Arsenal sneaking a win against Wolves in desperate fashion. That sounds like a fantasy script, but no, that really happened.

This match, somehow, had a draw written all over it — up until a 94th-minute own goal bailed the league-leaders out.

It leaves more questions than answers for a Gunners side who will be breathing a heavy sigh of relief.

ARSENAL'S LUCKY NIGHT

No one had given Wolves a prayer. Three points? Impossible. A point? Extremely unlikely, barring a miracle.

In the end, Arsenal walked away with all three, knowing that on another night they would’ve just had a draw.

That would have been awful in terms of optics, having lost to Aston Villa last weekend, and then potentially failing to win against the Premier League’s worst side.

Those assertions of the Gunners crumbling as per when Manchester City are breathing down their necks will have been clutched at by naysayers.

It was a highly fortuitous goal that put Mikel Arteta’s side ahead, Bukayo Saka’s corner kick hitting the bar and then bouncing off goalkeeper Sam Johnstone’s arm into the net.

Then, Tolu Arokodare scored with a header on 90 minutes, which deflated the Emirates — before Wolves defender Yerson Mosquera headed into his own goal.

It felt very harsh on a Wolves team who did enough to earn a draw, having fought so hard to frustrate and keep the opposition at bay.

An exasperated Arteta said afterwards: ‘We generated more chances to score a goal, but after we had a period of two or three minutes in deep, totally passive, with horrible defensive habits, that is nowhere near the level that is required against a team that hasn't had a single shot.’

Winning when not at your best is a key ingredient for title-winning sides. It doesn’t matter how it’s done. Though scraping past Wolves — and only just — is far from ideal, and arguably a concern in some estimations.

When teams sit back very deep and settle for a point at best, like the opposition did, Arsenal can struggle.

The north London club were visibly frustrated in failing to break the lines, which then irritated the crowd. In fact, they failed to have a shot on target in the first half of a Premier League game for the first time this season.

It summed up the limited success they had in the attacking third against a team many had predicted they would’ve struck a few goals past.

That makes their performance a confusing one because of the wide gap between expectation and outcome here.

For now, Arsenal can bask in getting back to winning ways in the league. In the coming days, though, much dissection is needed.

GYOKERES WATCHING HIS BACK

If there was a game Viktor Gyokeres could have picked to kickstart his goals tally, Wolves at home would have likely been the choice.

Just two points from 15 games before this fixture — an average of 0.13 per game — the visitors are on course to finish the season with just five.

Once again, though, Gyokeres failed to break through a very low block, the kind of which he was signed by Arsenal to pierce.

Balls fizzed across the area and he often seemed to take an age to react in comparison with his team-mates.

The Swede also didn’t make enough of those peeling runs to take defenders out of position, nor have that physical presence to bring others into play.

It resulted in the home support growing with impatience. Take his first half, for example, only getting five touches of the ball which was the lowest off all 22 players; Jorgen Strand Larsen was next with 12 touches.

He did show better signs in the second period and got a couple of shots away after holding off players with his back to goal.

Arteta on Friday said everyone should ‘leave him alone’ when asked about the striker’s limited goal return, which reads as four league goals in 14 matches.

He showed promising signs against Burnley last month, scoring a goal and breaking the opposition’s low block with targeted runs and incisive through balls.

Though, upon his return from a muscle injury, he has underwhelmed.

On a more positive note, though, Jesus again showcased why he has a part to play for Arsenal this season.

In Wednesday night’s showing against Club Brugge, after 11 months out injured, he showed excellent signs. There was waspish movement and he struck the bar.

Here, having come on after 81 minutes, the Brazilian made an immediate impact with a desire to get involved in play which subsequently resulted in the winner.

He will know that with Gyokeres yet to fully stake his claim as Arsenal’s No 1 striker and Kai Havertz still recovering from a knee injury, Jesus has a big opportunity to break his way into this team.

Gyokeres will be watching his back, that’s for sure.

YET ANOTHER INJURY 

The Arsenal defensive injury list continues to grow, Ben White No 7 on the list after Jurrien Timber’s return.

White clutched the back of his left thigh having sprinted back at full pelt to try catch Hwang Hee-Chan on a counter-attack.

In hindsight, should White’s workload have been managed better? He had not started back-to-back games all season before this month, with this match his fourth start since December 3rd.

That's a steep increase in workload, particularly having been out injured after their opening match of the season against Manchester United on August 17, and then on the bench in the league.

Arteta said: ‘He hasn't played a lot of minutes because of the previous knee issue that he had. Then the moment he started to get some momentum, he had to play a lot because we didn't have any other solution.

‘We had to even risk today Willy (Saliba) because we were buying tickets for another injury, but we don't have anybody else. But yeah, that's Ben for sure.’

That’s how dire the injury situation has become at Arsenal.

Managing game time for players is a sensitive area, and one the Gunners must get better at.