Kalvin Phillips drops hint over who he thinks will win PL title and who'll finish second this season

The Premier League title race has taken shape and one team is now firmly in the driving seat for the trophy.

Liverpool are currently six points clear at the Premier League summit, with Arsenal getting themselves in second place on Friday.

The Gunners’ 1-0 win over Ipswich Town saw Mikel Arteta’s side leapfrog third-placed Chelsea and fourth-placed Nottingham Forest.

Meanwhile, reigning champions Manchester City are effectively out of contention already due to a woeful run of form which has seen them slip to seventh place.

Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur, two other teams initially tipped to be in and around the title race, are currently in the bottom half of the table.

Manchester City loanee Kalvin Phillips, who played for Ipswich against Arsenal, dropped a hint over who he thinks will finish in the top two this season.

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Arsenal tipped to be team ‘closest’ to Liverpool at end of season

Phillips, speaking after the game, called Arsenal a “very good team” and backed them to be “the team that’s closest” to Liverpool at the end of the season.

“Arsenal are a very good team, they created quite a few chances, but in the second half we could have turned the game around,” Phillips said, as per Premier League Productions.

“In the second half we forced a few mistakes, created some chances but just didn’t have the finish for them. I felt okay, I was blowing, but they keep us fit.

“Arsenal are a really strong team, Liverpool have been the standout team in the Premier League but I think Arsenal will be the team that’s closest to them at the end.”

Why Liverpool are ahead of the chasing pack

Former Manchester United and Manchester City ace Owen Hargreaves recently claimed that Liverpool are the only Premier League team that don’t have a weakness at present.

He said after the 3-1 win over Leicester City: “I think they’re the only team in the Premier League without a weakness. Goalkeeper, defence, midfield, attack. Best attack by a country mile.

“Brilliant manager, emotionally intelligent, makes decisions at the right time. They’re steamrollering everybody right now.”

Much like the 2015-16 campaign, which was won by Leicester City, this is proving to be a season of transition for most of the Premier League big boys.

Liverpool were expected to be in that camp after Slot replaced Jurgen Klopp, but he has well and truly hit the ground running at Anfield.

Klopp deserves a lot of credit too for leaving the Reds squad and setup in great condition for Slot to take over seamlessly.

Out of all the other teams, Arsenal were probably the only team going into the season as ready as they could be, but even then, their lack of No. 9 is worrying.

Chelsea and Tottenham are at the start of a cycle, Man City are at the end of theirs, and Man United have a lot of work to do to get themselves in a position to properly start one.