Gilberto starts against Blackburn
February 12, 2008
Woo-hoo! Another start for Gilberto yesterday.
Arsenal played Blackburn at the Emirates stadium, and Gilberto played all 90 minutes of the game. (Well actually, there were about 94 minutes, but whatever.) Arsenal won 2-0, with Senderos and Adebayor scoring.
Gilberto played a solid sort of game. It was a strange starting lineup though – Flamini and Fabregas were both on the pitch with Gilberto, so the midfield was somewhat congested. Gilberto spent most of the game sitting deep in defence – though he did have a few moments of going forward to the opposition’s area (with limited effect, admittedly, but still).
The only reason that Gilberto started on the pitch with Flamini was that so many of Arsenal’s wingers are currently injured, meaning that they had to start with three central midfielders. It will be very interesting to see whether Wenger opts to drop Flamini or Gilberto once more of Arsenal’s wingers recover from injury.
Click here for a match report of the game (from BBC Sport).