Declan Rice offers Liverpool hope after Arsenal loss and Premier League title prediction

Such is the distance that Carragher has conceded that this season will not be the year for his former club.

"It means Liverpool aren't going to win the league!” Carragher said while analysing the game for Sky Sports on Super Sunday.

Jamie Carragher has rated Liverpool’s Premier League title chances after losing to Arsenal

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However, Rice - who hailed Arsenal’s team spirit - insisted it is too early to be making definitive statements about the title race.

He said: “Like you said, we’ve not won here in 14 years, so we got off to a very good start.

“We could have probably done a little bit more as well in front of goal but in the end, that defensive line, the way we stick together, that togetherness we have, it’s like nothing I’ve ever seen before.

“I’ve learned that the table, you can only take it seriously in February, March. If you’re there or thereabouts, then you know you’re in with a shout.

“Anything now between now and then, you’ve got to win as many as you can.”

I’ve learned that the table, you can only take it seriously in February or March

Declan Rice

Both Arsenal and Liverpool are in Champions League action on Wednesday, facing Slavia Prague and Fenerbahce respectively as this season’s league phase reaches the halfway stage.

The Gunners then sign off for the international break with a home game against Hull, while Liverpool travel to the capital to face a struggling Crystal Palace side at Selhurst Park.