Thierry Henry blasts Arsenal's players for being too comfortable as he admits to turning his back on the game as Liverpool ran riot: 'I wanted to leave... I don't relate with the them'

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Thierry Henry turned his back to the Anfield pitch as Arsenal's humiliating 4-0 defeat by Liverpool unfolded on Sunday afternoon.

Henry had watched Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane give Liverpool a two-goal lead in the first half before deciding enough was enough.

The former striker admitted that he turned his back for the second half in which Mohamed Salah and Daniel Sturridge inflicted more damage.

Thierry Henry said he turned his back on the second half of Arsenal's defeat by Liverpool

Arsenal's under-fire midfielder Mesut Ozil cuts a dejected figure during Sunday's thrashing  

'I wanted to leave (the stadium). I don't relate with the team,' he told Sky Sports.

'I was expecting this. Stagnation. I knew what was going to happen today. But still when you see it you're like no, not happening again. But no I'm not that shocked.

'The way Arsenal lose the game is the problem. We are talking about desire, commitment. Have a go. The team I arrived into could fight. These guys? Where is the commitment?'

Henry added that it was difficult to watch Arsenal falter in such a way before suggesting that players such as Alexis Sanchez appear to be on their way out. 

Arsene Wenger looks a lonely figure on the sideline at Anfield on Sunday afternoon

Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez started the match but was substituted shortly into the second half 

He said: 'It is painful. It is how they lose these games, it is the same thing. As a fan, you try to be positive, but it's not nice to see. 

'What else? Everything that you see on the day has been happening for the past 10 years.

'We talk about Sanchez and is he staying, but they are not going to want to be part of this team. That is why players are not renewing their contracts, they can see something is wrong.

'The word I have used for a long time – comfort. Everyone is comfortable at Arsenal. It's not the same pressure you have at a big club, that you should have. Everything is… nice. It cannot be like that.'

Liverpool tore Arsenal apart in the first and second half as the Gunners failed to cope