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It's too much to take - Henry hits out at 'unwatchable' Arsenal

Arsenal legend Thierry Henry branded the Gunners "unwatchable" as they slumped to a 4-0 thumping at the hands of Liverpool on Sunday.

Arsene Wenger's team were overrun in midfield as Liverpool pressed high up the pitch and proved punishing on the counter-attack in a fascinating encounter at Anfield.

Henry said he could barely keep watching as his former team were torn apart by Jurgen Klopp's rampant side.

"That was unwatchable. At one point I wanted to leave. It's too much to take," said Henry on Sky Sports.

"I don’t relate to the team and I don’t think a lot of the fans do. That is a problem.

"It's comfortable at Arsenal. There's not that kind of pressure that you should have at a big club.

"You don't win the league for a very long time and you're not competing - it's on them [Wenger and the board] to change it. I go back to that comfort zone you have at Arsenal. Everything is nice and it cannot be like that."

Arsenal went into half-time 2-0 down and Henry claimed to have been expecting such a performance from the Gunners.

"I said it at the beginning of the season. Stagnation. People looked at me sideways," said the Frenchman.

"I knew what would happen today, I knew what was going to happen against Leicester, I knew what was going to happen at Stoke. 

"So I am not [shocked]. But still when you see it you are like, 'No. Not really. Again?' I am not that shocked in a way, that's what I expected today unfortunately."