In May, Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta made most of the non-Arsenal fans upset.
"Winning the title is being at the right time and place. Liverpool have won the championship with less points than us in the last two seasons. With the scores of the last two seasons, we have won two Premier League titles," said the Spanish captain.
Arteta was both wrong and right with that statement. Liverpool finally won the Premier League in 2024-2025 with 84 points - 5 points less than Arsenal in 2023-2024, and the same number of points that the Gunners accumulated when they finished second in the 2022-2023 season.
Of course, Liverpool have only won 84 points because they spent the last 4 matches of the season celebrating instead of practicing. At the time of winning the championship, The Kop is on track to reach 92 points.
However, it is true that Liverpool's championship has become easier because no other team can keep up with them for a long time. However, in the 2018-2019 and 2021-2022 seasons, Liverpool themselves had to accept defeat against a very strong Manchester City.
The same thing happened to Arsenal in the 2023-2024 season. They have won more than 20 points from 33 previous Premier League champions, it is a pity that The Citizens are even better.
The lesson learned from this story seems to be the typical lesson for Arteta's tenure at Arsenal: be patient.
After not sacking Arteta despite a few disappointing first seasons, then committing to recruiting mainly young players, Arsenal have now finished second for the third consecutive year.
During that time, they have won 247 points - 4 points behind Man City and 14 points ahead of Liverpool. They are the only team to have never finished outside the top two of the Premier League season during that time. But the important thing is that they can't win the championship, which Liverpool and Man City have done.
It was clearly a mockery of Arteta's side. They could have done better than 18 teams, but the other team was the biggest obstacle preventing them from touching the trophy. Of course, if Arsenal continue to perform at this level, they will probably win the Premier League at some point in the near future.
But the Gunners don't seem to be optimistic enough. Based on the signings they signed this summer, it's clear something has changed. They don't want to wait any longer, they want to win immediately.
"When we look at the points we have achieved in the last three seasons, it is very rare not to win titles with such consistency.
So we are very close, very close in terms of probability. And we have to continue to maintain that, and get better," Arteta said at the end of the 2024-2025 season.
