Liverpool icon, Jamie Carragher, has agreed with Mikel Arteta that Arsenal are yet to arrest their alarming lack of creativity against the big teams.
Carragher agreed with Arteta’s assessment of the team after watching the Gunners fell to a 1-0 defeat to Liverpool in the Premier League on Sunday.
Dominik Szoboszlai’s 83rd minute strike from over 30 yards was all the Reds needed to secure all three points and take an early lead in the title race.
Arteta had described the result as disappointing, lamenting his side’s failure to take the very few chances they had in the game.
Carragher agreed, insisting that the north London side have done little to arrest their major problem.
“Arsenal’s problem is creating. That was the problem for them last season: they don’t create enough,” Carragher told Sky Sports.
“Arsenal needed to shift slightly, become a bit more proactive with the ball.
“Okay, you bring in Zubimendi, and you bring in Eze and Gyokeres up front. It’s only three games, but in the two away games we’ve seen Arsenal in this season, nothing has changed.
“Heavily reliant on set pieces, don’t create anything in open play and the best team in Europe for me, defensively.”
It was Arsenal’s first defeat of the 2025-26 Premier League season after just three games.
Meanwhile, Arsenal goalkeeper, David Raya said he was not able to save Szoboszlai’s thunderous free-kick goal because of the new ball introduced by the Premier League.
