Arsenal have gained 7 points compared to last season, benefiting from Mikel Arteta’s further promotion to the Premier League title
Arsenal left Anfield three points clear at the top of the Premier League table, but they also sent another statement to their rivals that their title ambitions are stronger than the year before.
It’s been 14 years since the Gunners hit the big time on Merseyside in the league; The famous Mikel Arteta was in the team that last beat the Reds when they beat their rivals to qualify for the Champions League with Lukas Podolski and Santi Cazor.
Both sides have changed since then and, for many, have become the league’s most likely contenders for this year’s title in the potential absence of Manchester City, who are facing heavy punishment following their guilty verdicts over financial irregularities by the Independent Regulatory Commission.
However, the win left Liverpool nine points clear of Arsenal, with Brighton and Hove Albion the last hope of some rival fans to stop the Gunners winning the first back-to-back titles since the 1930s. Mikel Arteta continues to set new records and milestones to the delight of his fans and enemies alike.
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Liverpool became Arsenal’s fourth opponent among the sides Arteta’s side failed to beat in the 2025/26 title campaign. Despite losing to Brighton at the AMEX after a narrow win last season, Arsenal have won at Villa Park, the Stadium of Light, the City Ground and now Anfield, giving them a net positive of seven points from the same fixtures as last season.
When Arsenal lost to Brighton, there were suggestions that the Seagulls were drawing up the perfect plan on how to beat this typical solid brick wall of a football team. Since then, only lowly Fleetwood Town have been able to win, and it took an eleven and a major fortune-changing penalty shootout to avoid a comfortable Arsenal victory and instead make English football history.
The stars were aligned for Fleetwood, but Arteta made it so that the stars, planets, maybe galaxies, would have to become some kind of giant arrow in David Ryan’s top right corner to get over the red and white wall.
Combine that with Manchester City’s back-to-back defeats and the impending London lockout following their trip to Newcastle, meaning the Gunners will not leave the capital from November 22 to January 15, barring an away FA Cup third-round tie.
From the Community Shield, Arsenal played 15 games in all competitions; only five of them were at home. 12 wins secured, with the only draw coming at Bayern Munich, where they again sent a clear message to Europe’s elite that the Champions League is once again the main target for this side.
As records continue to be broken and Arteta racks up more firsts as a manager, it promises that a first European Cup title and back-to-back Premier League crowns could indeed be on the horizon for this incredible football team.