Thierry Henry questions Arsenal’s title chances after noticing major ‘issue’ | OneFootball

Arsenal lost their third game in all competitions this season in their fourth Champions League fixture against Inter Milan at the San Siro last night.

It is their third defeat in the last six games across all competitions, and they will be desperate to return to winning ways when they visit Chelsea in the Premier League on Sunday.

Former Arsenal star Thierry Henry believes a defeat to the Blues could all but end their chances of winning their first title since 2004 this term.

“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,” the former Gunners striker replied on CBS Sports when asked if his old club will challenge for the title this season.

“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.

“It will be extremely difficult [to win the league if they lose to Chelsea]. Why? Because you have too many teams to catch. One team can have a problem, but I don’t see two teams collapsing – that’s my issue.”

Arsenal’s results and performances have not been good enough recently, and they cannot keep blaming the poor run on injuries.

They were without Declan Rice against Inter, while Kai Havertz and Mikel Merino were taken off during the game due to knocks.

The trio could all be available against Chelsea, but Arsenal have to find a way of winning without some of their key players if they are serious about mounting a title challenge this term.