Bloody brilliant performance from the lads tonight. I can't stand Blackburn as most people know and it was sumed up why tonight. Savage is a dirty little c*** and got absolutely owned by the magnificent Diarra. Mark Hughes is a moany git as well. He doesn't shut up on the sidelines any tackle we make he moans about it, but then complains about any free kick given against his side. Nelson and Samba as well tried to kick lumps out of Bendtner one tackle from Samba in particular.
First half we played Blackburn off the pitch. I was so impressed with everyone the free flowing football was amazing and Blackburn couldn't even get near us. The first goal was some what of a fortuitous finish from Diaby, as I don't think he meant to do that, but it was superb play from Randall who I was really impressed with tonight played a large part. We looked so dangerous whenever we attacked Blackburn and Bendtner really should have added a second. The strange thing about Bendtner is he holds the ball up superbly and is technically extremely gifted, but for some reason at the moment I still prefer Ade. But Nichalas definitely has a future in the first team and him and RVP could be a great partnership.
The second goal was a superb finish from Eduardo. I've seen so many Arsenal players over the last two years miss great chances like that and although there are still a few question marks over Eduardo you can't doubt his finishing. A superb through ball from the man I have been saying can cut open any defence and why I am so pissed off he didn't play against Boro and Newcastle. Denilson has that ability to split a defence and I think he has a great future at the club and although no one will believe me, but I see him challenging Cesc for a place in the first team. Blackburn then pulled a goal back after a shocking decision from the linesman. YOU'RE RIGHT IN f***ing LINE WITH PLAY ON THE RIGHT SIDE
Good finish from Santa all the way and he is turning out to be an excellent buy for Blackburn.
Second half Blackburn came out and battled well and deserved their equaliser another great header from Santa Cruz. But we battled superbly when we could have easily capitulated and allowed Blackburn to go on and win. Diarra was tremendous in midfield and won every tackle. He fought so well in the middle of the park along with Diaby and their battling qualities along with Denilson's flair and attacking ability complemented each other superbly. With Theo added on the right hand side in the Semi's I feel we can really go far in this competition.
Also have to complement Senderos and Song who I have both given a hell of a lot of criticism in the past, but who tonight were superb at the back against some very good strikers. Song in particular won some key headers and came out of defence superbly reminded me of Rio Ferdinand at times. He looks like he could be a very good centre back and as he certainly has no future at the club in central midfield it seems like a sensible option.
The sending off at the end was a deserved red card, but the reaction from Savage and Dunn considering Denilson actually didn't even touch Dunn was ridiculous. Savage is such a c*** and I wish someone would break his legs. After going down to 10 men I thought we could hold out for penalties if we carried on battling, but we did even better. Another great run out of defence from Song who played a great through ball and you could only admire the finish from Eduardo was another magnificent finish.
We road our luck towards the end when Samba hit the post, but we deserved our win and on we march into the next round. We face tough draw whoever we face so bring on the yids
Really proud of the performance from the players tonight and a deserved man of the match award for Diarra.