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Reserves- Arsenal 4 Blackburn 3- Squillaci debuts in thriller
September 7, 2010Jeorge BirdLeave a commentGo to comments
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Sebastien Squillaci made his Arsenal debut as the Reserves edged Blackburn Rovers 4-3 in an entertaining encounter at Underhill this evening. Lukasz Fabianski, Johan Djourou and Denilson also played, with the goals coming via a brace from Benik Afobe and strikes from Chuks Aneke and Jay Emanuel-Thomas.
Squillaci endeared himself to the Arsenal fans early on by making a crunching challenge on Roberts. The veteran striker protested for a penalty but the Frenchman had clearly won the ball.
It was Arsenal who created the first clear-cut opportunity of the game, with Mark Randall and Craig Eastmond combining to find Aneke, who shot straight at Rovers keeper Jake Kean. Jay Emmanuel-Thomas then warmed Kean’s fingertips with a threatening drive before Blackburn responded with a tame effort from Junior Hoillett which did little to trouble Fabianski. In the midst of all that, Squillaci had come extremely close to connecting with a corner.
Arsenal continued their dominance, with Denilson and Aneke both having weak efforts saved before they suffered a setback in the shape of an injury suffered by Nico Yennaris, who was subsequently replaced by Daniel Boateng at right-back. The change in personnel seemed to unsettle Banfield’s side a little, with Blackburn gradually growing in confidence. Dunn hit a shot just wide of Fabianski’s far post before a misjudgement from Djourou allowed Benjani through on goal and the Zimbabwean cleverly lofted his effort over the Pole to equalise.
Shortly afterwards, Linganzi came close with a fierce effort as the momentum shifted in the vistors favour. Arsenal were hoping to see the game out until half-time but what they were not counting on was a strike of sheer quality, such as the one that Dunn provided from all of 25 yards that gave Fabianski absolutely no chance. The lead didn’t last very long, however, as Aneke responded just three minutes later with a superb piece of skill to lift the ball over the nearest defender before finishing with aplomb.
That set up a very intriguing second-period although, in truth, it was a little slow to live up to the hype. It was, however, ignited by a free-kick from Emmanuel-Thomas which fell for Randall who, in turn, found Afobe but the England U17 striker couldn’t find the net. It did go in shortly after, however, when Emmanuel-Thomas crossed for Afobe to finish for his first league goal at this level.
Substitute Roarie Deacon then attempted to put Arsenal in front but was denied after being teed up by Eastmond before Djourou conceded a penalty after being adjudged to have handled Roberts in the area. Dunn stepped up to take it and finished past Fabianski despite the Pole diving the right way.
Arsenal, never willing to give up, almost found the net again through Emmanuel-Thomas before Afobe grabbed the equaliser after a typically-telepathic link up with Aneke. The latter then teed up Ignasi Miquel who somehow contrived to miss an open goal before Emmanuel-Thomas ended the most dramatic of evenings with what ultimately proved to be the winner with a well-executed finish. |
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