by Joel Martin
Today Blackburn did exactly what we couldn’t do two weeks ago; they took advantage of their home-field advantage and their opponent’s lack of fitness and won the game. We had a chance two weeks ago against a far-from full-strength Blackburn side, with the goal-scorer McCarthy shifty winger Morten Gamst Pedersen both missing when the Rovers visited Emirates in the first place.
The game was lost when Wenger decided to play Senderos at right back instead of Gallas or Clichy. Senderos is so big he cannot stop himself quick enough, and his momentum allowed him to get turned by McCarthy for the winner. It was tough to watch, because Senderos had been playing brilliantly until he switched positions.
This was one of Baptista’s best games, even though he did miss some gift-wrapped chances early. Ljungberg and Aliadiere both had atrocious touches that prevented them from scoring.
Blackburn did not play well enough to win the game, but we did not either. That was easily Denilson’s worst game with the club, and Gilberto could not pass the ball at all. Hleb is still not even close to how he was before he got injured. We need him to play like he did at the beginning of the season.
The bottom line is that we didn’t take advantage of the home field and our opponent’s lack of fitness in the first game, and we paid for it. There should not have even been a replay.
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