Good morning to Manchester City’s main Premier League title challengers, Arsenal Football Club – The Warm-Up

MONDAY’S BIG STORIES Arsenal’s major statement Ad At first it was just a decent start to the season, and even Arsenal fans were not getting carried away about their side’s prospects too much. After all, the season prior had ended in disappointment, and another campaign without the Champions League awaited. Premier League‘Never been in this situation before' – De Gea on ‘something else’ Ronaldo9 HOURS AGO The signs were there, though, with five straight wins and a stronger looking squad suggesting this Arsenal side were different, but then came the defeat at Manchester United – not exactly outplayed, but outsmarted in the key moments to firmly put the brakes on.

Since then? Five wins on the spin, not a brake pedal in sight. That is how you respond to a setback, and yesterday was a decisive victory against the team who – at the start of the season – were seen as Manchester City’s greatest challengers for the title. It was a two-horse race, after all, with Liverpool having come so close last season, and so the only truth there is that we do indeed have a two-horse race, with Arsenal now looking best-placed to challenge City for the title.

In truth, though, it may not be a race at all. City feel inevitable. Erling Haaland will have days where he doesn’t get the rub of the green and yet he still walks away with a goal, one of four scored by Pep Guardiola’s side on Saturday.