Burnley 2-0 Arsenal

So that's the Milk Cup over for another year - but I think the kids can once again be proud of their achievements. Last night we were undone by profligacy on a grand scale - Wenger counted six one-on-ones missed. Nicklas Pinkboots was guilty of two of those on a night he will want to file away discreetly.

Chelsea 1-2 Arsenal

Well, that was as sweet as it was unexpected.

It's always nice to beat the Russians, and to do so in their own back yard was especially delicious. The omens hadn't been good: Arsenal had not secured an away point since 26th October, and were leaking goals like a sieve.

Arsenal 1-0 Dynamo Kiev

1-0 to the Arsenal - an old song from a bygone era when our defence was tight, our midfield tough but cumbersome and our attack less than free-scoring. In the last few years it's our attack that's been better than our defence, and in the last few games, nothing's worked at all so a good old-fashioned 1-0 scoreline was more than welcome last night.

Morning all.

One of these days I'm going to present you with the most uplifting blog post of all time. It will contain news of a wonderful corner-turning win, and photographic evidence of William Gallas making the entire squad a cup of tea while telling them that yes, stripping him of the captaincy was the right thing to do.

Manchester City 3-0 Arsenal

5 Live's commentator referred to us as 'troubled' Arsenal throughout the match and Motty said it again on Match of the Day. Let's face it, it's a moniker that is well deserved.

At some point this club will hit rock-bottom, at which the only way can be up.

Will Wenger strip Gallas of the captaincy?

He should do.

Yesterday's bizarre rant (how many times have we associated the word 'bizarre' with the word 'Gallas'?) may have been intended as a gee-up to his beleaguered team-mates, but ended up as a headline-writer and Arsenal-basher's dream.

Nasri's debut strike.
Empty Fulham.
Four score and Twente.
Blackburn - now I'm loving it.
Bolton - get in. Still loving it.
The kids' six education.
Hull hell.
Sunderland escape.
5 scored in Istanbul goalfest.
Flick Hammers aside.
4-4.
Rory Delap.

Arsenal 0-2 Aston Villa

"Comprehensively losing to a team they can ill afford to encourage" - Guardian

"What was shocking was the ease with which Villa brushed Arsenal aside" - Times

"Mauled by an Aston Villa side that out-ran, out-fought and, ultimately, outplayed them" - Telegraph

"A fourth loss of the season.

He should have gone to specsavers.

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Arsenal 3-0 Wigan

Amazing, eh? Wenger's second string never ceases to amaze and will this morning get the headlines it deserves. A ludicrously young and talented side took Wigan apart.

We created chance after chance - ("[Arsenal] created more chances against us than any other side this season" said Steve Bruce) and were a joy to watch - driven on by 16-year-old Jack Wilshere and 17-year-old Aaron Ramsey.

Arsenal 2-1 Manchester United

What a game of football that was.

Arsenal showed up, and how. There's been a lot of talk this last week about a lack of quality and application, but a superb Arsenal somehow conjured up an answer to both accusations yesterday. They were supremely committed, snapping about the park and keeping up a staggering tempo, and in terms of quality, who can argue?

Arsenal 0-0 Fenerbahce

Bought the DVD yet? No, me neither.

When you're down on your luck, down on numbers, down on confidence and when the opposition is downright negative, you get performances like this.

Arsenal huffed and puffed all night but nothing went right.

I'm afraid I'm going to sound like a parrot: what I am about to say has been said just about everywhere else, sometimes more forcefully and sometimes less, but everywhere nonetheless. We all see the same things - we have done for months.

But that result hurt. It wasn't just a 2-1 loss; there are damning implications of Saturday's desperate defeat.

There's been way too much soul-searching this season and it's only 1st November.

After the defeat at Fulham, Wenger told us "We have to respond with a top class performance because was we did today was just not good enough".

"I think losing today is going to be the best warning that we can be given", said Adebayor.

"We were really outstanding", said Wenger after last night's draw.

Well, no, we weren't. How can we have been?

Yes, we put on an excellent, potent attacking display. But by conceding four goals - the last two after the 88th minute - this was a far from outstanding display.

It was deeply frustrating and unforgivably poor defensive teamplay to let the three points go last night.