Arsenal: 3 Reasons Why November Is A Pivotal Month For Arsene Wenger

2. Momentum

Confidence is a fickle mistress in the world of football. One disastrous defeat can knock a side from looking potential champions to relegation candidates. Tuesday night's bruising loss to Chelsea could be such a defeat sending the Gunners in a negative spiral. You could argue it was only the Capital One Cup but the way Mourinho's Chelsea easily brushed aside Arsenal's second string, albeit with Nicolas Bendtner up front, must leave Arsene Wenger with cause for concern. This on top of the three points conceded to Dortmund in the Champions League at the Emirates the previous week will have scribes sharpening their pencils, or should that be laptops, predicting the Arsenal decline. Saturday's game against an inform Liverpool with both Daniel Sturridge and summer target Luis Suarez on fire will be a stern test of Arsenal's resolve and a point may well be enough to keep the bandwagon rolling and their confidence intact.