Thierry Henry believes Arsenal’s Premier League titles hopes will be all but over if they lose to Chelsea on Sunday.
Mikel Arteta’s side suffered their first defeat in the Champions League this season on Wednesday evening as they were beaten 1-0 by Inter at San Siro.
Arsenal dominated possession and registered 20 attempts on goal, although clear-cut chances were difficult to come by due to a resilient performance from Inter’s defence.
The Gunners, who have suffered back-to-back defeats for the first time this campaign, currently sit fifth in the Premier League and seven points behind leaders Liverpool.
Henry feels a defeat to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday would rule Arsenal out of the title race and has raised concerns over the performances of Arteta’s side away from home.
‘It just think it fits the bill because Inter were comfortable to give the ball, so were they [Arsenal] brave or did Inter just give them the ball?’ Henry said on CBS Sports.
‘Inter do that quite often, they did the same to Juve not that long ago but Juve came back and scored two goals and came back 4-4. They’re happy to give you the ball so were they [Arsenal] brave or Inter gave them the ball? Let’s see against Chelsea at the weekend.
‘I don’t know what we’re going to do, I’ll be honest with you. I actually don’t know how we’re going to go.
‘I know today we were 1-0 down and we had to attack and Inter gave them the ball.
‘I just don’t know how we’re going to play away from home.’
Asked if Arsenal are Premier League title challengers, Henry replied: ‘Right now they’re not they’re not challenging for the league, obviously as you can see the results are not good enough to be able to be at the top, still a long way to go.
‘But my issue, and always has been, we talked about it on matchday two [after Arsenal drew with Atalanta], away from home I don’t think it was good enough. But we were getting away with it for a very long time, now we’re not any more.
‘That’s what I’m saying, let’s see what’s going to happen against Chelsea.’
Asked if Arsenal will be out of the Premier League title race if they lose to Chelsea, Henry said: ‘I think it will be extremely difficult.
‘Why? Because you have too many teams to catch. One team can have a problem, but one or two – we’re going with Liverpool and Man City – I don’t see two teams collapsing, that’s my issue.’
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