{"id":325569,"date":"2026-04-28T03:23:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T21:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=325569"},"modified":"2026-04-28T03:23:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T21:53:34","slug":"jamie-carragher-names-the-sport-that-might-cost-arsenal-the-premier-league-title-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/28\/jamie-carragher-names-the-sport-that-might-cost-arsenal-the-premier-league-title-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamie Carragher names the sport that might cost Arsenal the Premier League title | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jamie Carragher believes Arsenal have been dealt a rough hand (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jamie Carragher fears fatigue is more likely to play a significant component within the race for the Premier League title and is anxious Arsenal have been dealt a rough hand in the way in which their fixtures have fallen.<\/p>\n

Mikel Arteta\u2019s side arrested their recent dip in form with a vital 1-0 home win at Newcastle on Saturday because of Eberechi Eze\u2019s stunning early strike. <\/p>\n

The Gunners will head into Wednesday night\u2019s Champions League semi-final first leg against Atletico Madrid with a renewed sense of confidence, not to say a three-point at the highest of the Premier League table, albeit having played a game greater than Manchester City.<\/p>\n

Arsenal will return to motion on Saturday after they host Fulham and can have a chance to extend their lead before City are back in motion on Monday night against Everton.<\/p>\n

Carragher, nonetheless, fears the short turn around time means Arsenal\u2019s preparations are more likely to be heavily disrupted, rendering the London derby against the Cottagers much more of a banana skin that it already was. <\/p>\n

He said: \u2018I feel Arsenal have been unlucky, and I do know this playing Champions League semi finals, once you play Wednesday then Tuesday that\u2019s an enormous difference between Tuesday then Wednesday. <\/p>\n

\u2018You\u2019re actually playing three games in six days, quite than three games in eight days. It\u2019s a large difference at this stage of the season. <\/p>\n

\u2018That\u2019s why I actually worry for Arsenal about this (the Fulham game). You play away and should travel, Fulham are a great and decent side and then you definitely\u2019ve got to go again on the Tuesday night. <\/p>\n

\u2018They\u2019ve been very unlucky the way in which the games have fallen. Three games in six days is admittedly tough.\u2019<\/p>\n

While three points was all that mattered last weekend, Carragher noted there have been significant warning signs in the way in which Eddie Howe\u2019s struggling side were in a position to play through their opponents. <\/p>\n

He added: \u2018My worry watching them wasn\u2019t nerves and it hasn\u2019t been the previous few weeks, mine is fatigue. <\/p>\n

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Eze scored a sublime winner on the Emirates (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018For me Arsenal are the perfect team within the league without the ball. It’s difficult to attain against them and it’s difficult to play against them. After they\u2019re at their best they\u2019re among the finest pressing teams.<\/p>\n

\u2018It was far too easy for Newcastle to make passes and get to the sting of the box. <\/p>\n

\u2018They couldn\u2019t create an excessive amount of after they got there which is an indication of the Arsenal back 4 but it surely looked leggy to me. <\/p>\n

\u2018It was too easy for Tonali and Guimaraes to dicate the sport. <\/p>\n

\u2018To see Newcastle play with ease on the Emirates was a worry to me and smacked of fatigue.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Jamie Carragher believes Arsenal have been dealt a rough hand (Picture: Getty) Jamie Carragher fears fatigue is more likely to play a significant component within the race for the Premier League title and is anxious Arsenal have been dealt a rough hand in the way in which their fixtures have fallen. Mikel Arteta\u2019s side arrested […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":325570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20686],"tags":[2605,19922,1355,5479,585,3962,622,3820,676,1148],"class_list":["post-325569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-arsenal","tag-carragher","tag-cost","tag-football","tag-game","tag-jamie","tag-league","tag-names","tag-premier","tag-title"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325569"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":325572,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325569\/revisions\/325572"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}