we've heard and seen it all,
no one's talked us out.
the problems that have come,
haven't yet torn us down.
the fixture that nearly always give us trouble and yesterday's win was no exception. ewood park is hardly our stomping ground, actually not many people can claim that tile. only three clubs (other than the home team) picked up all three points there last season; arsenal being one of the teams to come away from there with zilch.
so with a postive, yet realistic outlook, i predicted a hard fought victory. and i wasn't wrong.
the first half wasn't particularly pleasant to watch to be honest, a bit nervy, even after theo walcott's goal (alan hansen looked sick as a dog on match of the day, having to justify his critiscm of theo for the second week running.)
you know how much power he put on the shot because it was revealed at half time, that he broke the net. not bad for someone with no 'football brain'.
but as i was saying, after theo's goal, we didn't look comfortable at all and a few minutes later, blackburn got the equaliser. smart, quick, clever goal. our defenders were caught napping and blackburn got their goal.
the first half ended on a negative, after seeing robin limp off. hardly the first time it's happened and i somehow doubt it will be the last but we've heard it's not too serious. so fingers crossed, he'll be back soon.
second half started more postively and we got our second goal. up until then, he'd been pretty quiet but his goal was vital and turned out to be the winner.
the second half was alot more comfortable than expected but this is arsenal, very few games go without a scare and in the dying moments, blackburn looked threatening but the final whistle blew, three points for the arsenal.
good game and manuel played well, very solid performance. i really hope that wasn't his last game. he's not world class but we could do alot worse and he's put in some decent performances for the club. the schwarzer rumours are impossible to keep up with; one day he's put pen to paper, other days mark hughes is refusing to even talk about the prospect of him leaving.
yesterday was sign of better things to come, if we can win at blackburn, we can win almost anywhere.
the sky's the limit..♥
