Only eight games in, Liverpool are basically out of the title race and Arsenal are genuine contenders.
Anyone who had made such an outlandish prediction before a ball was kicked in August would have been advised to lie down in a darkened room. If north London was going to launch a sustained bid to win the Premier League, most people would have thought Tottenham were the likeliest candidate.
But every time we have written off the Gunners, so far they have come up with the answers. The longer they remain front-runners, the more odds will shorten on them – and I fancy them to beat Liverpool this weekend.
