'My issue': Thierry Henry shares the big problem he has with this Arsenal team right now
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Things seem to be unravelling slightly at Arsenal at the moment.
The Gunners have failed to win any of their last three Premier League games, and they suffered defeat in the Champions League this week too.
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What's going wrong at Arsenal? Well, Thierry Henry thinks he's diagnosed one of the main issues at the club right now.
Henry, as an Arsenal legend, knows a thing or two about how to be successful in north London.
Speaking on CBS, Henry has raised what he believes is a major problem in this Arsenal team, and he says that Arsenal's big issue is their away form, stating that it's simply not good enough.
Thierry Henry picks out Arsenal problem
Henry claimed that he thinks Arsenal's away form is a big issue at the moment.
Interestingly, Henry noted how important Arsenal's away form was towards the end of last season, and now, he's still picking that out as a key issue.
"My issue, and it always has been and we've talked about it I think on matchday two. Away from home it's not good enough. We were getting away with it for a long time, but we're not anymore," Henry said.
"If they lose to Chelsea are they out of the title race?" Henry was asked.
"I think it will be extremely difficult because they will have too many teams to catch. One team can have a problem, but I don't think two teams will collapse," Henry concluded
Arsenal's away form analysed
Henry says that Arsenal's away form is an issue, and he's not wrong.
Indeed, the stats show that Arsenal are so much better at home than they are away.
Stats this season | Arsenal at home | Arsenal away from home |
Games | 8 | 8 |
Wins | 6 | 3 |
Draws | 2 | 2 |
Losses | 0 | 3 |
Goals | 20 | 8 |
Goals conceded | 6 | 6 |
Arsenal do need to address this issue, and it's something that Mikel Arteta should be able to sort.
As the above stats show, the issue is clearly in terms of scoring goals away from home as the Gunners have only conceded six goals in eight away games this season.
Of course, Arsenal do have other problems at the moment.
Arsenal have had plenty of injury issues to contend with, while Kai Havertz's form has been off since Martin Odegaard's injury too.
With Odegaard now back in the mix, Arsenal should be able to kick on once again and get back on track in this tight title race.
As Henry says, Arsenal are desperate for a result against Chelsea this weekend.