The competition tag of the Arsenal title contenders is no longer a compliment, but feels like a fact. The side of Mikel Arteta have now transformed into full-fledged almost-men to the most complete and consistent force in the Premier League.

After being plagued by end of season crashes, Arsenal are currently playing as a machine. They have eliminated historic weaknesses, perfected the margins and constructed a merciless identity that has them four points ahead of the pack as the biggest tests of their skill lie in the past.

This isn’t hype. Fact, strategy and the perfume of champions in choosing.

The flawed end to last season was characterized by dwindled points, 10 throughout the games against Newcastle, West Ham, Fulham, and Crystal Palace. The Arsenal title contenders have already defeated all of them in this season.

Frustration has been turned into fear owing to those thin margins. And it is not that Arsenal are taking teams they are smothering them.

They have already taken on Manchester United, Liverpool, Newcastle Away and Manchester city at home and yet they are in the lead. It is the first good beginning they had since Invincibles.

They are referred to as set-piece FC by people, yet Arsenal are elite. Lowest number of goals conceived, lowest number of opportunities given to them  they should be number one.

This Arsenal is not a team that is about to blow up  it has blown up already.

Spending 250m during the summer, eight signings, including two of the main reinforcements such as Declan Rice and Cristhian Mosquera, Arteta has finally acquired the depth of the squad that he long desired.

Arsenal have the tightest defence in the league and second highest goal tally despite the several number of injuries.

Former Gunner Theo Walcott feels it is the question of fear and belief:

Arsenal is able to do anything now. Teams are afraid of them. They do not give up, they do not get hysterical. That is what the club is believing in. Where season past Arsenal had worked emotionally, this one works mechanically confident, cold, and clinical.The foundation of the turnover in Arsenal is their defence.

Set-Piece Precision: The Arsenal Secret Superpower.

On the one hand, open play football offered by Arsenal is slick, whereas on the other hand, their set-pieces are surgical.

• The numbers are staggering:
• The highest number of goals- 11 goals by set-pieces.
• Dead-ball situations have contributed 69 percent of their overall goals.
• Gunners have scored 2 more set-piece goals than any other team in the Premier League (Chelsea 9).

This strength has provided imperative outcomes Gabriel opener against Atletico Madrid, pinpointous deliveries by Rice and Saka to overcome inert low blocks.

The opponents are aware that it is coming; they just can do nothing with it. The combination of height and timing and delivery puts Arsenal at disadvantage compared to Liverpool in terms of structure of winning the title that worked in Liverpool in 2019.

Set-pieces have become Plan B, Plan A, with no real Plan C alternative, the ideal blend with their mastery of possession.

In spite of the accolades, Mikel Arteta is not in cloud nine:

We become where we are because we have been consistent. Nothing though, without continuing to improve.

It is that attitude which characterizes these Arsenal title rivals. All of the clean sheets, all of the set piece routines, all of the squeaking wins it is all part of something, not a party.

There is a reason why Arteta plays the game with intensity on his side. All the players are aware of his position, and all systems  press, transition, recovery are practiced to the letter. It is an organization that spawns faith. And faith and more than a brightness makes a good team a champion.

In raw numbers, they are top in the Premier League on just about every key defensive statistic:

• Clean sheets: 6
• Goals conceded: 3
• Shots faced: 72
• Shots on target faced: 19
• Expected goals against (xGA): 5.3

That is not good but is championship level.

The Saliba Gabriel partnership has grown on to be the finest of its leagues. Saliba can foresee the danger before it is formed, Gabriel rules the box as a silent master. Even having a rested Saliba, new signing Mosquera was apparently ready to be put into the system.

The fact that they did not concede in 385 minutes highlighting their defensive streak makes them so effective and domineering in their title contender efficiency and control.

They also conceded only one shot on target against Crystal Palace and that was a deflection. Their tightness, passing trigger and organization is now a textbook sample of how Arteta described his tactics to be.

On the one hand open-play football offered by Arsenal is slick whereas on the other hand, their set-pieces are surgical.

The numbers are staggering:

• The highest number of goals- 11 goals by set-pieces.
• Dead-ball situations have contributed 69 percent of their overall goals.
• Gunners have scored 2 more set-piece goals than any other team in the Premier League (Chelsea 9).

This strength has provided imperative outcomes Gabriel opener against Atletico Madrid, pinpointous deliveries by Rice and Saka to overcome inert low blocks. The opponents are aware that it is coming; they just can do nothing with it. The combination of height and timing and delivery puts Arsenal at disadvantage compared to Liverpool in terms of structure of winning the title that worked in Liverpool in 2019.

Set-pieces have become Plan B, Plan A with no real Plan C alternative, the ideal blend with their mastery of possession.

We become where we are because we have been consistent. Nothing though, without continuing to improve.It is that attitude which characterizes these Arsenal title rivals. All of the clean sheets, all of the set piece routines, all of the squeaking wins it is all part of something, not a party.

There is a reason why Arteta plays the game with intensity on his side. All the players are aware of his position, and all systems press, transition, recovery are practiced to the letter.

It is an organization that spawns faith. And faith and more than a brightness makes a good team a champion.

The 2025 season seems the time of the Arsenal. They appear prepared after many years of intimacy. Its numbers support it, its performances prove it and the atmosphere surrounding the Emirates indicates it it is a team which has all chances to win.

Their superiority in defense, mastery of set pieces and their complete confidence ensure that they are the most balanced and consistent team in England. And when its competitors stumble, Arsenal are on top. The highway to the trope is lengthy, but in the mean it is going through North London like a street.

The Arsenal title runners have come in place and the other Premier League are looking on in terror.

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