As long as Arsenal remain at the top of the Premier League table, there will be people queuing up to write off Mikel Arteta’s side.
The arguments are generally based on pretty sound reasoning. It’s a long season. Arsenal's squad isn’t deep enough to sustain their form. Manchester City are an unbeatable juggernaut. Injuries will derail the Gunners eventually. They are fighting against the weight of their own historic underperformance in the competition over the past 18 years or so.
But, for now at least, Arteta is defying those arguments. The Gunners are two points clear of City. They have won 10 of their 12 league matches and have been pretty good value in all of those games.
