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Arsenal legend on why Unai Emery's side will face a potential banana skin against Wolves

Arsenal will be hoping to maintain their Champions League push when they travel to face Wolves at Molineux.

The Gunners were dealt a big blow after falling to a shock defeat at home to Crystal Palace over the Easter weekend, dampening their hopes of finishing in the top four.

Nuno Espirito Santo's side have had a wonderful first season in the Premier League, but have come off the boil slightly in recent weeks, however they will be confident of pulling off a positive result against Unai Emery's side - something which Sky Sports pundit Paul Merson says is entirely possible.

He said: "Palace couldn't win a game and then they go to Arsenal at the weekend and end up scoring three times.

"I watched Palace against Manchester City in their previous game and they couldn't get a kick. It was damage limitation. Then they go to Arsenal and they fancy themselves. It shows you the gap between Manchester City and Liverpool and the other teams.

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"You can talk about Arsenal's team selection against Palace but you can't defend like they did. They could have had Diego Maradona playing up front but you won't win matches if you have defending like that.

Wolves are a good side when teams have a go at them like Arsenal will. Look at the teams that Wolves have dropped points against - Huddersfield have done the double against them, Brighton sat back and got a draw, so did Newcastle.

"They have lost points against teams outside the top six because they play deep against them and they need to learn how to break that down."

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