Arsenal coming very close to winning the league last season must have given them the morale that they can do it this season. I think Arsenal are well placed to challenge for the EPL title again this season but are once again in need of reinforcements. Right now, they are in desperate need of attacking recruits after a poor run of form that has seen their EPL title challenge stutter.
Somehow I don’t really know if the team isn’t firing or it’s the inefficiency of their strikers, but they played last season and it wasn’t dependent on a striker bagging in goals but spread across the team and that was why they had the most goal scorers in a team. I don’t really understand why they haven’t been replicating that form of last season. Whatever they switched to this season has affected their efficiency.
Last season Arsenal almost won the EPL after staying at the top of the standings for a very long time, due to a small mistake towards the end of the competition, they were the losers after Manchester City managed to collect more points than them. This season Arsenal is trying to chase their dreams again, but the competition this season is tougher than last season. Liverpool appear very consistent, Manchester City are also starting to find their best form, it will be very difficult for Arsenal to return to the top of the standings if they don't appear as consistent as they were at the start of the season.
I know the EPL title is usually decided in the second half of the season. Manchester city and Liverpool are the most consistent teams currently but I don’t think we should write off Arsenal because they have lost just 2 consecutive games. The season is still young and anything can happen. We saw how Arsenal were on top of the league table for a very long period of time last season, that everybody thought they were going to be crowned champions. But so many things can go wrong in the game of sports; injuries, suspensions and point deductions.
Injury to key players might affect the overall performance of a team and it was evident in this Manchester city team as they were dropping points without their star men.
It’s very possible that any of these teams will drop points before the end of the season and Arsenal will get their way back to the top.