Ominous record emerges as Mikel Arteta stays cautious on Arsenal's title charge originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. have opened up a four-point title lead at the top of the after nine games played.

Bukayo Saka came off midway through the second half of Arsenal's 1-0 win over Crystal Palace. Eberechi Eze's first half strike proved to be the difference at the Emirates as the summer signing scored his first goal since his summer arrival from the Eagles.

Don't look now, but Arsenal are passing each test with precision and now lead the Premier League by four points, while sitting six points ahead of Man City

William Saliba was not the Arsenal center back mentioned as a possibility to miss Sunday's match versus Crystal Palace, and his halftime exit is raising eyebrows.

The crowd was gone. The music was off. The lights still hummed. And on the floor, with a few managers rebounding for him, was Mikel Brown