Manchester United legend, Gary Neville, has pinpointed just one concern for supervisor Mikel Arteta within the Arsenal squad.
Arsenal opened a six-point hole within the Premier League desk on Sunday after beating Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 within the north London derby.
Leandro Trossard opened the scoring for the Gunners earlier than Ebere Eze netted a hat-trick on the Emirates.
Arsenal have been spectacular this season regardless of accidents to key gamers resembling Gabriel Magalhães, Martin Ødegaard, Viktor Gyökeres, Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus.
Neville, nevertheless, feels there may be one irreplaceable participant and that an damage may derail their glorious season.
He mentioned it may show pricey for Arsenal if Declan Rice is injured, because the England midfielder brings a novel talent set to the group.
“The attention-grabbing factor is that they’ve bought [Riccardo] Calafiori and [Jurrien] Timber at full-back. Myles Lewis-Skelly and Ben White are in all probability higher going ahead, though there’s not a lot between White and Timber,” he mentioned on The Gary Neville Podcast.
“They’ve bought actual choices at full-back, actual choices at centre-back.
“The one participant you’d be apprehensive about shedding for a time frame can be Declan Rice as a result of you’ll be able to’t exchange that.
“That’s your Roy Keane, that’s your Rodri, the participant that holds you collectively. There’s solely one among them.
“You’d by no means have the ability to exchange his capacity to be highly effective on set-pieces, his operating, his tackling, his affect on the sport going ahead.”
