Arsenal missed out on the chance to draw level with Manchester City at the top of the Premier League table after being held to a 1-1 draw by a spirited Norwich City side.
The Gunners were ahead on the half-hour mark through Mesut Ozil, who continued his fine individual form to capitalise on John Ruddy's poor clearance.
It was all square before the break at Carrow Road, though, as Lewis Grabban fired home from inside the box on his first start since the opening day.
Both sides went in search of a winner in the second period, with Norwich coming closest to finding one when substitute Gabriel - on for the injured Laurent Koscielny early on - had his header cleared away by Petr Cech to spare his blushes.
There was more bad news to follow for Arsenal, with star performer Alexis Sanchez hobbling down the tunnel with a suspected hamstring injury.
Relive Sport Mole's live coverage of the match below.
NORWICH CITY XI: Ruddy; Wisdom, Bennett, Bassong, Olsson; Howson, Dorrans, O'Neil, Brady; Hoolahan; Grabban
ARSENAL XI: Cech; Bellerin, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Monreal; Flamini, Cazorla; Ramsey, Ozil, Sanchez; Giroud
NORWICH CITY SUBS: Rudd, Martin, Mbokani, Jerome, Mulumbu, Redmond, Odjidja
ARSENAL SUBS: Ospina, Debuchy, Gabriel, Chambers, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Reine-Adelaide, Campbell
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Arsene Wenger: "Mathematically you cannot rule them out - even the bottom teams are in it. It is so difficult. It is so tight and I don't even look at the league anymore because it is very, very tight. "Last week we had a bad result against West Brom and so did Manchester City [against Liverpool] so it compacted the whole table. I believe it is a big opportunity for us but many teams can tell you that. We are in a position where you want to be after 13 games but there are 25 to go."
Alex Neil: "I've had to come away from my principles and my philosophy. I'm not in Arsene's situation where he's got a world-class team who are worth however many millions. If I was at a club like Arsenal, yes, it would be easier to stick to my principles. But there is a mismatch because we're playing some of the top teams in Europe and we need to try and find an alternative way of getting points. "We're a newly promoted team, trying to find our way in the league."
11 - Mesut Ozil has 11 assists in the Premier League this season, five more than any other player. Radar.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) November 29, 2015
NORWICH CITY SUBS: Rudd, Martin, Mbokani, Jerome, Mulumbu, Redmond, Odjidja
ARSENAL SUBS: Ospina, Debuchy, Chambers, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Reine-Adelaide, Campbell
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