Unai Emery has compared Arsenal with the three Premier League title contenders.
Emery took over Arsenal in the summer and has them in fourth despite being restricted in the transfer market and dealing with numerous injuries.
The Gunners are faring well in their first post-Arsene Wenger season, and Emery hopes they continue to follow in the footsteps of the current top two: Liverpool and Tottenham.
Arsenal face the other team chasing the title, Manchester City, on Sunday, and has explained where the Gunners stand in terms of the top three.
“They are two different teams,” he said of the teams in first and third.
“Different manner of playing, but with very big organisation, very big managers and also very big players.
“For example the progress from Liverpool is very important progress and now they are the favourites because they have the lead.
“Maybe Manchester City is a different example because they bought a very important lot with paying a lot and maybe we can’t do that now like that, but our way is we can also do one way similar to Liverpool, similar to Tottenham.
“Doing more with young players, using well players who can improve with us. And we are doing that. We need time, but also we need to be very demanding of ourselves to do that.”