Arsenal suffered a 3-2 defeat at home to Manchester United at the weekend, with Jamie Carragher claiming that the Gunners do not have a "superstar" in their team
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - MAY 02: Former Liverpool player and current Sky Sports Pundit Jamie Carragher looks on, while presenting prior to the Premier League match between Manchester City FC and Wolverhampton Wanderers FC at Etihad Stadium on May 02, 2025 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Carl Recine/Getty Images)
Jamie Carragher has given a clear verdict on Arsenal's forward players(Image: Carl Recine, Getty Images)
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Jamie Carragher says Arsenal's title challenge this season's is 'not normal' - insisting the Gunners are lacking a 'superstar' in their squad. Arsenal's title aspirations took a blow at the weekend following a 3-2 home defeat to Manchester United.
Mikel Arteta's outfit currently hold a four-point advantage over Manchester City in the Premier League standings following the weekend's fixtures. City secure a 2-0 victory against Wolves at the Etihad Stadium.
The Gunners have 15 league matches remaining this campaign, with an away fixture at Leeds United scheduled for the weekend following their midweek Champions League commitments. Speaking on Sky Sports ' Monday Night Football, Carragher suggested that none of Arsenal's attacking players would feature in the Premier League's team of the season thus far, even though they are top of the league.
Arsenal's leading scorers in the league this term are Viktor Gyokeres and Leandro Trossard, who have both netted five goals apiece. Behind them, Bukayo Saka, Declan Rice, Eberechi Eze and Mikel Merino have each contributed four league goals this season, with Carragher arguing they lack an elite player within their ranks.
Carragher questioned: “When have you ever seen a team at the top of the table, who have been top by six or seven points, but if you were picking the best team of the Premier League so far, you wouldn’t have one of their players in the front four? That is not normal, that would never happen.
"The best team in the league would always have at least one, maybe two players [forwards], in the team of the season. Arsenal don’t have that right now, and that plays into the fact that they don’t have a genuine superstar at the top end of the pitch.”
Echoing Carragher's sentiments, former Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes said on The Good, The Bad and The Football podcast: “If Arsenal win the league, this could be the worst team to win the league,” said Scholes.
Arsenal's Bukayo Saka warming up ahead of the Premier League match at City Ground.
Bukayo Saka has scored four Premier League goals so far this season(Image: Mike Egerton/PA Wire.)
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“If you’re thinking of picking a team of the season and picking the front four, nobody from the Arsenal team gets in that. Look at previous champions - Liverpool’s forwards, brilliant.”
“Possibly the only one is Saka, and I don’t think he’s been brilliant. He’s not scored many goals this year or assists.”
Arteta said after the defeat to United: “In the second half they had two brilliant goals, some individual quality and magic moments. I think we managed to shift the energy, score the second goal, and you could feel that everything changed. The game was ready to go and win it.”
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