Arsenal is unable to do two fundamental things as a team and their attacks have become obsolete, according to Gary Neville.
The Gunners remained slowly after emerging from their trip to Manchester United with a 1-1 draw, despite having most of the opportunities and possession of the lion.
Mikel Arteta left his interview after the game when asked about the challenge of his team's title after the draw left them 15 points behind Liverpool.
It has been a season full of injuries to Arsenal and again they were forced to introduce Mikel Merino as an impromptu striker, but Neville fell hard in his evaluation after the game.
“Arsenal cannot counterattack, and when they have the ball in possession in the last third, they can't really innovate and play,” criticized the podcast Gary Neville on Sunday.
'Then, the three ways in which goals score in the games, the pieces of placement in which they have been quite good, were not so great today, but in the pieces where they have been doing well, the other two areas from which you mainly get goals are when you are in possession dominating the game as a superior team, or when you are counterattacious and you can really go fast.
Arsenal cannot counteract or penetrate innovation in the final third, says Gary Neville
The Gunners were forced to settle for a 1-1 draw with Manchester United after another frustrating match against the goal, with many wasted opportunities
Neville criticized Gunners as 'predictable' and 'safe' after another challenging game
'They are always having to return and recycle and play throughout the field.
'Predicable. Sure. Sometimes they are doing a good job, but they need players who can interact with one, and accelerate the game in the last third. That is what the best players do.
'Liverpool is better in the final third than they and attack metrics show that.
“Arsenal is very good defensive, although I thought United had three or four great opportunities in the second half, but they still gave only a goal through their goalkeeper and back to four.”
Arsenal was Europe's toast only five days before, since they took care of a 7-1 victory over the PSV in Eindhoven in the Champions League.
That was the eldest that Arsenal had scored in a game since his 7-3 victory victory over Newcastle in December 2012, and then, experts felt that they had folded a corner.
Do you need a striker? I'm not so sure, 'Theo Walcott snorted in TNT Sports.
Daniel Sturridge intervened: 'We talked about PSV trying, but Arsenal was like, we are putting them to bed, it's time to sleep. They had that murderous instinct, they were not exhibited or too sure.
His boring performance occurs after his PSV Ramhing 7-1, which many saw as a turning point
Neville says that this season is a “problem” for Arsenal because they should have challenged more
“They were fluid, they created so many opportunities that were professional actions.”
That night she was launched as a turning point after Arsenal had gone two games without scoring and Arteta saw him as such.
'Obviously he has given us a lot of joy, trust and belief. In football, it is not what we did three days ago or today, it will be what we do tomorrow, '' he said.
However, Arsenal now faces the same questions about his attack with Bukayo Saka, Kai Hvertz and Gabriel Jesús, all injured.
This is not the first time that Neville has gotten into them. Last month, after they lost 1-0 at home against West Ham, he said: 'Arsenal has become quite rigid, quite turgid to see sometimes.
'This obsession with the pieces that exceed the entire game, exacerbated by the presence of the piece of the piece (Nicolas Jover) in the touch line and focuses more on the pieces.
'And it's like, no, I think freedom has left a little of them.
'And I know they have lost (Bukayo) Saka, (Gabriel) Jesus and (Kai) Hvertz, which are great blows and that is a big problem for arsenal, but I still feel that they have to do the work against West Ham at home.
Neville has previously criticized the interference of the coach of the arsenal piece, Nicolas Jover,
Mikel Arteta has had to deal with an injury crisis, but Arsenal could have brought players in January
'It is a defense, but then you must plan it. I know they didn't want to do business in the January transfer window; They thought there was not the value in the market or could not get the player who would enter and impact.
'But they have left brief, there is no doubt about that, and they have fallen short. Even without players that you have mentioned, they still have to do that job.
'The last two seasons have gone very close and I had a lot of admiration, I felt that you have gone very close.
'This season is more a problem than the last two, because when the city was not going to be there, the team that had to be there was Arsenal in my mind, due to its growth and how close they were putting on.
“They will not be them, it does not look like, and that is the big surprise and surprise, and I think that will be the hardest in the joint room, and (with) Mikel Arteta, and the Camerino and the player, because they are desperate to win a title there and felt that they were honest closer. It is a blow.
'Yesterday (Saturday), look, it can happen, and they could say that Liverpool is fine, but Liverpool has eliminated points in these last eight games, Liverpool has taken two in the last three, they have attracted four in their last eight (before Man City's gain): Arsenal has had the opportunity to close again. They could have gone within five points.
'It's a really big blow. The questions will begin to ask because, a little like that Leicester season, when a couple of teams did not win it, you start asking questions to those teams, saying: “Wait a minute, Leicester went and won.” It is that type of season where it is at stake.