And Wright believes that the performance by the defenders on Merseyside will make Emery realise he needs to make changes.
“It’s a disappointing end to the year on such an emphatic defeat but I think you have to take the positives from the team,” Wright said on his YouTube channel.
“This time last year, I don’t think we had won away yet and were nowhere near a 20-game unbeaten run.
“There was a lot to take from the run, even though we weren’t hammering team, we were on a run that we hadn’t been on for a long time.
“We’ve got to move players on and the Liverpool defeat showed that.
Ian Wright hopes Unai Emery will realise what Arsenal need after losing to Liverpool (Image: GETTY/YOUTUBE)
Roberto Firmino scored a hat-trick for Liverpool against Arsenal (Image: GETTY)
“There are three or four players in the starting line-up that should be moved on or farmed out because we need to progress.
“I’m hoping that result will release some funds for Unai.”
Fellow Arsenal hero Ray Parlour agrees that Emery needs to improve the defence.
“I couldn’t see Arsenal winning, I really couldn’t,” Parlour said of the Liverpool clash on talkSPORT.
“I couldn’t see them getting a point. We all know the problems, defensively they’re just not good enough.
“All over the place at the back, they’ll always give you a chance.
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Unai Emery has been Arsenal manager since the summer (Image: GETTY)
“It was a real shock for me when they went 1-0 up. I was like ‘wow, maybe we’ve got a chance of nicking a point here’. But all of a sudden, bang, bang, bang - you’ve lost the game.
“I played with so many good defenders that were playing for Arsenal. They had two teams really.
“When we had the famous back four of [Nigel] Winterburn, [Lee] Dixon, [Tony] Adams, [Steve] Bould, [Martin] Keown and then you had Sol Campbell come in, Lauren, Ashley Cole.
“All four positions they’ve got to look at.
“Defensively, if you’re going to concede goals like that, you’re never going to have any chance of trying to win the league.”