Official Site of Arsenal · Dec 17, 2018
U-23s: Arsenal 0-4 Blackburn - How it happened
WHAT HAPPENED
We ended our year in defeat with a 4-0 loss to Blackburn Rovers in Premier League 2 on Monday night.
Charlie Gilmour and Zech Medley were handed starts after featuring in the Europa League last Thursday, while Xavier Amaechi made his return from injury.
After losing possession high up the field in the opening minute, Rovers countered in numbers and picked out Brad Lyons, who broke free down the left and fired into the bottom right corner for the opening goal.
The game then went on to take a lively twist with a number of tough tackles and cynical fouls, before Tyreece John-Jules created our first chance with an improvised piece of skill.