Arsenal’s incredible start to the Premier League season continued yesterday with a 4-2 win over Brighton that put them seven points clear at the top of the table.
The Gunners added another three points, making them 14 wins from 16 games so far, with just one draw and one loss and a tally of 43 points overall.
According to Opta Joe, this means Arsenal are only the fifth team to have such a strong record at this stage of the season, putting them in the same group as some really big teams, such as recent champions Manchester City and Liverpool, who they ended up running away. with the title in the years that had such strong beginnings…
5 – Arsenal is only the fifth team in the history of the English top flight to score as many as 43 points in the first 16 games of a season (3 points per win) after Tottenham (1960-61), Chelsea (2005-06 ), Manchester City (2017-18) and Liverpool (2019-20). Hare. pic.twitter.com/y1GYJRQ7IJ
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Chelsea from 2005/06 and Tottenham from 1960/61 were also champions, so Arsenal fans will surely start to believe that this could be their year.
Few would have expected Arsenal to be serious title contenders this term, with almost the same group of players failing to even make the top four last season.
Still, Manchester City dropped points again yesterday with a surprise 1-1 draw at home to Everton, so it’s clear that Arsenal have a great opportunity now to give us one of the biggest title upsets since the triumph. from Leicester City in 2015/16.
