On Saturday, Arsenal managed their third consecutive comeback from 1-0 down to win the match.

Wenger and his players spoke of the mental strength required to do so, but what does it say that they keep falling behind in the first place?

Arsenal went behind against Swansea, Norwich, and Everton in the first-half. On every occasion, the Gunners managed to rally to win, 2-1, 2-1 and 5-2 respectively. Nonetheless, it’s not a good sign that the team continue to make mistakes to fall behind so often.

Arguably Granit Xhaka was fouled for Everton’s first, considering the Premier League judged that Xhaka was the one who got the touch to Rooney, not Gueye.

However, that didn’t change the fact that Granit was pressured into a mistake by an ill-judged pass to him, and then no-one closed down Rooney as he lined up his shot. Arsenal were no more defensively solid the next game, as Rob Holding stepped up whilst Debuchy followed his man and the pair combined to leave Norwich’s Murphy onside and in space to run through and score the opener.

Then Clucas found himself in just as much space to score for Swansea on Saturday. Čech should’ve come out to claim the through ball, and was at fault for Everton’s second late on last week, so he’s had a hand in as many goals as the Gunners’ defence.

The team were bailed out by their attackers on each occasion, but when you need an 18-year-old making his Emirates debut to bail you out against Norwich, there’s something wrong with the defensive setup.

Sometimes it takes a while to break teams down, that’s an accepted part of Arsenal’s playing style, and once they get going they’ve looked very promising offensively.

I’m not saying that Arsenal taking a while to get goals is the big issue here. But you shouldn’t be doubling your work-load every game, that’s the problem.

Perhaps the problem is more down to the formation and tactics, considering the goals have often come from opponents being given too much space.

But if that were the case, they’d surely be conceding in roughly equal amounts in each half, not consistently going behind early on.

If the team really want to prove their mental strength, they’ll get to half-time with a clean sheet a few times in the coming weeks.