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Carragher: Impressed

Are Arsenal as good as people say they are? You'd better believe it, I thought they had 12 men out there

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Jamie Carragher believes Arsenal underlined their title credentials with their superb performance in the 1-1 draw at Anfield.

Cesc Fabregas' 80th minute goal secured the Gunners a well deserved point to take them back to the top of the Premier League.

And former England defender Carragher feels that anyone who questioned Arsenal's ability to challenge for honours this year are well wide of the mark.

Carragher said: "Are Arsenal as good as people say they are? You'd better believe it, I thought they had 12 men out there!"

"Arsenal are a great side, but we were very close to them, we

are just six points behind and it was nearly a couple less with that display.

Commitment

"We battled hard, and we are proud of the way we played with commitment and effort, but Arsenal did play well, they are going to be a tough side to catch.

"But we have been under a the cosh a bit from the critics, who seem to have

forgotten that we are still unbeaten in the league ourselves this season."

The Liverpool defender added: "We know we have had too many draws. We have just held Arsenal, which we feel is a good result, but we now must improve our home form."

Liverpool goalkeeper Jose Reina also hailed the performance of Arsene Wenger's title hopefuls.

Brilliant

The Spaniard said: "There's not much doubt they were one of the best sides I have ever played against.

"They were brilliant but I think we had some chances as well. We probably did

not deserve to win but we didn't deserve to lose either."

He added: "I think it is a point gained because they were the better side.

"We tried to fight and to keep our level as high as we could but they were one

of the best sides I have ever seen."