Arsenal have 30 Premier League wins in games when they’ve had a player sent off

Granit Xhaka received his marching orders against Swansea (Picture: Getty)

Arsenal are often portrayed as a soft touch; as pushovers who crumble when things get difficult.

While there’s a whole lot to back that up as the Gunners continue to let promising patches of form lead nowhere in their long search for a Premier League title, it’s also a little harsh on Arsene Wenger’s side.

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Whether the victims of bad luck or just a side who tend not to make things easy for themselves, Arsenal are often tasked with finding their way out of difficult situations.

Today against Swansea was the perfect example – a team Arsenal should dispose off with ease genuinely threatened to nick a point at the Emirates Stadium as the home side’s defence leaked soft goals and Granit Xhaka got himself stupidly sent off.

30 – Arsenal are the only team to __have won (30) more Premier League games than they've lost (26) when having a player sent off. Adversity.

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) October 15, 2016

Still, stats show Arsenal are actually pretty good at dealing with being down to ten men – in fact, they’re the only side in the Premier League era to win the more games than they’ve lost when a man down.

Time to give the north Londoners more credit? Remember they also hold the record for consecutive wins from behind in the Premier League, going a goal down in fixtures against Sunderland, Tottenham, Liverpool and Newcastle but taking three points in all of them.

Maybe they just like a bit more of a challenge?