Emmanuel Adebayor Gets Hat-Trick as Arsenal Destroys Blackburn, 4-0

Arsenal sent a serious message to their rivals after they were able to totally outplay a weak Blackburn side today, demolishing them by 4-0.

Robin van Persie sent the first vibes by scoring the first goal as early as the 8th minute. Emmanuel Adebayor had reasons to be even happier by securing the second hat-trick in the Premier League since its start and his first of the season.

Here's an analysis of the performances of each one of the Arsenal players.

GK: Manuel Almunia 

The Arsenal No. 1 did his job without any problems. In most of the situations he had to intervene, there were attempts to find Blackburn’s strikers by high balls. He was able to collect the ball in every one of them. He made a nice save in the second half to stop a shot from Benny McCarthy.

RB: Bakary Sagna

He made very few mistakes. He was stable for most of the match.

CB: Kolo Toure 

Even though his partnership with Gallas looked fragile at some moments of the match, Arsenal did not concede. They have conceded only one goal since the start of the season.

Defensively, Toure did his job. He even had of chance to score a goal, when after a corner from the left side; he intercepted the ball only to see it terrifically saved by Robinson.

CB: William Gallas

He was not very noticeable throughout the match but was stable with only few misunderstandings between him and teammate Bakary Sagna.

LB: Gael Clichy 

Once again a top class performance by Gael Clichy, making only one mistake, when in the first half he allowed Brett Emerton to break free. Fortunately for him, the attack was wasted by the Blackburn players.

LM/RM: Theo Walcott 

What a match for the new hero of England. He seemed to be still in Zagreb and displayed an inspirational performance on this day. He assisted Robin van Persie for the first Arsenal goal. He was a nuisance for the Blackburn defenders, terrorizing them with his speed and technique.

Most of his runs were successful in this match. It was top level performance by Theo. Arsene Wenger gave him a well deserved break, replacing him in 63rd minute.

CM: Denilson 

He added some valuable experience under his belt. He played with enthusiasm and made some good passes as well as some bad ones too. He made one goal assist. It was a successful performance by the young Brazilian. Referee Mike Dean booked him for handball play, awarding Blackburn a free kick.

CM: Francesc Fabregas

Good team play by the Spanish European champion and Arsenal play-maker. He passed the ball at his usual high standard and contributed a lot to Arsenal’s style of play in this game.

RM/LM: Emmanuel Eboue 

He played on the right side at first, and in the second half he swapped places with Theo Walcott.

He was brought down by Warnock in the Penalty box in the 76th minute and Mike Dean awarded a penalty for Arsenal. Eboue was replaced by Aaron Ramsey because he sustained an injury.

ST: Emannuel Adebayor 

He demonstrated a performance to which every striker in the world would be envious. He did his job very effectively, using his shots at goal to the fullest, and scored three goals.

Firstly, just before the break he took full use of Denilson’s cross from the left side and slid the ball past Robinson with his head. Then he coolly took the penalty in the 76th minute, making it 3-0 to Arsenal.

He completed his hat-trick in the last minute when he demonstrated good composure to beat Robinson one-on-one. He sould work on staying onside more.

ST: Robin van Persie

He continues his good form. He showed great efficiency and grabbed a goal. Well played by the Dutchman. He was replaced by 16-year-old Jack Wilshere in the 81st minute.

Subs

DM: Alexandre Song

He came on in the 63rd minute and did well.

CM: Aaron Ramsey

His debut in the Premier League was nothing short of full success. He showed great vision to assist Adebayor for the fourth goal of Arsenal. His passing was top quality.

CM: Jack Wilshere

He came on to replace goal-scorer Robin van Persie. Another record by Arsenal as Wilshere becomes the youngest player to play in the league.

Unused Substitutes

Lukasz Fabianski, Nicklas Bendtner, Kieran Gibbs, Johan Djourou