If the weekend’s results taught us anything, it’s that the Premier League title will not be decided this early in the season. Manchester City’s shock defeat at Wovles has brought Arsenal within a point of the champions ahead of their heavyweight clash at the Emirates on Sunday. There will be another lesson that Mikel Arteta will want his side to heed however.

Last season it was not necessarily the head-to-head clashes with City that cost Arsenal their shot at a first title in nearly…