Arsenal legend Paul Merson has emphatically ruled his former club out of this season's Premier League title race after Saturday's 1-0 home defeat by West Ham.
The result left the Gunners eight points behind table-toppers Liverpool with 12 rounds of fixtures remaining.
Liverpool will travel to Manchester City on Sunday but, speaking on Sky Sports, Merson claimed that even a 7-0 defeat for the leaders would not be enough to reignite Arsenal's hopes of winning the title.
An attacking injury crisis saw Gabriel Jesus, Kai Havertz, Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli all miss Saturday's game at the Emirates Stadium.