jamie Carragher has a worry for Mikel Arteta(Image: Sky Sports)

Jamie Carragher has warned “emotional” Mikel Arteta that he could face the sack next season after blaming him for Arsenal's title near-misses.

Despite seeing his side rally from 2-0 down to level matters at Anfield on Sunday, Arsenal boss Arteta cut a very frustrated figure.

He publicly slammed his players for their first-half performances - something that stuck with Carragher.



They weren't all sendings-off, but that can happen in a season.

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"The injuries have hit them this season but they also played for them last season.

What they have done in terms of competing Man City in the last two seasons is fantastic but a lot of that was down to having the same eight or nine players week in, week out, and him never rotating."

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And while Carragher is a huge fan of the work that Arteta has done with Arsenal, he claims that he could face pressure from club chiefs should he not end the club’s trophy drought next season.

They made the jump to competing with Man City and they followed it up again last season, and they've been the team that pushed Liverpool this season.

Mikel Arteta let his emotions get the better of him at Anfield(Image: Getty Images)

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There's no doubt next season the pressure will be on Arteta massively in terms of winning something and winning something big.

"If they don't do that, the Arsenal board will have a massive issue, because they won't want to change the manager, but there will be lots of people saying 'five or six years without a trophy' and they will be looking at how many managers can make that next step.

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"The problem with changing Mikel Arteta is that Arsenal could easily become what Chelsea are now, a team finishing second year in year out, to a team not getting into the Champions League.
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