I suspect a loooot of people are still very confused as to how Arteta has turned it around that has resulted in a lot of delusional takes both this and last season as well.
Turns out he's actually one of the best managers in the world, and the general consensus is often bullshit in football? People just looked at one-off results and league finishes with awful squads and drew the wrong conclusion.
Even if Arsenal don't win it this season (I don't think it's over yet, at all), their squad is very young, they have a great manager, they have Edu, and the owners also seem to have finally adopted a smarter way of running the club, plus they're able to financially compete.
I agree with the poster that said Arsenal have replaced Liverpool as City's main challengers. That has been the case since the start of last season. Liverpool were always the third best team in the country this season. If Pep leaves City at the end of next season as I suspect, Arsenal will be in prime position to win a few league titles in the next couple of seasons. As things stand, they're the best-situated club to take over from City when they lose Pep, but I'm optimistic that we will be up there as well by the time it happens, whether that's in 12 months or longer. Ineos can do a lot for the club in that time.