Arsenal legend Thierry Henry has insisted is former club are in ‘real danger’ of being caught by Burnley and finishing seventh place this season after a another disappointing result at the weekend.

The Gunners were beaten for the 11th time in the Premier League this season on Sunday by Newcastle, who jumped up into the top half of the table thanks to an impressive 2-1 victory.

The defeat for Arsene Wenger’s side leaves them in sixth place, however now hovering only two points ahead of Sean Dyche’s Burnley, who are in seventh.

Burnley, who have been the surprise package of the season, won their fifth top flight game in a row at the weekend when they beat Leicester City 2-1, and Henry believes given the two side’s differing forms, it could be the Clarets who end up clinching the Premier League’s final European spot.

Speaking to Sky Sports on Sunday, Henry said: “I said two weeks ago, Burnley are only two points behind Arsenal and people were like, ‘Come on, relax’. No, I can’t relax because they are really two points behind Arsenal.

“It is kind of a weird one because you want to put all our focus on the Europa League and it was great to see Joe Willock today and Reiss Nelson the other week – you want to see youngsters, – but at the minute, you can’t really play on ‘we can rotate and have it easy in the league’ while thinking about the Europa League.

“If they go out to Atletico Madrid, suddenly you’re fighting with Burnley – what an amazing job that Sean Dyche has done by the way – and you’re out of everything.

“I don’t think that will happen – maybe it’s my Arsenal side coming out – but [Wenger] rested some good players today and ended up losing the game. You need to think carefully about how you are going to play those last few games.”