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Paul Merson and Neil Warnock both think that Arsenal will struggle for consistency in the coming seasons as Mikel Arteta's side is still very young.

A 2-1 loss to Brighton on Saturday was enough to condemn Arsenal to further problems in the race for Champions League football as Tottenham Hotspur eased past Aston Villa in the midlands. Although they picked up a late consolation through Martin Odegaard, Mikel Arteta's side are now in a difficult predicament moving forward.

But, according to Merson at least, results like that and Monday night's defeat to Crystal Palace are bound to happen as this Arsenal team continues to develop: "It’s a young team, but when you have a young team this is what happens, the consistency levels change," he said, whilst speaking before the Brighton match on Gillette Soccer Saturday. "They were consistent over the last seven weeks, but they were also going to get 4/5/10 performance along the way which happened."

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Warnock believes the same. In fact, he thinks they've done well to put themselves within the top four conversation: "They are a young side so they will always be hot and cold and it is hard to find complete consistency. They have done far better than I ever