Reviews

It should have been three a few minutes later. Excellent play by Diaby on the right byline saw him breeze past his man before sending a low ball to the back post, where Nasri’s shot was blocked

A rapid counter-attack saw Robin play in Theo with an inch-perfect through ball that nearly resulted in Ade extending our lead but the defender intervened. 4-1 would have been harsh on plucky Everton; 3-1 was just about right

Theo Walcott was getting slated following a dragged thirty-yard effort. The kid is only 19, we can’t expect him to be Superman every game; we can’t expect a Croatia-esque hat-trick every time he steps onto the pitch

Another example of this came just before the hour mark. Theo skinned his man on the outside before finding Nasri with a measured pass

If I was Johan Djourou, I’d go up to Le Boss and quote the singer Lemar: "If there’s any justice in the world, I would be your man."

Jack Wilshere had a great chance to either open the scoring of set up a team mate (remember the motivational letter young man, do what is best for the team!)

Bendtner again turned provider as he showed his natural prowess in the second striker role, chipping a delicately-weighted ball for Ade to run on to. The Togonator got clear of the defence, opened his body, sent it past the keeper

Adebayor is an instinct striker, he can flick the ball up and smash it past Paul Robinson but let him run through on goal with time to think about his finish and he misses

In between the two Walcott efforts Blackburn briefly sent our hearts a-flutter as Roberts was played in but Gallas marshalled him off the ball and Almunia collected

The goal was certainly what Robin deserved and his fist-clenching celebration was great to see. Having looked pretty ordinary thus far this season, he shone here. The first period was typified by him dropping deep into the vast swathe of space between the Newcastle defence and midfield