Former Arsenal goalkeeper Alex Manninger believes manager Mikel Arteta is lacking leaders in the dressing room.

The Austrian played with the likes of Martin Keown, Tony Adams, Patrick Vieira and Dennis Bergkamp during his five-year stint from 1997 to 2002.

He told talkSPORT: "I remember the player's characters like Martin Keown, Tony Adams, Nigel Winterburn, Dennis Bergkamp, all the French players that came in and brought quality, brought leadership in.

"[They're] missing that [now], missing the character of each player.

"I think they need to look at that, they need to become a team and a hard side to beat again.

"I can't see that at the moment and I hope, fingers crossed, that after the international break they start with a win against Norwich and prove many of us wrong because you need character these days and this is what [they] miss at Arsenal at the moment."