arsenal 2 blackburn 0

when i learnt that man city had beaten man u 2-1, and then watched liverpool hold chelsea to a draw, i knew that not beating blackburn would be tantamount to suicide.

it is absolutely the best chance to really tighten our grip on the initiative which was presented back to us by spurs last week.

and the only positive thing was that we took it.

i only watched from the 20th minute on. we dominated right up till the 30th minute or so. and based on the commentary, apparently dominating from the start as well. then blackburn got back into the game and caused us trouble. why? cos we din get that 2nd goal to kill them. isnt this what i am always talking about? you dominate, you outpass, you create many chances. great. but you only have one goal, or worse, no goal. the game is still open. one mistake in defence, 1-1. the kind of possession we have, the kind of chances we have should have been translated into 2,3 or 4 goals. and i am not talking about the blackburn game. almost every game, it's this problem. i noe we are the only team that has scored in every epl game, and that's no easy feat, but our goal difference could have been that much bigger.

hleb was our best player. but as a whole, we din play well. at least lehmann kept a clean sheet.

i may not like lehmann, but if he can help us win the title, then why not? he can play, as long as he doesnt screw us up.