All over the place at the back, they’ll always give you a chance
Ray Parlour on Arsenal
Parlour says there is a stark contrast between the Arsenal defence and the teams he played in during his days at the club.
And he reckons Emery must invest heavily in the transfer market to make the necessary improvements.
“I couldn’t see Arsenal winning, I really couldn’t,” Parlour said of the Liverpool clash on talkSPORT.
“I couldn’t see them getting a point. We all know the problems, defensively they’re just not good enough.
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“All over the place at the back, they’ll always give you a chance.
“It was a real shock for me when they went 1-0 up. I was like ‘wow, maybe we’ve got a chance of nicking a point here’.
“But all of a sudden, bang, bang, bang - you’ve lost the game.
“I played with so many good defenders that were playing for Arsenal. They had two teams really.
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“When we had the famous back four of [Nigel] Winterburn, [Lee] Dixon, [Tony] Adams, [Steve] Bould, [Martin] Keown and then you had Sol Campbell come in, Lauren, Ashley Cole.
“All four positions they’ve got to look at.
“Defensively, if you’re going to concede goals like that, you’re never going to have any chance of trying to win the league.
“And that’s where Liverpool have won it, if they do win it, is defensively.”
Arsenal will look to return to winning ways on Tuesday when they host Fulham (3pm).