The new “fab five” of Arsenal have performed admirably for Mikel Arteta since the club’s vacation in the Middle East.

Moreover, the quintet can now propel Arsenal to their first championship since Arsene Wenger’s “Invincibles” in 2004.

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The Emirates squad’s Premier League ambitions appeared to be declining amidst a period of excessive misery that occurred over the Christmas season.

Prior to their Dubai training camp, Arsenal suffered consecutive setbacks to West Ham and Fulham and was eliminated from the FA Cup by Liverpool.

However, Arteta’s squad has exploded into Premier League action with seven consecutive victories and 31 goals since their return from the Sahara.

Critical has been the substantial improvement in form and impact of Arsenal’s five primary attackers.

In the preceding fortnight, Gabriel Jesus, Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard, Gabriel Martinelli, and Kai Havertz have collectively tallied eleven assists and seventeen goals.

In contrast, during the initial 19 games of the Premier League season, the quintet recorded 19 goals and 12 assists, reflecting a substantial decline in performance compared to the previous term.

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Currently, however, all five are in flight, providing Arsenal with a decisive cutting edge.

Saka is tied for the Premier League lead in scoring with seven goals in 2024, trailing only Ollie Watkins of Aston Villa.

After accumulating a combined 12 goals and assists in the initial six months of the season, he has approached double figures since the beginning of the year, contributing an astounding 1.29 goals or assists per match.

In actuality, the productivity of each of Arteta’s five aces in 2024 has been at least DOUBLED in comparison to their figures through December 31.

It should come as no surprise that Leandro Trossard and Declan Rice are contributing more frequently than they were in the initial half of the season to Arsenal’s rebound.

In 2024, England international Rice has contributed to four goals and scored twice, surpassing his total of four from his first nineteen Premier League appearances while wearing an Arsenal uniform.

Since then, Belgian Trossard, who amassed four goals prior to the conclusion of 2023, has added three more.

The astounding turnaround has contributed to the title race being reduced to a true three-horse contest.

If Arsenal prevails over Brentford on Saturday and Liverpool and Manchester City tie at Anfield on Sunday, they will finish the weekend in first place.