I think it's too early to be assuming the runner up winner of the EPL title this season, I would've said it going to be Man City turn again this tournament but it's a different story for the cityzens from the start of the league, they are actually distabilised and it's going to take them time to rearrange themselves back again.
If Arsenal can put more effort to winning almost all their games, it would def disrupt Liverpool progress and put them on shady mood.
Liverpool are almost certain to be the Premier League champions this season unless they lose badly like Manchester City or Chelsea. Liverpool are leading by a large margin and are performing well in every match.
However, it is difficult to predict which team will occupy the second place in the table. Arsenal are the favourites for the second place in the table. Nottingham Forest are playing quite well. However, I doubt whether this team can continue their good performance in the long run. Also, I would say that if City can recover their form then there is a big chance that we will see Manchester City in the second place in the table.
As a strong candidate to become champion, Liverpool deserves to be favored because if you look at its strength, it can still be said to be strong. But of course sometimes there can be changes in Liverpool's performance which ultimately causes them to fall in ranking. but it seems impossible that Liverpool will be able to lose easily in the upcoming match because of course currently Liverpool's point difference with Arsenal is 6 points, whereas Arsenal have played 23 matches but Liverpool only 22 so of course Liverpool has more potential to win. extra points.
For runner up winners it is still difficult to predict because of course we will not know the performance of Arsenal, Nottingham Forest and Man City in the upcoming match. Because of course these 3 teams have the potential to win runners up. But of course we'll see what happens later because these 3 teams will certainly fight seriously to achieve a good ranking and of course being able to reach the runner up position is also something to be proud of for a club. However, the strong candidate to win the 2nd EPL title is Arsenal.