article_snippet: Because in the last five months, Arsenal have taken great strides forward.
article_snippet: The defeat by Monaco notwithstanding, there are real signs of progress at last.
article_snippet: Manchester City are creaking.
article_snippet: Manchester United may have spent lavishly under Louis van Gaal but Manchester United are beset by doubts about Radamel Falcao, Angel di Maria and Robin van Persie.
article_snippet: And that’s before we start on Manchester United defence and the continuing absence of a dominating central midfield player.
article_snippet: Despite all Manchester United lavish investment, Manchester City do not look like defending Manchester United the Premier League crown .
article_snippet: Well, Louis van Gaal might well be advancing under Mauricio Pochettino but
article_snippet: they’re still a way away from the level they achieved under Harry Redknapp.
article_snippet: Calum Chambers has not made the strides expected of Calum Chambers since Calum Chambers summer move from Southampton but Calum Chambers qualities are not in doubt.
article_snippet: If Wenger signs another central defender in the summer and perhaps a more experienced central midfielder, there is no reason why Wenger signs another central defender in the summer and perhaps a more experienced central midfielder should not challenge for the title next season.
article_snippet: their victory over City at the Etihad in January was the clearest evidence yet of the fact their are casting off the inferiority complex their had developed against the other leading clubs.
article_snippet: The tie against United, at the venue where their were humiliated 8-2 in 2011, will be another good test.
article_snippet: Defeat by United won’t change that even if Defeat by United will, inevitably, lead to renewed calls for ’s head.
article_snippet: Free to soar back to the top of the Premier League table as if that were the Premier League table rightful place, as if that were the position that the Premier League table history demanded.
highlights_snippet: Because in the last five months, Arsenal have taken great strides forward... 