2-1, Premier League, Ewood Park, 28/8 -10
Walcott 20,
Arshavin 51
As you expected going to Ewood Park was extremely tough, but in the end I'm thrilled that we got away with the three points, that doesn't happen too often.
Walcott continued with his fine form and was once again the man of the match for us, not only did he score an amazing goal (he actually scored two more, but was deemed to be offside on both occasions), he provided great passes and made top class runs throughout the game.
Fabregas and van Persie were both handed their first starts of the season, but with mixed result, van Persie got injured and was replaced in the 34th minute by Chamakh, while Cesc had a good game with some amazing passes but didn't have quite enough strength yet to last the entire 90 minutes.
We had a great start to the game with lots of possession and fine chances, and eventually van Persie played Walcott and the young winger didn't let us down, he got past the entire defense and finished it all off in style by placing the ball in the far corner (and it was quite a powerful shot as well, enough to pierce part of the net), he sure is looking good so far this season.
But it didn't take too long for Blackburn to equalize when one Diouf managed to get away from Koscielny and played the ball in so that another Diouf could easily tap it in.
After that Blackburn were building up pressure but we managed to keep the score-line even through the first half, and in the second half we played much better, Blackburn hardly got a taste of the ball until the final minutes, and in the 50th minute that possession paid off when Sagna made a great run on the right side and provided with a great cross that reached Fabregas, his shot was blocked but the ball reached Arshavin who managed to get a shot away and it went straight in the net.
We managed to hold on to that lead and what an important win it was.
Yesterday it was confirmed that we managed to sign the thirty year old defender Sebastien Squillaci, so now we have some more depth in central defence!
He was not quite ready for this game but soon enough we shall see him play, he will be wearing number 18.
Injury Update;
-No news have yet reached me about van Persie's injury, but hopefully it's nothing serious.
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