6 minute mark: Miller with a good defensive play.. starts the counter attack.. heads it to Ortega.. Ortega with a great pass.. to Rooney just outside the box.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. the keeper blocks it.. Adriano shoots the rebound.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.
10 minute mark: Schreurs steals the ball in our own half.. he passes to Rooney... Rooney has it at midpitch.. he dribbles past one defender.. up the pitch.. past another defender.. he splits two more defenders.. into the box.. puts a spin move on the keeper.. right on around him.. shoots.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0! Sensational goal by Rooney!
13 minute mark: Marchetti with a good header.. to Adriano near midpitch.. he passes to Rooney who is just across the center line.. Rooney dribbles past one defender.. past another defender.. past a third defender.. into the box.. he shoots.. lower left corner.. Goal!!!! 3-0! Rooney is looking magical.
20 minute mark: Ben Arfa gets a yellow card for shoving Miller.
24 minute mark: Miller heads the ball from our own box.. to Ortega deep in our zone.. long pass to Rooney.. Rooney just has to beat one defender and the keeper.. he dribbles past the defender.. fakes to his right.. dribbles to his left.. around jesus.. shoots.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 4-0! Rooney has his hattrick already.
42 minute mark: Howard stops a long range shot from Podolski.
43 minute mark: Schreurs passes it to Downing.. he is tripped outside the box by Yobo.. yellow card on Yobo.
Halftime: 4-0 lead. We have over 91,000 fans here watching us demolish Arsenal!
46 minute mark: Gary Burke with a hard two footed tackle on Barbosa.. he gets a yellow card.
48 minute mark: Howard stops a long range shot from David.
49 minute mark: Another good play by Marchetti.. this is his best game in a long time.
50 minute mark: Miller with another good defensive play.. Podolski with a hard tackle on Miller.. yellow card on Podolski.
51 minute mark: Rooney gets a yellow card for pulling Smith's jersey.
54 minute mark: Marchetti with a good defensive play.. Mauro Di Mauro tackles him hard.. yellow card on mauro. Our defenders are frustrating them!
56 minute mark: Downing elbows Mario in the jaw.. yellow card for Downing.
61 minute mark: Oswald on for Rooney, Schreurs has picked up a bad knock.. I put Fletcher on for him.
Rooney gets a standing ovation as he leaves the pitch.
80 minute mark: Miller with another header away from Podolski.
89 minute mark: Miller with a long pass down the right sideline.. Ortega gets to it.. he centers it to the near post.. Adriano heads it.. jesus blocks it.. Oswald gets the rebound.. fires it into the open left side of the net! GOAL!!!! 5-0! Oswald scores in his debut!
Game over.. 5-0 win over Arsenal
We outshot them 15-14 (12-4 on target)
Rooney wins MoM, 10 for form, 9 of 13 passes, 1 key pass, 0 of 1 tackles, 6 of 7 headers, 6 runs, 1 assist, and 3 goals.
Adriano also had a 10 for form.
Miller and Ortega had 9's for form. Great debut by Miller!
Every other starter had an 8 for form.