Three talking points from the Premier League weekend

Arsenal, Manchester City and Tottenham took advantage of a reduced Premier League schedule due to policing pressures ahead of Queen Elizabeth II's funeral as the top three pulled clear at the top of the table.

City and Arsenal were comfortable 3-0 winners on the road at Wolves and Brentford respectively, while Tottenham's 6-2 demolition of Leicester left the Foxes still rooted to the foot of the table.

West Ham are also struggling to match the standards they have set in recent seasons as a 1-0 defeat at Everton left the Hammers in the bottom three heading into an international break.

AFP Sports looks at three talking points from the Premier League weekend.

Are Arsenal title contenders?

Brentford boss Thomas Frank was fulsome in his praise for the Gunners as he tipped Mikel Arteta's men to challenge City for the title.

Arsenal have not been champions of England for 18 years and have failed just to make it into the top four for the past six seasons.

However, the arrivals of Gabriel Jesus, Oleksandr Zinchenko and Fabio Vieira along with the return of William Saliba from three loan spells has built on the progress made under Arteta last season.

At a ground where Arsenal crumbled in losing 2-0 on the opening night of the campaign last year, Saliba stood up to the physical presence of Ivan Toney and even grabbed the opening goal.

Jesus and Vieira were then on target with the visitors so comfortable Arteta could even hand a debut to 15-year-old Ethan Nwaneri in the closing stages.

Dethroning a City side now blessed with the firepower of Erling Haaland made prove too big a task over 38 games for Arteta's men.

The Norwegian took his tally to 14 goals in 10 City games as the champions cruised to victory at Molineux.

But Arsenal's improvement