is it that easy. I'm not sure they will continue to be consistent until the end of the competition. things will change quickly if they are not consistent. manchester city is still the strongest team to win the title at the end of the 2022/2023 competition. Arsenal haven't met manchester city and liverpool this season which I think they can drop points against bigger teams. but I am quite optimistic that this season's arsenal squad is more promising than the previous season and they deserve to be counted as a challenger team to manchester city.
arsenal is a team that has really taken a lot of people by surprise with their incredible form since the season started, next month they will face tottenham and liverpool, this is a match that will definitely be difficult for them, but if arsenal can win these two games then man city and arsenal will be competing closely to be the first. arsenal and man city I see deserve to be candidates for EPL champion this season.
There is no doubt that Arsenal team has improved very much, where there is doubt is if Arsenal can continue at the top till the end of the season. The road is still very long for Arsenal. And the only big team that Arsenal has faced is Manchester United and they trashed Arsenal. This means that Arsenal will find it difficult winning big teams.
Arsenal does not also have the type of team depth that Manchester City has. It can mean that Arsenal will have to choose to focus on Europa or the Epl. They may not be able to chase the both especially if one of the fine players has injury.