Top of the league, nine wins out of 10, the bookmakers’ favourites to win the Europa League and all the summer signings gelling like Gorilla Glue - it is easy to get carried away as an Arsenal supporter right now.
Mikel Arteta has enjoyed the perfect start to silence the naysayers who questioned his side’s mentality last season. A calamitous end to the 2021-22 campaign saw the Gunners miss out on a coveted Champions League spot to Tottenham Hotspur - despite having a six-point advantage over their bitter rivals in March.
Adding Gabriel Jesus and Oleksandr Zinchenko - two proven Premier League winners - as well as former loan merchant William Saliba, appears to have drastically improved the side. However, the brutal reality is that Spurs were the first top side Arsenal have beaten all season.
