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Arsenal's legendary captain Tony Adams says the Gunners' title hopes will be OVER if they lose to Liverpool.

Gunners legend Adams believes they will have more chance of lifting the Champions League if they slip SEVEN  points  behind  Arne Slot’s Reds and SIX behind Manchester City.

The ex-Arsenal captain, four times a champion with the club, said: “This is not quite a must-win game but it is a must-not-lose.

“We can’t lose, because then we would not be far off having more chance of winning the Champions League than the title, even this early.

“At the back end of the season, you will also have a City squad that has been rotated and is full of beans. Usually they don’t lose a game.

“You have to stay in touch with your rivals. If you get to April within three points of the title, you still have a chance.”

Boss Mikel Arteta fears Bukayo Saka, Riccardo Calafiori and Jurrien Timber will not be fit while skipper Martin Odegaard is a long-term absentee.

Tony Adams: Red cards are sign of a winning mentality… Arsenal need to be MORE aggressive

BACK in the day at Arsenal, red cards were regarded as signs of a winning mentality — not a failing that could cost them titles.The Gunners go into Sunday’s clash with Liverpool without defender William Saliba after he became the THIRD player in Mikel Arteta’s squad to be sent off this season.

When fellow Frenchman Patrick Vieira was dismissed in a home game with the Reds in August 2000, there was indeed talk of crisis in Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal team.But for Arsenal’s captain that day, Tony Adams, Vieira’s disciplinary record and reaction to his latest misdemeanour were water off a duck’s back.

Adams told SunSport’s Dan King, chuckling: “It was par for the course, Patrick getting sent off — everyday occurrence. “If I thought Patrick was being out of order, I would have had a quiet word. But I wasn’t going to go up to Patrick and say, ‘Calm yourself down, for God’s sake!’“Because that was half of his game.

I needed that from him.“And if sometimes we got red cards — and Arsene said, ‘Oh, I didn’t see it’ — then that’s the way it was.”“When they were closing down people, putting in tackles and getting involved, putting pressure on teams and maybe mistiming a tackle to get a yellow or a red, I didn’t have a problem with that.

“I would rather have had that than have no-one getting sent off and accepting losing every week."I’d like Arsenal to be MORE aggressive in making tackles and closing down."Read Tony Adams' full thoughts on Arsenal's red card woes...

Adams added: “With Saliba out and the injuries, everything is pointing to an away win.

“As soon as Saliba went off against Bournemouth, you saw it fall apart. We lost our balance.

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“It’s the first time in about three years that we’ve had a few injuries and it is highlighting weaknesses in the squad.

“City have got an array of talent. That level of quality throughout your squad makes a difference over the season.”

Adams is also not sure if Arteta has a centre-back good enough to make up for the absence of Saliba.

The ex-England captain said: “When we won the league in ’89, we had me and Steve Bould, with Dave O’Leary as back-up.

We can’t lose, because then we would not be far off having more chance of winning the Champions League than the title, even this early.

Tony Adams

“If one of us was out, we were OK. When you have that level of quality in your squad, you are winning titles.”

He added: “Liverpool are confident and Mo Salah is on fire but I have a funny feeling Arsenal will get a point.

“I would love it if we got all three — and if that means getting another red card in the process, so be it.”

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