Theo Walcott accepts Arsenal have been missing a cutting edge in front of goal but maintains the Gunners will soon be back on track in the title race.
Arsenal have slipped off the top of the Barclays Premier League after four successive draws and could lose further ground on leaders Manchester United who play their game in hand at home against Bolton on Wednesday night.
Chelsea would also go level with Arsene Wenger's side should they get revenge for their Carling Cup final defeat when they travel to Tottenham.
As the championship battle looks set to go down to the wire and with key clashes between the top four to come, there is little margin for error.
The points dropped by the Gunners - despite their fine Champions League form - could yet prove costly come May.
Walcott, who came on as a second half substitute against Middlesbrough on Saturday, is in no doubt Arsenal will soon be firing on all cylinders again.
"We have been playing some brilliant football but just cannot get that penetration to finish it," said the England Under-21 winger, who turned 19 on Sunday.
"That will come. You have bad patches through the season, although it does not help at the end.
"But hopefully if we keep on doing the right things then we will get the results we want.
"The finishing is the main issue at the moment but we just have to take the positives out of games, and continue to train hard."
Walcott told Arsenal TV: "We have just got to concentrate on ourselves now, take each game as it comes and not worry about anyone else."
Manager Arsene Wenger has little room for manoeuvre in terms of changing his team.
Fit-again Robin van Persie played an hour against Boro, in what was more or less Arsenal's strongest XI currently available.
Croatia forward Eduardo is out for the rest of the season with a broken leg, while winger Tomas Rosicky continues to be hampered by a niggling knee problem and Abou Diaby has a calf injury.
With no firm return date in sight, Czech Republic midfielder Rosicky is having to put up with being a frustrated spectator.
"It is pretty irksome. I still cannot start full training," he said.
"There is nothing I can do, but wait and hope that the injury goes away."
Chelsea would also go level with Arsene Wenger's side should they get revenge for their Carling Cup final defeat when they travel to Tottenham.
As the championship battle looks set to go down to the wire and with key clashes between the top four to come, there is little margin for error.
The points dropped by the Gunners - despite their fine Champions League form - could yet prove costly come May.
Walcott, who came on as a second half substitute against Middlesbrough on Saturday, is in no doubt Arsenal will soon be firing on all cylinders again.
"We have been playing some brilliant football but just cannot get that penetration to finish it," said the England Under-21 winger, who turned 19 on Sunday.
"That will come. You have bad patches through the season, although it does not help at the end.
"But hopefully if we keep on doing the right things then we will get the results we want.
"The finishing is the main issue at the moment but we just have to take the positives out of games, and continue to train hard."
Walcott told Arsenal TV: "We have just got to concentrate on ourselves now, take each game as it comes and not worry about anyone else."
Manager Arsene Wenger has little room for manoeuvre in terms of changing his team.
Fit-again Robin van Persie played an hour against Boro, in what was more or less Arsenal's strongest XI currently available.
Croatia forward Eduardo is out for the rest of the season with a broken leg, while winger Tomas Rosicky continues to be hampered by a niggling knee problem and Abou Diaby has a calf injury.
With no firm return date in sight, Czech Republic midfielder Rosicky is having to put up with being a frustrated spectator.
"It is pretty irksome. I still cannot start full training," he said.
"There is nothing I can do, but wait and hope that the injury goes away."
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