Well, he did it again. The scoring machine that is Cesc Fabregas scored yet another screamer. Seemingly imbued with a new sense of, “Oh what the hell, why don’t I shoot and see what happens.”, Cesc’s blast from 30-yards out deflected nicely into the Seville net just short of the half-hour mark to put the Gunners on the front foot.
In all honesty, it didn’t seem to be that difficult a match for Arsenal, and about a half an hour later, Robin van Persie doubled the lead, and pretty much put the result beyond doubt.
Lassana Diarra came on late to make his Arsenal debut, but it was the other late substitution, Dudu, who really drove the nail in the coffin by scoring a simple tap in in the 93rd minute.
The only negative tonight was the injury to Tomas Rosicky, who came off just four minutes after the restart due to what initial reports are indicating was a pulled hamstring.
A successful opening night in Europe, and now it’s Derby in the league at The Grove on Saturday. Kickoff’s at 10 AM ET, and the match will be broadcast live here in the US on Fox Soccer Channel.
As Sam Cooke, The Grateful Dead, James Brown and The Cars all used to sing “Let The Good Times Roll”!
