On Friday evening, Arsenal kicked off their 2026/27 Premier League season with a 3-0 walk in the park over newly promoted Coventry City.
The victory reinstated Arsenal’s status and picture because the Champions of England, which they’ve commenced the season with already.
That is paramount. The win was greater than only a win versus a staff who hadn’t been within the prime flight of English soccer for a era. The show-stopper confirmed that Arsenal’s fifth consecutive opening-day win, for less than the second time in historical past, proved the Gunners are critical about additional silverware this season and that back-to-back Premier League titles aren’t not possible.
Had Arsenal slipped up versus Frank Lampard’s Sky Blues, they’d’ve seemed susceptible after solely the primary 90 minutes of the season and proven that they are often simply knocked by sides that they need to be beating on paper.
Arsenal have moved on from these troublesome days
The Gunners have moved previous the early days of the 2019/20 season, once they completed eighth within the desk and misplaced to the so-called “lesser groups” at instances with ease. A win actually wasn’t a assure, not to mention any actual consistency.
Since these challenging-to-watch days, Mikel Arteta has transformed the best staff in North London into FA Cup winners, Premier League heroes for the first time in 22 years, Champions League finalists and two-time Neighborhood Defend winners over Manchester Metropolis, who’ve crushed us a number of instances within the title race.
If Arsenal had began this season poorly, with something however a win versus Coventry Metropolis, it could’ve set an uncomfortable and undesirable begin to the marketing campaign, which us Gooners actually wouldn’t wish to see in any respect.
Some readers may suppose I’m overexaggerating right here. Nevertheless, yesterday newly promoted Hull Metropolis beat Manchester United 2-0, who some had been in some way favouring to raise the Premier League for the primary time in over 13 years earlier than the season began.
Arsenal can’t afford to underestimate anybody
Contemplating Hull weren’t afraid of the Purple Devils and beat them with ease, there’s no cause why this couldn’t have occurred to Arsenal, additional highlighting how important dismantling Coventry was on Friday evening.
Something can occur in soccer, and what we noticed with Manchester United’s shock defeat was proof of that. We shouldn’t be dismissing sides due to their newest Premier League positions or expertise.
Arsenal have to hold their eyes open this season and never be naïve in opposition to all 19 Premier League opponents and extra.
Let’s hold this momentum rolling, COYG!
Liam Harding
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