A thumping six!

What a thrilling match before Christmas. It was a 8-goal thriller against Blackburn Rovers at the Emirates. The Gunners roared six goals past Brad Freidel on the day before Christmas Eve.

Blackburn took a quick lead in the 3rd minute through a penalty. Soon after that, it was Arsenal all the way.Gilberto headed the first goal and the equaliser. It was our stand-in skipper’s 7th goal of the season. Hleb added a second. The Belarus just walked through the Blackburn backline and passed the ball into the goalmouth. Togo’s Adebayor added a penalty to make it 3 – 1. Arsenal are in cruise control. Van Persie added two more goals before Flamini hit No. 6 at the death.

Awesome….Not only was the scoreline impressive…the manner which Blackburn were outplayed…the cosmic football that Arsenal dished out…bewitching, so much energy and out of the world. It was also football that was meant to be…free flowing and attacking flair.

To end it, I thought ex-Gunner David Bentley was pretty impressive. Was it right to sell him then? Anyway, Christmas has never been better for me.