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Eduardo da Silva’s injury in Arsenal’s draw with Birmingham completely overshadowed the contribution of Theo Walcott, who scored his first goals in the Premiership last weekend. The first was a real poacher’s goal, flicking in the ball from close range after Emmanuel Adebayor fairly challenged the goalkeeper while the second an exciting effort as the 19-year-old skipped past a marker and fired in low and hard from the edge of the area. Walcott had to wait a long time for his first goal in the Premiership but revealed he is feeling good about things going into the important home clash with Aston Villa.He’s absolutely right, and there’s no better time to get things back on track than against Villa on Saturday night. A couple of people criticised Almunia for his part in Birmingham’s first goal last weekend and with Jens Lehmann having a good couple of games against Manchester United and AC Milan the pressure is on the Spaniard to get back to his best. While I feel he was blameless for James McFadden’s free-kick I’m sure he will be hoping for a clean sheet this week. If he gets it, Arsenal will be halfway towards getting the win they need, so hopefully things go his wayThat’s it for today. Just another reminder that if you still haven’t entered the O2 Arsenal Opus competition there is still time. You can vote for your favourite photo by clicking here and if you have no idea what I’m talking about you can read a bit about the Arsenal Opus by clicking here. Good lFive years ago last month Manuel Almunia arrived at Arsenal from the backwaters of Spanish football with a sense of shock and awe. He had just spent another season on loan from Celta Vigo, his third in a row with a different club, and helped Albacete Balompié avoid relegation. Arsenal, meanwhile, had just won the Premier League and become the first club in years of English football to remain undefeated in an entire top-flight league campaign was but was very shy because everybody at Arsenal was a big star in world football," Almunia grins . Henry. Ljungberg. Pires. Cole. Campbell. I signed just when
Manuel Almunia
Manuel Almunia
Manuel Almunia
Manuel Almunia
Manuel Almunia