However, we cannot control everything as long as the team has the quality to be able to defend the title and Manchester City can always prove it through fierce competition every season. It must also be admitted that Manchester City late game mode will always be a nightmare for its competitors and Arsenal have felt this for the past two seasons.
What win league is a good squad and so far Guardiola has good eyes, I think the combination he has made for the last 4 years is the best he has done since he left Barcelona and I hope it last longer without any of them going to injuries because it's not even a doubt or assumptions, it will take the grace of another team to beat this race of the Premier League title winners from Manchester City or better still when he left the after the contract expiry next season.
What Arsenal need to do is be consistent at the end of the season and we haven't seen that from Arsenal so far. They are only good from the start of the season to the middle of the season and the rest of the time they always run out of fuel and Manchester City makes good use of this to beat them. And what Arsenal don't have is mentality and this was proven when they faced Manchester City at the Etihad, they only focused on playing a draw rather than wanting to beat them.
If there is any team that is consistent this season is Arsenal, they didn't drop from the top 4 during their poor performance but where they spoil the horse race was losing match after Manchester City has had poor performance for months, Rodri and Kelvin De Bruyne coming back after injury and red card made the ride smoother because that was what gave Haaland a trubo with increment in goals.
I'm also optimistic and looking forward to how Arsenal are going to purge players from their team, that was Guardiola did last season and still the team flourish successfully this season and won the Premier League against all odd, they should sell those guys that are sitting all the time, they are not there to sit but to win leagues most especially the ones with 3 appearance in a season.