Why Gunners’ air of invincibility has vanished

EVEN in these days of instant footballing gratification, it is clearly preposterous to start talking about a ‘crisis’ at a club which has lost just two of its last 55 Premiership matches.

But if the statistics do not support the description then the body language of Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger and his team over the past month, in which they have won just one league match in the last six, most definitely does.

There is a common perception Wenger is this suave, sophisticated, intelligent professor of football. A man with a calm demeanour, one who prides himself on answering even the most searching questions.