Following a barnstorming, high-octane 10-match winning streak in all competitions - Arsenal did not concede for eight successive victories - the Gunners began to come unstuck on their travels in the Premier League last November.
Brian Brobbey's dramatic stoppage-time leveller snatched Sunderland a point at the Stadium of Light before the frustrated challengers were held by 10-man Chelsea at Stamford Bridge following Moises Caicedo's 37th-minute red card.
Then came a sickening hammerblow at Aston Villa when flustered and fatigued Arsenal failed to clear their lines, allowing Emiliano Buendia to steer home a last-gasp winner which at the time, seemingly blew the title race wide open.
Mikel Arteta's troops responded professionally in Belgium, thrashing Club Brugge 3-0 before hosting basement boys Wolves, who were winless from their opening 15 top-flight matches, in a Saturday 8pm kick-off.
