Part of the issue, according to Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville, has been Arsenal’s “obsession” with set-pieces. “Arsenal have become quite rigid, they’ve become quite turgid at times to watch,” Neville said over the weekend.

Neville also said Arsenal left themselves ‘short’ by failing to add another forward in January, with Bukayo Saka, Kai Havertz, Gabriel Martinelli and Gabriel Jesus all sidelined

Gary Neville took aim at Arsenal’s apparent set-piece ‘obsession’ after Liverpool beat Manchester City to move 11 points clear of the Gunners at the top of the Premier League table. Mikel Arteta’s men fell to a 1-0 defeat at home to West Ham on Saturday to fall further behind in the title race,