One of the reasons that most people have discredited Arsenal's title run and will oppose their inevitable win is that it is not a 'proper competitive' run. with this, they mean Liverpool and City supposed rivalry.
We are literally going toe-to-toe with City, with the league likely being decided on the final day, but they still don't consider that a proper title run. The reason? Arsenal are involved. Two seasons ago, Arsenal took City to a final day decision, finishing with 89 points while City were crowned Champions with 91 points.
That, according to them, could not match City-Liverpool runs. How laughable.
In Europe's top 5 leagues, it seems all the champions have been crowned. Bayern became Bundesliga champions. Inter won the Scudetto. Paris Saint-Germain are French League 1 champs as expected. FC Barcelona are La Liga champs, again.
In England. It is still tight with two games left. That's how competitive it is.
But Pundits want to water all this down. Bernardo Silva said that City would have won it had they not made mistakes. He forgets that two seasons ago, they were unsure of being Champions even on the deadline day because of Arsenal who were taking them toe-to-toe.
When it comes to Arsenal, there's always a changed goal post. Everyone wants to discredit them. Arsenal are in the UCL finals, going to Budapest, but pundits think that they are not proper league leaders. That they are only leading the log because other teams have been 'weak.'. It is such narratives that give Bernardo Silva the confidence of a fool to make the above conclusions.
Mikel and Arsenal took a proper and classic City side to deadline day stand off. He should be reminded that what is happening now, happened in the past. Only that this time, Arsenal are on top!