Arsenal are currently fighting it out for a place in the top-four of the Premier League table so that they can get back to playing in the Champions League next campaign.
But their dreams once again took a huge hit when Wolves beat the North London club 3-1 at Molineux in midweek.
This was clearly a missed opportunity for Arsenal to level up on points with arch-rivals Spurs but despite the failure, Unai Emery has asked for patience from his fans.
“Overall, I think it has been positive,” Emery told Sky Sports.
“We are here today with the opportunity to achieve our objectives in both the Premier League and the Europa League, albeit knowing that it is going to be difficult – just as it has been since the start.
“I want us to be more defensively solid, of course, and we know we need to work on certain things, but the team has made progress.
“A season can help you to improve, to understand everything better and to continue with your process, and I believe that’s where the club is now. We all want immediate results, but sometimes it requires patience.”
The manager though has also made it clear that in order to match up with the likes of Liverpool, Man City and Spurs, his team will have to come up with a blend of technical as well as physical football.
“In the Premier League, technical quality without physicality is not enough,” Emery added.
“City, Liverpool, Tottenham, Chelsea… All the top teams here are physical and technical. Arsenal need to be the same.
“My goal is that the team transmits energy, passion and the determination to win,
“That creates an emotional connection with the fans. It creates hope and excitement. It creates passion for what we are doing and makes the fans love Arsenal more.
“It’s about making the fans proud and making the public want to watch Arsenal from the first minute to the 94th.
“We need to be more consistent with that. Against Tottenham, for example, the fans were really pumped up because it was a derby and because of what we were transmitting on the pitch, but I want us to be capable of creating that same feeling, that same passion and intensity, against any other team.”
