Arsenal only lost one of their six matches in October.

While the Gunners did marginally ‘worse’ in October than in September, as Arsene Wenger’s side went unbeaten last month, there are still plenty of positives to take.

Arsenal aren’t playing perfectly at the moment but there’s definite signs of improvement. Our best match last month was probably our 0-0 against Chelsea away, which could become a crucial point come the end of the season.

However, in October, we beat Everton 5-2 at Goodison Park.

We’re going 1-0 behind and having to fight back from a losing position more often than I’d like but at least we ARE bouncing back now.

Arsenal also still have an 100% win rate in the Europa League and have progressed to the fifth round of the League Cup.

Not too shabby.

Premier League

Arsenal faced newly promoted Brighton at home on 1 October and won by a solid 2-0 with goals from Nacho Monreal and Alex Iwobi. The Spaniard was a huge player for Arsenal in October, scoring twice.

The Gunners then traveled to Watford, which is where it all went wrong. Despite going 1-0 ahead early on through Per Mertesacker, the Hornets quickly derailed Arsenal’s momentum when they were awarded a penalty for a dive. They ended up winning 2-1.

The Everton trip was where something seemed to click into place. It was the first time Wenger had played Alexandre Lacazette, Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil together and they blew the Toffees away. While we went 1-0 down, we fought back. We just need to work on tightening up our defense and not conceding in the first place.

Arsenal rounded off October’s Premier League fixtures with their home match against Swansea, which once again saw Wenger’s side go 1-0 down. We bounced back via Sead Kolasinac and Aaron Ramsey.

Our Bosnian Hulk has also been an immense player for us in October.

Hopefully we can get that win rate up to 100% in November… although I’m feeling pessimistic.

Next, Europa League

Europa League

Arsenal beat BATE Borisov 4-2 and Red Star Belgrade 1-0 away in the Europa League this month.

While the BATE Borisov win was far more convincing and our younger players, such as Reiss Nelson, Joe Willock and Ainsley Maitland-Niles continue to impress, the wins weren’t half as straight-forward as most of us wanted.

However, they were two difficult grounds to go to and we’re currently top of the group.

Next, League Cup

Carabao Cup

Arsenal are through to the fifth round of the League Cup after 18-year-old Eddie Nketiah saved our skin against Norwich.

The striker, who signed for Arsenal from Chelsea in 2015, came on in the 85th minute when the Gunners were 1-0 down and found the back of the net with his first touch of the game.

The teenager completed his brace in extra time.

While Eddie’s achievement was brilliant, it shouldn’t detract from the fact that Arsenal, until he came on, were terrible. Norwich deserved to be in front and could have probably scored more if they had taken their chances earlier on.

Improvement is needed from Arsenal’s fringe players if they want to prove themselves good enough to feature for the first team.

Next, November preview

November preview

I’ll say it now, I’m pretty damn nervous about November.

Arsenal face Red Star at home on Thursday, which should be straight-forward enough.

However, we then have Manchester City away in the Premier League. Pep Guardiola’s side are practically unbeatable at the moment and I dread to think what they’ll do to us if we turn up in the wrong mindset.

We then have another interlull before hosting Spurs on 18 November. Our north London rivals, like it or not, are currently looking far more solid than us. I’m hoping we can use our home advantage to give us a boost.

Arsenal then travel to FC Cologne in the Europa League on 23 November. Again, that should be another three points in the bag but the Gunners don’t like to make things easy, do they?