Blackburn Rovers 0 - 1 Arsenal

Last minute starter Robin van Persie scores the only goal of the match as Arsenal move back up to second place.

With about three minutes left in the first half, van Persie scored a fantastic goal, reminiscient of Dennis Bergkamp’s goal against Newcastle a few seasons ago, and that proved to be enough to claim all three points at Ewood Park this morning.

It was an interesting match in that Thierry, Dennis, Bobby and Freddie all did not play. Freddie had been slated to start, but picked up an injury during pre-game warmups, and that made way for van Persie’s chance to make a good impression.

With Easter weekend coming up, you would normally expect all sorts of footie action, and you’d be right, sort-of. It’s the dreaded international week this week, so Arsenal don’t play again until April 2nd. Let’s hope all of the Gunners who go off to play for their countries come back in one piece.