After two seasons of being runners-up in the Premier League, Arsenal are hoping to go one better this time around. And their quest to win their first top-flight title since the 2003-04 season began in encouraging fashion with a comfortable 2-0 win over Wolves on Saturday. The Gunners have been tipped by 11 of the 30 BBC TV and radio pundits to become champions, while former England striker Alan Shearer also believes Mikel Arteta's side will triumph - even though he thinks they could do with another centre-forward to overcome a Manchester City side chasing a fifth consecutive Premier League crown.
Arsenal manager Arteta remains optimistic as he said: "This is a new story, this season. "A beautiful one hopefully that we have to write from the beginning. This is the first chapter of that.
Let's write some beautiful ones." It took Kai Havertz until the 25th November last year to score a goal in open play for Arsenal - his first season at the club. This term, it took him just 25 minutes to get up and running.
And with there being no arrival of a new centre-forward in the current transfer window, Havertz's relationship with Bukayo Saka - Arsenal's top scorer in the previous campaign - could provide plenty of encouragement if it continues to flourish. The England winger, who was the Gunners' main inspiration against Wolves, laid on the opener with a superb ball in from the right. Germany international Havertz then repaid the favour after the break with a quick pass, albeit Saka stil.