Arsenal legend Ian Wright believes only "a couple" of players understand the severity of their situation.

Mikel Arteta's side are spending Christmas in 15th after a disappointing run of form that also included a 4-1 defeat to Manchester City in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday.

"What Arsenal fans have to recognise at the moment is where we are," he said on The Kelly and Wrighty Show.

"It's the realisation of where we've also got to look at the players in the dressing room. Do they realise what's going on?

"I watched Burnley beat Wolves the other day and it was a performance from a team who know where they are.

"And this is what I'm saying with Arsenal, there's not many players… I think [Pierre-Emerick] Aubameyang in Jurgen Klopp's last season at Borussia Dortmund might have been flirting with it but they got out of it at the end, no problem.

"I think Cedric Soares at Southampton had a time where they were struggling but there's not many in that dressing room that know about the situation they're now facing."