Arsenal news: 'William Gallas and Sol Campbell will be LAUGHING at Unai Emery's Gunners' (Image: GETTY)
That is the damning verdict of former Tottenham striker and BBC Sport pundit Garth Crooks, who has slammed the Gunners following Saturday’s defeat to Liverpool.
Arsenal travelled to Anfield over the weekend determined to put the pressure on fourth-place Chelsea.
But Ainsley Maitland-Niles’ early goal proved to be a false dawn as Liverpool exploited their ineptitude at the back.
Stephan Lichtsteiner, Shkodran Mustafi, Sokratis Papastathopoulos and Sead Kolasinac were slammed in the wake of their 5-1 loss to Liverpool.
And Crooks has now brought goalkeeper Bernd Leno into the equation in an evisceration of Unai Emery’s side.
"As for Arsenal, manager Emery should know his best team by now and that he does not have a credible defence," Crooks told BBC Sport.
"This was the worst Arsenal back five I've seen assembled in years.
Arsenal news: 'William Gallas and Sol Campbell will be LAUGHING at Unai Emery's Gunners' (Image: GETTY)
"William Gallas and Sol Campbell must be falling about with laughter."
Crooks’ criticism was not isolated to Arsenal’s poor defending though, with Emery also questioned.
"I actually felt sorry for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang," Crooks said.
"Is anyone really suggesting that if they had played with Aubameyang and substitute Alexandre Lacazette up front together Arsenal could have done any worse? I don't think so.
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Arsenal news: 'William Gallas and Sol Campbell will be LAUGHING at Unai Emery's Gunners' (Image: GETTY)
"Is Unai Emery losing his nerve against the big teams?"
Arsenal’s defeat to Liverpool coupled with Chelsea’s win over Crystal Palace left them five points adrift of the top four.
And they will be desperate to get back on track when they return to Premier League action in January.
Next up for the north Londoners is a showdown with cross-city rivals Fulham at the Emirates on Tuesday.