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Sol Campbell: 'Arsenal players cannot cope with demands of Premier League'

Sol Campbell says that Arsenal's players are struggling to cope with the demands of the Premier League.

Former Arsenal defender Sol Campbell has suggested that the players are struggling to grasp the demands of the Premier League.

The North London outfit have come under pressure in recent weeks, with fans and pundits alike questioning the future of manager Arsene Wenger.

Campbell, who was part of the Invincibles team that won the Premier League title in the 2003-04 season, believes that the problem within the squad could be down to mentality rather than ability.

"When I watch Arsenal, everyone is working, but there's a feel of easy street," The Mirror quotes the former defender as saying. "Maybe they're going through the motions, or maybe this is the new pace of Arsenal? Maybe people are looking too much at the club's history and the success that went before, rather than the reality right now.

"It's a totally different team now compared to when I was at the club, or Tony Adams's and David Seaman's era. Back in those days, Arsenal had power, pace, skill and drive, a never-say-die attitude.

"How I look at it now is - there is skill, but the understanding of the demands of the Premier League at the highest level hasn't quite sunk in with some of the players yet.

"Some of them are just off the pace - not energy-wise, but thinking-wise. It seems as though they haven't learnt how to manage a game. How to get through difficult moments. How to see games out- how to batten down the hatches and ride it out."

Arsenal have lost their last four games in all competitions, and sit 13 points adrift of the top four.

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