Arsenal's critics have been lining up to have their say, but Mikel Arteta insists his players need to hold their tongues and do their talking on the pitch.
Pundits Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher, plus former Arsenal midfielder Emmanuel Petit, are among those who have delivered damning assessments of the Gunners in wake of their 3-0 home humiliation by Liverpool.
Neville said some of Arsenal's players looked like a 'little mafia' and performed as if there was a 'disconnect between them and the manager'.
Carragher singled out captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, while Petit claimed some of Arteta's squad make Arsenal look like a 'retreat football club' and labelled them 'average'.