Last season, Arsenal's toughest rival was Liverpool, but this season, Arsenal will have to face another tough rival and that tough rival is Manchester City. Last season, we did not see Manchester City at the top of the points table because Manchester City's performance was inconsistent last season, but next season, they will definitely want to start anew and win the English Premier League title again. In the past few seasons, we have seen Arsenal hold the second position of the Premier League strongly, but if Liverpool performs like last season and Manchester City returns to their best rhythm next season, then it will be difficult for Arsenal to hold the second position of the points table, although Arsenal will fight to ensure the top position of the points table next season.
It is impossible to predict which team will win the Premier League title, but it is expected that Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool will face a tough competition next season.
Manchester City isn't the only strong club that Arsenal will have to compete with next season. Perhaps you forget that Chelsea recent performance was good, and they appear to be ahead of Manchester City as the favorite team to win the league. Arsenal performance was poor last season, and they finished second as usual, if not, last season was the best for them to fight Liverpool for the league title because Manchester City were not in good shape and str to be in good shape.
Of course, predicting which clubs will win the league title next season would be tough because every Premier League club has spent a lot of money on signing players. Liverpool just bought Hugo Ekitike from Frankfurt for €95m, after paying €120m to sign Florian Wirtz. Liverpool seems to be the favorite club since they will still add more players before the season, but we'll see how the season goes.