Jamie Redknapp admits he now sees Brighton as Arsenal's closest challengers for the Premier League after Manchester City lost for a third time on the bounce.

The Gunners are now six points clear after seeing Enzo Maresca's side go down 3-1 at Nottingham Forest. That followed on from defeats against Aston Villa and Brighton, who can go second today.

The Seagulls have enjoyed a sensational start to the season and are the only team to knock off Arsenal, beating them 3-0 at the Amex. They've since undone City at the Etihad and have scored more goals than any other team in the league.

But whilst Fabian Hurzeler's side have been hugely impressive, Redknapp still expects Arsenal to retain their crown at a canter with the Gunners having just one blip, but otherwise looking hugely effective as they continue to churn out wins.

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Redknapp told Sky Sports: "They [Man City] obviously miss Semenyo, he’s a big player for them in the wide areas but they’ve still got people in wide positions who can cause problems. That one today is a sore one, it gives you the feeling right now in terms of who can challenge Arsenal? I just don’t see one.

"If you look at the league table, I think right now, probably the one you’d point to, and I never thought I’d say this at the start of the year, but it’s Brighton.

"Arsenal have got Saliba coming back, the players they’ve got defensively, you’d never see Arsenal look as open as we saw Manchester City look [against Forest]. I don’t really see anything else other than Arsenal running away with this title at the moment."

City will play Arsenal before November is over, once domestic football returns following the international break, and that will give them the chance to close to within three points off the champions once again.

Mikel Arteta is looking to become just the second manager in nearly two decades to retain a Premier League title, the other being former City boss Pep Guardiola.

The north Londoners to have a challenging set of fixtures coming up with three away games in their next four. They travel to Newcastle, Brentford and Tottenham - sandwiched in with that is the visit of City to the Emirates.