Paul Merson: Arsenal will still win the Premier Le...

Sky Sports activities’ Paul Merson believes Arsenal will nonetheless win the Premier League this season regardless of their Carabao Cup remaining defeat to Manchester Metropolis – but it surely’s the one trophy the Gunners will carry this season.

Two objectives from Nico O’Reilly gave Metropolis a 2-0 win at Wembley, which ended Arsenal’s pursuit of an unprecedented quadruple.

Mikel Arteta’s aspect are nonetheless within the quarter-finals of the Champions League and FA Cup this season – whereas they maintain a nine-point lead over second-placed Metropolis, with a Premier League assembly between the 2 to return on April 19.

Learn under for the Magic Man’s ideas on Arsenal’s Carabao Cup remaining loss…

‘Man Metropolis completely destroyed Arsenal’

Man Metropolis turned up within the second half of the Carabao Cup remaining and completely gave Arsenal a footballing lesson on the highest stage.

For 25 minutes of the second half, nobody at Arsenal wished the ball. They have been booting the ball away, simply kicking it again to Metropolis.

And Metropolis destroyed them, completely destroyed them.

It is a sore one for Arsenal. It is a confidence-sapping defeat since you come within the dressing room after that and suppose: oh my God, we simply acquired destroyed within the second half.

Will it affect the Premier League? Arsenal are too good for the opposite groups they should play in opposition to within the run-in, so they are going to beat these groups.

However watching that recreation and that second half, I do not see Arsenal profitable the rest however the Premier League.

Man Metropolis are nonetheless within the FA Cup. Watching that recreation, you would be shocked if Arsenal went again to Wembley and beat them.

After which within the Champions League, I take a look at Barcelona – who Arsenal are on track to play within the semi-finals – and Arsenal have not acquired the tempo to bother Barcelona’s excessive line.

The ahead gamers aren’t electrical – they are not like Anthony Elanga or Anthony Gordon who triggered Barcelona issues within the final 16.

I would dread to suppose what Barcelona might do to Arsenal.

‘Arsenal gamers not wanting the ball is fairly worrying’

It is a dangerous mistake from Kepa, a shocker of a mistake. However he wasn’t on the pitch when eight of Arsenal’s outfield gamers have been getting ripped to shreds.

Solely two Arsenal gamers might stroll off the pitch with their head held excessive and they’re William Saliba and Gabriel. They have been excellent, and so they could not do any extra.

For the opposite eight gamers, Kepa’s finished them a favour as a result of everybody’s now speaking about him and the error – however no-one will speak in regards to the different gamers not deserving greater than a 5 out of 10.

I used to be at Wembley and what I used to be watching was: who on Arsenal’s crew wished the ball after they have been getting beat and it was going horribly unsuitable? And no-one wished the ball. No one.

If any of these gamers need to sit down and watch a video of me and go: I used to be on the lookout for it right here and there, I’d say: ‘I am afraid you were not’. It was fairly worrying.

The constructive for Arsenal is that they’re nonetheless in three tournaments. You possibly can’t lose sight of that. The principle factor for them is to win the Premier League.

In case you have been to surrender any trophy, it will have been the Carabao Cup. However it’s one other trophy gone lacking, one other misplaced remaining – and they are going to get some flak this week.