In the past few seasons the English premier league number of teams that have earned that first position hasn't changed much, it's been Manchester city all the way, else it will be Liverpool, in fact Pep Guardiola had to even won the EPL more time in the last five years.
Though i will likely agree with you with the second position, it's looking the position of a first runner up is permanently looking like a crown meant for the Gunners. That's is why i Respec the fight Liverpool has putting against Manchester city over this year's, if not the premier League would have been turned to a private estate owned by Pep Guardiola.
Lol, although I kind of really liked how Pep actually turned the English Premier League to farmers league by winning it 4 times in a roll because the league fans thought nothing like this could ever happen and called every other league in Europe famers league. Manchester City won the league by demolishing teams with large score lines in enroute to winning the title.
If Pep really turned EPL into the farmer league, many people who are not fans of his club would be so mad. I have seen so many people who hatred to him so much just because he won 4 PL trophies in a row.
We might be seeing people yapping about here and there on Pep. So, the god has nerfed his club, and he can rebuilding his winning club back from the scratch.