Hello everyone and welcome into another edition of ESPN FC with myself Alex as soon as alongside Stevie Nicol and Shaka Heslaw.

We know we're into the international break, but there's still plenty to talk about after a jam-packed weekend full of club football.

Let's have a look at the top half of the Premier League standings.

Arsenal dropped points this weekend against Sondaland, but they are still at the top of the table.

Four points clear of Manchester City who are starting to breathe down their necks.

And should that be a concern for the gunners? Because yes, they have led

the likes of Manchester City before in the table at exactly around this time back in the 2020,

2023 season. And we all know what happened then. They ended up finishing second five points

behind Manchester City who went away and won the title.

So, like I said, Arsenal have been in this situation before.

So let's welcome in the rest of our crew, shall we?

We have Frank Leboff as well as Mario Melchio.

And, Mario, I'm going to start with you on this one,

considering this has happened before for Arsenal.

How concerned should they be about city catching them?

And because it keeps repeating itself, that's why I think for them is a very important

period, especially because where we

are now in November, going into December. December is never the month where we see, you know,

Arsenal doing the things that they're supposed to be doing. So that's why I was waiting for this

month and I know I thought we'd be thinking too because his team has to be ready and also in January

because, you know because regardless of all

we're going to talk about injuries and stuff like that but away from that if you're four

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