van Persie snatched at a Gervinho pass and struck his shot wide when he had time to steady himself. As has been the case in the last few weeks, Robin van Persie was not at his best, his touch looks off, his quality in the final third has diminished. In the second half he had some great chances to pull down chipped passes that would have left him with the keeper to beat but he could not kill the ball in his

That was hugely frustrating and we dropped two valuable points in a week where we could have gained ground on the teams above us. When Gervinho scored after some great work between Rosicky and then Benayoun we should have pushed on and scored the second goal but instead we took our feet off the accelerator and played keep ball without any penetration.

We are currently suffering from not having natural full backs right now, that is impacting our play going forward massively. Thomas Vermaelen is never an Arsenal left back, he is never an overlapping player who can be mobile enough to sprint outside Gervinho and get back into position. It is the same with Djourou on the other side of the pitch and that meant that our attacking players were not able to find the space to make the difference.

van Persie snatched at a Gervinho pass and struck his shot wide when he had time to steady himself. As has been the case in the last few weeks, Robin van Persie was not at his best, his touch looks off, his quality in the final third has diminished. In the second half he had some great chances to pull down chipped passes that would have left him with the keeper to beat but he could not kill the ball in his stride and the chance then became too difficult.

The Wolves goal was coming late in the first half because we had almost stopped trying to score the second goal. Fletcher’s head was instinctive and sharp following Hunt’s shot on the edge of the box.

We took a little while to go through the gears in the second half which was a bit of a surprise considering the late goal but once we woke up we tested the Wolves goal continuously and goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey had that typical away performance from a goalkeeper. We have seen it in the past with Shay Given, Brad Friedel and Robert Green. They save their best for Arsenal away.

He thwarted van Persie, Rosicky, Mertesacker and Vermaelen in the second half but what it frustrating is that the keeper wouldn’t have been able to save a point if we had the same attitude in the first half as we did in the second. The team reverted back to last season and I think that is the first time during this campaign that I have not been proud of our approach.

It needed one of the experienced players to have snapped the team back into gear when we were trying back heals at 1-0 up. Without our missing full backs we missed the width that Theo Walcott gives us. One pass into space down the right for Benayoun was played to perfection but Benayoun did not have the pace to reach the ball.

I have recently called for the inclusion of both Rosicky and Benayoun in the line up and individually they both played well but the team missed that outlet that a wide forward provides. I would have liked to have seen Chamberlain given a chance from the bench to stretch the play but that said I thought Arshavin looked bright when he came on and kept the ball well which hasn’t always been the case when off the bench.

The weekend game against QPR will be interesting. Robin van Persie may have to settle for a spot on the bench even with the record still in sight, keeping our star player fresh is far more important than records.

While we missed a good chance to take advantage of Liverpool and Chelsea slip ups, at least we haven’t fallen further behind them. We are roughly half way through the season, plenty of football to be played but dropping these two points is disappointing.