Liverpool, Man City and Arsenal are the clear leaders of the EPL right now. They are the strongest and most balanced teams in England. But I also want to emphasise Tottenham, they are probably the most entertaining team in the EPL. In every match they show constant pressure, every match looks wild. Tottenham beating Aston Villa by two goals on the road still went forward and pressed the opponent. Now the team is in fifth place, but they have one game in reserve, if they win the next one, they will move up to fourth place.
Don't forget Aston Villa in this case because when talking about the performance of both clubs (Aston Villa and Tottenham) I think this season they show more entertainment as a dark horse candidate after previously several clubs also have the same status such as Newcastle and Brighton.
But this season Brighton and Newcastle did not have such a good fate that made them a little shuffling in the middle of the table but not with Aston Villa and Tottenham who are currently still very promising even though there is a condition where currently Aston Villa is starting to weaken and a little hassle maintaining their consistency.
For the trophy race, the strongest candidates are currently 3 clubs and it is a good situation because this is clearly a new situation where the 3-club race is a differentiator from the previous season because sometimes only 2 clubs are always competing but with the increase in Arsenal's performance in the last 2 seasons making the competition in the trophy race even more interesting.