Arsenal legend Patrick Vieira insists Gunners squad IS good enough to compete for title despite Liverpool humiliation
Arsene Wenger is under increasing pressure after the Gunners season went into freefall with a number of players still set to leave
PATRICK VIEIRA has claimed Arsenal ARE capable of winning the league — despite their 4-0 humiliation at the hands of Liverpool.
The Gunners continued their fall from grace after losing to Stoke and Liverpool while seeing Alexis Sanchez, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Shkodran Mustafi on the bring of leaving.
But Gunners legend Vieira — who was part of the Invincible side in 2004 — reckons Arsene Wenger has enough talent to challenge for the title.
New York City boss Vieira told the Daily Mail: "You’re not going to tell me Mesut Ozil is not a leader? You’re not going to tell me Alexis Sanchez is not a leader?
"You’re not going to tell me Petr Cech is not a leader.
"I believe there are different types of leaders on the field. You have the technical leader, you have the vocal one, you have the one who doesn’t talk but shows it in his desire and how he competes.
"I’m more like that: the one who isn’t as vocal as Tony Adams but will show it how he competes on the field.
"And you have the type of leader who will want to take a penalty in the 95th minute — this is part of being a leader as well.
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"There are leaders in the team to challenge and they have the experience to win matches."
Wenger has come under increasing pressure from the fed-up Gunners faithful as their season goes into freefall.
The Frenchman managed Vieira during the Gunners undefeated season but the midfield enforcer refused to compare the current team to when he was captain.
Vieira added: "If you look at Arsenal today I really enjoy watching them play, they play some really good football.
"But that is not enough to win football matches or to win competitions. In our time we were winning and we had the strength to not play well but somehow manage to win the game 1-0.
"I’m not one to say, 'Our generation was better than this generation'.
"It doesn’t make sense to compare the two generations because we are in a different period.
"The team in our generation were more physical but this generation are better football players, there’s no doubt about that.
"So the balance is what Arsenal need to find. We had the physicality to deal with different situations."