The Gunners are enduring something of a crisis of confidence following four successive goalless draws in the Barclays Premier League which have dented their hopes of a top-four finish.

Roy Hodgson's side came to north London in determined mood, playing with two strikers and created enough chances to have won the game themselves.

Much has been made of Arsenal's problems this season, with Arsene Wenger's men booed off at the final whistle by a disgruntled home support so used to success.

Murphy - who played for Liverpool between 1997 and 2004 - believes this Gunners squad, currently hit by injuries to several of their key men like captain Cesc Fabregas, striker Emmanuel Adebayor and England winger Theo Walcott, just lack that blend of steely experience to go with their undoubted talent.

"I have been watching them a lot recently and what they do is play a lot of pretty football, but don't have that cutting edge they once had with the likes of [Thierry] Henry or since then, Fabregas and Adebayor, who are two big players for them.

"With those two not playing you feel you have a more of a chance, like with any team when you miss your best players.

"If ever there was a chance it was this one, and even though we're happy with a point there's a sense of disappointment as the lads thought there was a chance to go on and win it."

Murphy added: "It's a younger Arsenal team, a team more in transition. In the past when you played Arsenal there were more experienced internationals. You go further back and they had [Patrick] Vieira, [Robert] Pires, [Freddie] Ljungberg. You know they've been there and done that and maybe they lack that a little bit.

"Arsene Wenger has gone with a younger squad and obviously it's going to evolve. They're wonderfully gifted players, but I'm a believer in any team of having a mix of experience and youth.

"A bit of experience goes a long way and even though they have it one or two areas I don't think they have it in enough - but Arsene knows what he's doing better than me."

Fulham have a decent away record, but were thumped 3-0 at league leaders Manchester United earlier this month.

Murphy believes the Red Devils have more quality through their squad, which makes all the difference at the top.

"The main thing is strength in depth," he said. "If Arsenal lose two or three players, they aren't the same team. Man United lose two or three and they've still got quality. They don't rely on one or two, they have it everywhere.

"They can mix it up. [Cristiano] Ronaldo had a spell out earlier in the season and they're still top of the league. [Ryan] Giggs comes in, [Carlos] Tevez comes in and they can give [Paul] Scholes a rest or [Darren] Fletcher. They played Giggs and Fletcher against Chelsea and they win 3-0."

Hodgson, meanwhile, has done a fine job in consolidating Fulham`s position following his successful fire-fighting act against what had looked certain relegation when he took charge last season.

"I would like to think that with the right foundations we could become a top-10 team," he said.

"If we ever got to that and then, if we could have a couple of seasons when we were not looking over our shoulders and wondering if we were going to survive in the league, then you could start looking a little bit higher."