After watching his Arsenal side stutter and stumble their way back to the Premier League summit on Saturday afternoon, Mikel Arteta warned that there would be plenty more strife to come. “I don’t expect after 22 years of not winning [the title] that it’s going to be a path of roses and beautiful music around it,” he scoffed after a scratchy 1–0 win over Newcastle United . “It’s going to be like this and we are ready for it.” Nobody said it would be easy, but it didn’t have to be this hard. Arsenal had ample opportunity to establish a chasm between themselves and Manchester City, only to fritter away points in the spring. Pep Guardiola’s side have enjoyed a familiar return to form over the recent sunny weeks and even returned to first place on Wednesday night . The Gunners reclaimed that lofty position at the same time City booked a spot in the FA Cup final on Saturday.…