Blackburn Rovers 0 - 4 Arsenal

Emphatic. Resounding. Supreme. Absolute.

We went ahead full guns ablazing. Theo was oozing confidence and it was showing. He helped open our account after a sublime run, which saw him skip past a few challenges and feed the ball to RVP who slotted the ball into the back of the net.

Blackburn too were very lively and we were lucky a few times to not have have seen them level things up. They worked very hard and opened our defence up on a few occassions and more than deserved to get a goal. Their first chance fell to Santa Cruz who scuffed the effort wide. Following which Steven Reid went close and finally Keith Andrew somehow failed to convert a low cross from the right. In the last minute of the first half Santa Cruz nodded over at the far post. What I would like to say here is that the Kolo-Gallas partnership is very shaky and it saw them commit a few blunders which should have been avoided. We were very lucky yesterday, but what happens when the likes of a Berbatov, Ronaldo, Torres or a Drogba are lurking about in the box?

The game moved deep into injury time of the first half and Denilson (who had a really good game) floated over an inviting cross to the far post on to the head of Adebayor, who calmly headed it into the back of the net opening his account in the Premier League this season.
Soon after the restart, Blackburn tried to come back at us but their efforts soon fizzled away and arsenal took complete control over the game.

At one point it began to look more of a practice session rather a top-flight football match and in the 81st minute of the match, all matter were soon resolved after Adebayor converted a penalty after Eboue tumbled in the box and was stretchered off (He had a really really good game thus far and I was of the mistaken opinion that maybe he had outgrown such antics - apparently I was wrong *sigh*).

Jack Wilshire (who became the youngest player to represent Arsenal at the tender age of 16 years 256 days) and Aaron Ramsey then came on for Eboue & RVP and immedieatly we began to see their quality. They showed a lot of promise and were very composed. A lot of promise for the future.

Aaron Ramsey then played a lovely ball onto a well timed run from Adebayor who went past Robinson and slotted the ball home for his hat-trick (his 50th as an Arsenal player). An interesting fact is that we've now put 46 goals past Paul Robinson in 14 games!! HAHA!

The game also saw Manuel Almunia make a cracking save and is improving by the minute, the England callup seems imminent. Overall, spare the defensive frailities that I mentioned earlier, we put on a complete performance and by now I'm sure we have put all the nay-sayers at ease. Again. Its been fun seeing them writhe around after writing us and Arsene Wenger off as well as claiming that it was Tottenham's turn (who by the way were languishing 20th yesterday) to take over us in the top 4. I know its early days but it gives me no end of pleasure when I say this, F*** OFF back to under the rocks you crawl out from you TWATS!!

Onto transfer speculation, we're now being linked with the £16million-rated Portugal star Miguel Veloso and according to this article we'd be facing competition from the likes of United & Sp*rs in order to land his signtaure in the Januray transfer window. Veloso is a highly rated player and is very versatile, he can play as a defensive midfielder, centre-half or left-back. He's a pay for one and get three deal and would add great depth to te squad. Oh well, we'd have to wait and see I guess.

Right thats that then. I suggest you lot gloat about a bit more in yesterday's victory and collectively we can hope for more to come!

Come on you Gunners!!