It was the Jens Lehmann show on Saturday.
I know I come down hard on him but only rightly so - if he wants to be Germany's No.1, then he'll have to put in more performances like on Saturday night (Nov 26 2005) against Blackburn.
He pulled off one great save after another and didn't even fumble when cutting out a pass outside the penalty box.
It was certainly one of his more inspired displays.
Next to the German, Kolo Toure also deserves mention as well for putting in a sterling show at the back, shoring up the defence whenever Sol Campbell got caught out.
Though Campbell didn't play too badly, I feel he could do better - and again, should do much better considering the World Cup is around the corner.
I've noticed that his passing from the back has been dismal for some time now and is another area that needs to be looked at.
He and Pascal Cygan were constantly giving away possession and putting the team under unnecessary pressure time and time again throughout the match.
Cygan was horrendous yet again in the left back position. It was obvious that he's the weakest link in the defence chain and Blackburn were bent on exploiting that fact.
Luckily though, Jose Reyes was playing on the left flank and his defending skills came in quite handy when covering for the Frenchman.
In fact, Reyes is probably better at defending than he is at attacking.
I was chatting with a friend and we agree that Reyes is probably Arsenal's best stopgap solution to the left back problem.
They could put Reyes at the back and play with either Robert Pires or Freddie Ljungberg on left wing, preferably the former.
And not forgetting, Alexander Hleb is also close to a return.
The team really has to stop giving away possession as cheaply as they do now. If they can do that, it'll stabilise the team and their shape on-field.
That in turn helps build confidence, consistency and perhaps create more clear-cut chances.
Not like they don't make enough chances to score at the moment, but considering they enjoy walking the ball into goal and making life unnecessarily difficult for themselves, they'll just need more goal scoring opportunities.
In midfield, Gilberto Silva did just about enough to shore up the defence while Cesc Fabregas managed to score and excellent goal.
It's great to see him get on the score sheet from time to time and it'll do his confidence a world of good.
Other than that, he and his Brazilian centre midfield partner did sufficiently enough.
Pires was given more of a free role in midfield and showed up with a great pass that made Arsenal's second goal.
Though nothing must be taken away from Thierry Henry's finish, I feel it was the pass that made the goal.
Gosh, how I miss watching Arsenal pull off hits like that week-in-week-out.
The pass was beautifully weighted and Henry simply had to stroke it home inside the far post.
He made it look a lot easier than it really was especially with a defender closing down on him.
It was a perfect goal. Had Henry decided to take an extra touch to control the ball in any other way, the chance would have gone begging.
Dennis Bergkamp was mostly anonymous throughout the game but his replacement, Robin Van Persie, put planted a great goal to finish off the opposition.
He picked up the ball on the right wing, somehow managed to drift in between two Blackburn players, jinked into the penalty box and fired a curling shot into the far post.
My jaw dropped with I saw it go in. He simply had no right to score a goal from there. It was brilliant. It was beautiful. It was classy. It's got Henry smiling...and that's priceless.
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