Having been extremely convincing in large parts against Stoke City at home yesterday afternoon despite Theo Walcott and Olivier Giroud not gobbling up all of the chances that were presented to them, our resident Arsenal fans are largely happy given they are now third in the Premier League table.

In many ways, yesterday's game at Emirates Stadium told you everything you needed to know about Arsenal's current state with their playmakers such as Mesut Ozil, Santi Cazorla and Aaron Ramsey providing opportunities yet again, only for the likes of Walcott and Giroud to miss their fair share before they scored them.

If Arsene Wenger did manage to find value in the market while attaining a new top class forward this summer, many Arsenal fans would be laughing because they always create chances and would undoubtedly be closer to Manchester City at the top of the table but given Chelsea's dire start to the campaign, they are relatively content where they are at the moment.

Having now achieved their first win at Emirates Stadium coupled with hard fought victories away at Crystal Palace and Newcastle United, the Gunners sit on 10 points, five adrift of leaders Manchester City while they face a trip across London to face wounded animal and fierce rivals Chelsea next Saturday lunchtime.

While the Blues have had the better of the fixture more recently, Arsenal and Arsene Wenger managed to inflict their first ever defeat on a Jose Mourinho-led Chelsea team in the FA Community Shield so they will be full of belief this time around.

With fans still hanging around in the tavern following today's Super Sunday action, they're taking a moment to list who they believe to be Arsenal's five most underrated players right now.

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Click on the image below to reveal the 5 most underrated Arsenal players in the current squad.

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Francis Coquelin

Nothing short of a revelation since returning to Arsenal's first team from a loan spell at Charlton Athletic last season, Arsenal fans now rave about Francis Coquelin on a weekly basis but there seems to be a reluctance from opposition fans to class him in a close to world class bracket.

Seemingly because he returned from a Championship loan spell and because he didn't cost a £40 million plus fee, rival fans refuse to recognise Coquelin as such an important player for Arsenal but ever since returning from the Addicks, it has only really been the dire season opener against West Ham United in which the young Frenchman played terribly.

A firm fixture in Wenger's squad until the end of last season including a great performance in the FA Cup Final, Coquelin is all-action and gees up his team-mates by making crucial interceptions that are timed to perfection - just look at his fantastic tackle that sparked Theo Walcott's opener against Stoke City yesterday!

Doing everything a holding midfielder should do at the moment, Coquelin has also proved he's not just a small game player too, having also proved incredibly effective in last season's standout result away at Manchester City.

Nacho Monreal

Left back is hardly the most spectacular position in a starting eleven but if you watch Nacho Monreal's game closely nowadays, you will find that he is extremely consistent and this wasn't always the way with the Spaniard.

Giving little away while supporting Arsenal attacks when he can, Monreal has proved himself to be one of the most dependable unsung members of the Gunners' squad in the second part of last season and the early part of this one.

Used as a scapegoat when he was unfairly positioned at centre back in the first part of last season when injury struck and Arsene Wenger failed to adequately replace Thomas Vermaelen, Monreal deserves great credit for bouncing back and forcing himself ahead of Kieran Gibbs in the defensive pecking order.

Considering we are yet to really see Kieran Gibbs this season as an Arsenal academy product that is still rated highly at Emirates Stadium, this tells you all you need to know about the impact Monreal has enjoyed.

Olivier Giroud

A controversial choice in this countdown given the fact he is like Marmite with his opinion splitting attributes, no matter what you say about Olivier Giroud, he is never frightened to take his next chance.

Yesterday's performance against Stoke City summed the French international up in a nutshell given the fact he missed an easy strike from point blank range ahead of scoring shortly after to seal a 2-0 victory.

While a striker playing for a team of the calibre of Arsenal should be gobbling up easy opportunities, Giroud was man enough to take his second chance showing that he doesn't go into himself after missing a howler.

Now boasting 43 goals in 102 Premier League appearances for the Gunners, there are far worse striking records out there in the world of football.

All Arsenal needed to do was supplement Giroud's talents with another top class striker this summer to really prove they were the real deal but it wasn't to be.

Gabriel Paulista

Most definitely a standout selection for this particular countdown, it still seems as if pundits and rival fans don't really take Gabriel Paulista seriously given the fact he was brought to Arsenal as a lesser known name.

But that said, people should recall how many mistakes the Brazilian international has made since arriving at Emirates Stadium from Villarreal in January.

The answer is that Gabriel has made minimal errors in Arsenal's back line, always looking assured but not only that, he is tough in the tackle too as a rugged competitor.

Currently ahead of Per Mertesacker in the centre back pecking order, this is testament to Gabriel's consistency at the back and if he manages to remain in Wenger's starting eleven for the next few months, perhaps it'll be only then that other fans start to appreciate Gabriel's attributes like Arsenal fans do as well.

Tomas Rosicky

We must be honest; how often is Tomas Rosicky missing from Arsenal squads due to injury?

The answer is a lot but Arsenal's second longest serving player continues to be a threat whenever he is injury free and receiving rare starting opportunities in Arsene Wenger's side.

Scoring a sumptuous goal away at Brighton & Hove Albion in Arsenal's successful run to a second successive FA Cup triumph last season, Rosicky is most definitely a player who is a match made in heaven with Arsenal's playing style.

Elegant on the ball and direct in his running abilities, Rosicky is most definitely an underrated player who you feel could've achieved so much more on a personal level, had he not been so injury prone in his Arsenal career.