Season 2001-02 - Arsenal vs Blackburn Rovers
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00:00Highbury 2001 and the meeting of two clubs who knew what it took to be Premier League champions
00:05After winning the Premiership in the FA Cup and manager Arsene Wenger's first full season in charge
00:10The Gunners have been unable to add to their trophy collection and were increasingly frustrated
00:14At being runners-up to Manchester United
00:17It had a good week in the Champions League though and could end it by going top of the Premiership
00:21Dennis Bergkamp started only his fourth game up front replacing Sylvain Viltord
00:26David Seaman was left holding the baby, still out with a shoulder injury
00:30His replacement Richard Wright had saved a penalty in the win against Panathinaikos in the Champions League
00:35And continued
00:36Defenders Tony Adams, Sol Campbell and Ashley Cole were all out
00:39With Martin Keown, Ray Parler and Gilles Grimondi recalled to the starting eleven
00:44Graeme Sinesse had brought his team back into the big time after two years in Division 1
00:48And they'd come back in style, hammering West Ham 7-1
00:52He picked a 4-5-1 formation with the experienced Craig Short replacing Neil's Eric Johanson in defence
00:58Matt Jansen was the lone striker, Martin Tyler is the commentator
01:04Backburn's last visit here was as recently as last March, the quarter-final of the FA Cup
01:10That game was almost lost as soon as it had begun
01:13They were two down in five minutes, eventually succumbing by three goals to nil
01:29Long by Upson
01:31And Hindenburg attracted to a ball that was defended well enough without his intervention by Lucas Neal
01:38Arsenal are second in the table
01:40They're a point behind the leaders' leads, who don't play until tomorrow
01:44A draw could take them top
01:47But even a win doesn't guarantee leadership at the FA Barclay Cup Premiership tonight
01:51Manchester United, as you would expect, very much in the mix
01:55And they trail Arsenal by goal difference
01:58But a big win for United at home to Bolton
02:01Today could of course change that
02:05Field
02:06And a ball by Flipcroft
02:25Fielder
02:26Fielder
02:43And he was playing for a corner
02:46He should have got one
02:48The assistant Trevor Massey on this near side didn't see it that way
02:52And the best view of the three officials
02:57Now Dunn
02:59It's dipping
03:00And it's not very far away
03:02David Dunn
03:05Given this particular role today
03:08To get forward from a five-man midfield and be
03:12The one of that quintet really to get within range of goal
03:15And he came very close on that occasion
03:19Björneby
03:29Dunn
03:31Part of the plan
03:32Martin O'Brien, Souness, the wide players like Johnson on that occasion
03:37Goes down the arms for full-backs
03:41This is going to be
03:43Hard work you feel for Arsenal unless they
03:46Open the game up
03:47And of course they do have inspiring international players
03:50Capable of doing that
03:52Back from Pires
03:54To Van Bronckhorst
03:55Robert Pires again
03:59Almost through to Bergkamp
04:01Good reach by Berg
04:03Now Dunn
04:08Björneby
04:09Janssen
04:11Set himself right for that
04:13Turek
04:17It's run fortunately for Arsenal
04:19To Dennis Bergkamp
04:20Who looks to curl it
04:21And had Friedel
04:23Diving in some desperation
04:25Not sure where the ball might end up behind him
04:28But fortunately for Friedel and Blackburn
04:31It's
04:32Not curled in
04:35Janssen's onside
04:43Blount
04:46Parler
04:47Left infield of it
04:50And
04:52The right way Parler
04:54Got a foot to the ball
04:55First
04:57It's always going to be a foul by Short
04:59What
05:01Hasn't helped him
05:04It's a lack of balance as well as he went in
05:06And he's
05:07Come out of it limping
05:09Too soon
05:10Come out of it limping
05:12Not too seriously
05:16It's Van Bronckhorst
05:19To
05:20Take the free kick
05:24It's just too high for Keown
05:40Pires
05:42And skipped away and used the full perimeter of the pitch
05:45Robert Pires
05:46Just too high for Olri
05:55Wow
05:56And up towards Olri
05:58And that free kick started to come but
06:01In the end wasn't caught in no man's land
06:03He was on his way back to his line
06:05And he was on his way back to his line
06:07And he was on his way back to his line
06:09And just a gentle contact
06:11With the head of Olri in the end
06:14As if most of the energy had gone into the jump
06:18Lawrence
06:19Lost it here to Dunne has he
06:21He had
06:23De Monde got back and
06:26And the whistle goes against David Dunne
06:32Good pressure
06:34On an Arsenal defender who thought he had
06:36More time
06:37Than Blackburn were
06:39In the end prepared to allow him
06:45Bjerneby
06:50Johnson
06:51Tracking back a bit into trouble
06:52Parler
06:54And Alara
06:56Made space for the shot
06:59And
07:00Just put it
07:02The wrong side from Arsenal
07:05The wrong side from Arsenal's perspective
07:07Of Brad Creedle's right hand post
07:08But Damian Johnson will be relieved about this
07:10He turned back into trouble
07:15But it stays at
07:17At nil-nil
07:27As Parler got to the ball again
07:31Has been pulled back
07:33Again in Arsenal's favour
07:35Just one of those spells in a match that happens to referees
07:37Dennis Bergkamp having a word with Uriah Rennie
07:50Bergkamp takes it
07:53That was a very good climb by Olri
07:58And he put it into an area where maybe
08:00He was looking for goal
08:01Maybe he was looking for a teammate
08:03Just to come in and apply the finishing touch
08:06But it fell between those two stools
08:22Bergkamp
08:23Now there is some space for Arsenal
08:25Hasn't been there very much of it
08:26Bergkamp
08:32Well he was going top corner here
08:37And he's quite capable of finding it
08:41To Blackburn's undoubted relief
08:44The aim
08:45Not quite true
08:46Not quite
08:54Moved by Bjerneby and then
08:58Moved by Laren
08:59Tugaj
09:01Good footwork
09:02From the Turk
09:06Flickcroft
09:08Moves it down right again
09:11Gillespie
09:12Neal
09:13He's rather
09:14Scuffed across
09:15Given another chance
09:16Lucas Neal
09:18This time it's a shot
09:20Neal has to deal with
09:22From the Australian
09:32Parler
09:34And is a part of that
09:48Inside the last five minutes of the first half
09:54Jansen
10:02That's excellent work by Matt Jansen
10:04Now Gillespie
10:07And it's found it's way in
10:09Keith Gillespie for Blackburn Rovers
10:16Now Richard Wright
10:18Very unhappy
10:21But the ball
10:22In the end bulged his net
10:23Didn't bulge it by very much
10:25Because it wasn't perhaps the strongest shot
10:29But for Gillespie
10:32It's a
10:33Splendid moment on his return to the team
10:36With a deflection to help him out
11:02We're into
11:04A minute to be added on before halftime
11:07Back with their full compliment
11:09Therese
11:10The Arsenal's
11:11Last attack of the half
11:18Jansen
11:24But can penalise
11:25Gillespie
11:27But can penalise
11:30Tugay with his wits about him
11:32Quick free kick
11:33So to Jansen
11:35He's off and running
11:43Tugay
11:45Dunne
11:47Comes out to Flitcroft
11:52First of all David Dunne was trying to turn
11:54And a turn would have got him in behind Arsenal I think
12:02It's halftime at Highbrick
12:04And so far so good for Blackburn Rovers
12:07With their 4-5-1
12:09Strategy accommodating the return of Keith Gillespie
12:11Who will claim the goal
12:12Although it went in off Van Bronckhorst
12:15Brad Friedel
12:16Has had one or two awkward moments
12:17But for the most part
12:19Arsenal have been stifled here in front of their own goal
12:22By a very shrewd Blackburn Rovers strategy
12:24And they've got the bonus of a goal as well
12:27Arsenal nil
12:28Blackburn one
12:29At the break
12:33Arsenal
12:34Set the second half underway
12:36One nil down here in the FA Barclaycard Premiership
12:40To a side that's already shown some
12:43Spine, some backbone in their away games
12:45But has had the precious little reward for it
12:48Since their return to the Premier League
12:50Finished second to Fulham
12:53In the First Division
12:59Vieira
13:01Has to deal with the
13:03The other part of his job to help defend
13:07On the Arsenal left
13:20Go on
13:21Go on
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13:31Go on
13:32Go on
13:34Nils Throat
13:35But everybody melted away from it
13:38Attackers and defenders until
13:41Richard Wright came to collect
13:42The
13:44Pass
13:48And they do have Silva
13:50Will toe up amongst their substitutes
13:51Freddie Jungberg as well
13:53Will use the tap up midfield
13:56Cano
13:57Of whom
13:58Matches little has been seen really in this campaign
14:04Parents is us
14:05Substitute
14:08Johnston
14:09Signed off by Grimaldi
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24:331. Arsenal 0-1 Leeds
25:03The Gunners scored in every Premiership game, inspired by Thierry Henry, who finished the season top scorer with 24 goals.
25:10Blackburn also had a successful campaign. They beat Tottenham 2-1 in the League Cup Final to lift the trophy for the first time.
25:17They then climbed from 18th in late February to finish 10th, higher than any other newly promoted team.