Arsenal's bravery questioned and labeled a “disgrace” after brutal verdict handed down for “worst game of the season” against Manchester City.

talkSPORT presenter Jeff Stelling says Arsenal “weren't brave enough” in their Premier League title clash against Manchester City.

He also labeled the 0-0 draw as one of the worst of the 2023/24 season despite the hype and excitement in the build-up during the international break.

City and the Arsenal game was potentially decisive in this season's title race, with both teams two of the best in the country and Europe.

However, neither of them took advantage of the opportunity to take a big step towards winning the trophy, with the gunmen Criticized for playing too defensively.

Reacting to the game on talkSPORT's breakfast show, stellar He said: “I thought we started the weekend with one of the best games of the season, Newcastle against West Ham (4-3), and I thought we finished the weekend with one of the worst games of the season.

“Neither team seemed to really want to win, or had the creativity to win. I think Arsenal missed a fantastic opportunity to beat City when City were missing almost their entire defense and also their goalkeeper. They were never brave enough.” . “.

He added: “Defensively they were brilliant, rock solid. Ben White, Gabriel, (William) Saliba, they were all fantastic. I just think it's a mentality thing, I'm not sure they went in there really believing they could win.”

Manchester City fan Jackie spoke about the final word after full time and was also not very impressed with Arsenal's performance: “Arsenal were an absolute disgrace. They came with a game plan, they came for a point and got a period, no. Don't even come near us!

“Liverpool, Tottenham, Chelsea and Crystal Palace attacked us, they didn't even do anything today, they were terrible. If you want to win the league, you have to come to Manchester City and at least try.” .

“At the end of the day, if they had given us a chance, we would have given them a better chance and it would have been a much better game. “This game was hyped all week by the media, talkSPORT, Sky. Sports News, it was the best game of the season and it was absolutely horrible.

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Arsenal's draw means they remain above City in the table and have taken four points off of their two games this season.

Although they showed little threat going forward, Gunners fan Brandon defended his team's performance given they had lost their last seven league games at the Etihad Stadium.

“Honestly, if Arsenal turned up today, they were naïve, they went to City and said, 'You try, we try.' They'd say, 'Oh, it's the same old Arsenal, they never learn.'

“That was an excellent away performance today. That City fan you just had, by the way, sour grapes, crying her eyes out, absolutely hilarious, laughing all the way through to the London boys.”

James, a City fan, responded by saying: “They came with a game plan, they wanted to sit with 11 men behind the ball, but they didn't come to win the game.

“If you look back, when City won the league in the last four or five years, we never sat behind the ball like that. “It was horrible, absolutely horrible to see.

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“They've had 3,000 fans travel and see that, and they signed off saying it was a great performance, it was shocking.”

However, Brandon cheekily replied: “All I have to say is we didn't come to entertain you mate, we came for our point and we took four points off you this season. We'll take it, see ya.” Later, friend, and have a nice trip home, son!

City are no longer favorites to win the title according to Opta's supercomputerand the leader Liverpool is shaping up to go all the way with a 47.7 percent chance.

Pep Guardiola's reigning champions have seen their chances fall to 33.5 per cent, with Arsenal in third place at 18.8 per cent.