McDermott dismisses suggestions Arsenal are in crisis

Reading manager Brian McDermott has rejected the suggestion Arsenal are a club in crisis and predicted they will still finish in the top four of the Premier League.

The Gunners head to the Madejski Stadium tonight reeling from their Capital One Cup quarter-final defeat by League Two Bradford, a moment that has been described as the lowest point of Arsene Wenger’s 16-year reign.

It has been a difficult season for Wenger, who now finds himself in the unprecedented position of being the third favourite to become the next Premier League manager to lose his job. But McDermott, who leads the sack race, believes Arsenal remain in safe hands with the Frenchman in charge.