Swansea City recorded their first away victory over Arsenal since 1982 this afternoon thanks to two late strikes from Michu.
The result means that Arsenal are now without a win in three Premier League games, and now find themselves down in 10th place.
Here, Sports Mole takes a closer look to see if the Swans deserved their victory.
Match statistics:
Arsenal:
Shots 10
On target 5
Possession 53%
Corners 8
Fouls 12
Swansea:
Shots 14
On target 7
Possession 47%
Corners 5
Fouls 10
Was the result fair?
Yes. Arsenal looked lethargic today and struggled to create anything at all. Swansea were well organised in defence and could/should have won by more.
Arsenal's performance
4/10. The Gunners started woefully, and were nearly one down inside two minutes. They were lucky that that ball fell to Ashley Williams instead of Michu, or else they would have been. Arsenal improved slightly as the half wore on, but still looked short of ideas going forward. Santi Cazorla and Jack Wilshere saw plenty of the ball, but neither Lukas Podolski nor Gervinho gave them an option up front. Their biggest threat came from Carl Jenkinson and Kieron Gibbs, and that about summed up their attacking display. They dominated possession for the first 15 minutes of the second period, but again lacked that cutting edge. Their chances were half-chances, at best. It's hard to pin-point exactly where Arsenal are going wrong at the moment, because it seems to be all over the field. No one person can be singled out. The only one to escape criticism is captain Thomas Vermaelen, who was the only one to play with any passion.
Swansea's performance
8/10. The Swans began brightly and bossed the game in the opening 25 minutes. They were assured on the ball and looked dangerous up top. At times, they looked like the home team. A minor criticism would be that their finishing needs to be more clinical, because they should have taken the lead far earlier than they did. Swansea did have some defending to do in the second half, but accomplished that task astutely. They never looked like conceding. Angel Rangel was a constant threat down the flank, while Itay Shechter worked hard as the lone striker, even if he did lack a bit of quality. He was eventually replaced by Luke Moore, who played a pivotal role in their win. Firstly, he teed up Dwight Tiendalli for what should have been the opener, before laying on Michu for his goal. Gerhard Tremmel deputised in the absence of Michael Vorm and he was a safe pair of hands. The German wasn't really worked from side to side, but never spilled a ball that was struck at him. Chico Flores and Ashley Williams were superfluous at the back. Even when the Spaniard made a slight error that allowed Olivier Giroud a run at goal, he made an excellent recovering tackle.
Sports Mole's man of the match
Miguel Michu: The £2m signing from Rayo Vallecano just keeps scoring. He took both his goals with absolute confidence.
Biggest gaffe
Dwight Tiendalli should have put Swansea in the lead in the 84th minute. The angle wasn't as good as he might have hoped, but he only had Wojciech Szczesny to beat. The Pole did well to keep the shot out, but it really should have been a goal.
Referee performance
Mark Clattenburg did well on his return to action, although Cazorla should have been booked for a dive in the second half.
What next?
Arsenal: The Gunners host high-flying West Bromwich Albion at the Emirates next Saturday.
Swansea: Meanwhile, the Swans entertain Norwich at the Liberty Stadium.
Michael Penkman
