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Arsenal are progressing very well under Mikel Arteta's stewardship and are in a strong position to finish in one of those crucial Champions League places.

Whilst on paper two back-to-back eighth-place finishes are incredibly underwhelming, clear mitigating circumstances have been present since the Spaniard has arrived in north London, with plenty of issues to iron out following Unai Emery's exit.

When diving into the finer details and rewinding back to Boxing Day of 2020, Hale End Graduate Emile Smith Rowe's inclusion into the team enabled Arteta to deploy a more favourable system and since then, Arsenal have managed to take 98 points in 48 Premier League games.

This clearly shows that the north Londoners have been illustrating top-four form for more than a year now, but whilst improvement within this Arsenal team is clearly evident, former Liverpool hero Jamie Carragher believes that the gap between themselves and the elite sides within the division is still huge.

"I think what Liverpool and Man City are doing, not just this season, but what they have done for the past three or four seasons, it makes it really difficult for Chelsea, Manchester United, Tottenham and Arsenal," Carragher said to Sky Sports.

"I mean we are critical of those teams, at