Arsenal are now in grave danger of falling into the Championship, talkSPORT has been told.
The Gunners rank 15th in the Premier League table with just 14 points from 14 games, their worst start to the season since 1974.
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Mikel Arteta’s team has already lost eight times in 2020/21
In their last game before Christmas, they were beaten 2-1 by Everton and could be 16th the next time they play.
It has often been a joke that Arsenal and coach Mikel Arteta are in a relegation battle.
But talkSPORT expert Gabriel Agbonlahor, a former Aston Villa and England striker, insists the club really is in a fight to survive now.
“It’s serious now,” he declared.
“In the beginning, everyone was laughing at Arsenal and how they are fighting and in a relegation battle. In fact, I think they are now.
“The way they’re playing they don’t show confidence and it’s even more worrying when the coach comes out after the game and says they’ve been the best team in the last few games and they’re just not getting the results.”
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Gabriel Agbonlahor thinks Arsenal are in a relegation fight now
The Arsenal bosses have given their backing to Arteta, who has been in command for 12 months and won the FA Cup last season.
But Agbonlahor insists a change of direction must be made soon if the club wants to turn things around.
And he added: “At the beginning of the season it was promising for Arsenal with the signings it made and these games now that they are losing, if they don’t make a change soon it can’t be ‘well let’s give Arteta sometime, he’s going to build’.
“You’re going to be building from the Championship if they don’t do something soon because next is Chelsea and I am looking forward to a good beating of Arsenal at the Emirates on Boxing Day.
“It has to change because when you look at the table, I think that if Burnley wins their two games in hand, they will go over Arsenal and if Brighton wins and Burnley does, they will be 17th, once they are behind the zone of descent ».
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