There is perhaps no harm in title-challenging sides who are on long winning runs being reminded that they are fallible, as they drew 2-2 with Sunderland on Saturday.
The Gunners have been brilliant this season, dealing with a lengthy injury list while building a platform from which they can challenge to win the Premier League.
Now comes the international break, which serves as a chance to take stock and recover some of their injured players before Tottenham visit in the north London derby on Sunday, 23 November.
“Arsenal won’t draw as many as they did last year. If anything it shows resilience to come back the way they did,” Theo Walcott told BBC Match of the Day.
“Arsenal did almost everything right up until the last few minutes.”
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta, too, is not reading too much into the result, choosing to focus on the bigger picture.
“We won the last 10 games, not conceded goals, we have seven players injured and the team has been phenomenal in performances and results, so let’s keep going,” said the manager.
“We’ve had some very tough games as well. Let’s get some players back and go again.
You can read more analysis of Arsenal’s draw with Sunderland here
