Two seasons in a row and Arsenal have given Man City a hard time to get the league title and it has always been a disappointing end for Arsenal and the incredible midfielder Rodri is saying Arsenal are if the same level as Man City, we all know how Pep Guardiola always use words to make every team that gives him a headache from securing the title feel good, especially Arsenal and now we have Rodri saying same thing his coach (Pep Guardiola) would say. Is like when you're too covered with winning you say things to make the others feel important or better, can we say he (Rodri) is right about the Gunners being in the same level as his team Manchester City?
To me Arsenal still lacks that winning mentality, they always start fresh and strong and when is getting to the end if the season you see the Gunners dropping and losing points but with Man City is different, they start the season with a poor performance but when it matters like towards the end of the season you see them eating every team they come against, taking every 3 points they get their hands on, so I don't feel Arsenal are of the same level as the Citizens.
The only thing Arsenal lacks is a winning mentality, Arsenal is one of the best teams in the world and when it comes to the top five teams that are very strong in the premier league arsenal is one of them, Arsenal will be making the fans happy from the beginning of the league but at the end, they will leave the fans with sad by letting Manchester City win the league title, to be honest, if Arsenal didn't win the league title this season I will not be happy with them because they can't be allowing one team be stopping them to win a trophy more than a year's now so it will be good for them to tight their belt and fight for the trophy this season.
Arsenal's performance in the last match was very good and this is how they started every season at the end, they will end up without anything, Arteta needs to show his team how to win a game and never to give up against any opponents, although arsenal use to play very well against big team's but when it comes to a team like Aston villa they will be playing like they don't know how to play a good game.
I don’t think Arsenal is only lacking mentality, but experience as well. I mean look at their team, full of young players who are doing a wonderful job and putting big teams like Manchester City on the edge. 2 seasons in a row they were very close to winning the Premier League and they just bottled it.
But this season I got a feeling that Manchester City would just dominate the Premier League. At first Arsenal and Liverpool might give them a little fight but I think in the later half of the league, City would just dominate through their experience. Liverpool is under a new manager, I think he still has to go through a little ups and downs to finally get a solid team. On the other hand, Arsenal might also give a good fight to Manchester City but their lack of experience will come back to bite them. Who knows, Arsenal might take some lessons from the previous season and finally win the Premier League this season. It is still very early in the season, so making predictions are very tough right now.
Manchester United might give a tough time to City. They are looking very solid to me. Yes, you can say they have just hardly won against Fulham but they have looked solid, right? Previously they had lackings in the defense but they signed De Ligt and Mazroui, both of whom looked good in their Premier League debut. On the other hand, Zirkzee also got the goal on his debut as well. Manchester United is showing promise.