Manchester City’s closest challengers for the last two seasons, Arsenal, received their third red card of the season after William Saliba’s sending-off in the Bournemouth defeat.
Jamie Carragher insists the Gunners’ disciplinary issues must be resolved if they are to lift their first Premier League title in 21 years.
Asked whether Arsenal’s disciplinary problems will ruin their chances of winning the league, he replied: “Yes, if it doesn’t stop. It has to stop quickly.
“To get three red cards in the first eight games of the season is really poor. They may feel a little bit hard done by on certain issues, but when I look at all the situations, they’re deserved red cards. I don’t think they could really argue too much, and it’s cost them.
“You think of the positions they found themselves in. They were beating Brighton at home when the red card comes, they were beating Manchester City away when the red card comes, and it was level at Bournemouth.
“So they’ve dropped points in all the games from the situation that they found themselves in, 11 v 11. It’s a huge problem.”
Carragher added on Monday Night Football: “This has got to stop. You’re talking about a team in Manchester City that are already three points ahead [of Arsenal] – you can’t afford to let someone like that get away from you.
“You look at Manchester City and Liverpool and they can still win games in that situation. So, you have to ask yourself about Arsenal’s set-up in those situations – is it right tactically how they’re going about it?”
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