Arsenal vs Blackburn Rovers - Highbury, London - Saturday 26th November 2005

A game memorable for a few things. Firstly, the fact that it was extremely cold, probably the first game of the season where you're in no doubt at all that winter is well and truly here.

The second memorable thing was that the match was particularly crap - Fabregas opened the scoring after 4 minutes, and after that the result was a fairly foregone conclusion - Blackburn never looked like showing enough desire or skill, or even caring enough, to get anything from the game. So, the final 86 minutes were a case of sitting in the cold, watching the inevitable.

The most memorable thing, however, especially given such a dull game, was the quality of the goals. Fabregas scored a standard shot from the edge of the area, but that was the worst of the bunch. Henry's second, close to half time, was a great finish to a great move, and Van Persie added the pick of the bunch in the 90th minute. He picked the ball up on the wing, darted past a couple of men (and Robbie Savage), and curled a beautiful shot into the far corner. By now very cold, that at least allowed everybody to leave with a smile.

With the second goal, Thierry Henry also became the first player to score 100 Premiership goals on one ground - Pires' record at White Hart Lane sees him just 94 away from becoming the second player to do it.