It was a strange weekend of football, as the likes of Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City all dropped points.

Arsenal, who currently top the league got a 1-0 win over Crystal Palace to extend their lead at the top.

Chelsea find themselves 8 points behind Arsenal, Liverpool are 7 points behind and Man City are 6 points behind.

According to Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta, the fact City, Liverpool and Chelsea all dropped points just underlines the strength of the English top flight this season.

“It shows how hard this league is,” Arteta said when asked about Arsenal’s rivals losing.

“The players aren’t allowed their phones so I hope not [that they didn’t know].”

Despite Arsenal’s encouraging start to the campaign, Arteta believes there is still lots of room for improvement for his side.

“We are where we are,” he explained.

“It’s a credit to us because we have been very consistent knowing the difficulty of every match as well.

“It is early. It doesn’t mean anything other than let’s keep doing a lot of things that we’re doing well but there are things to improve.”