Once again a ref tries to halt Arsenal's title charge with a dodgy sending off, once again Arsenal show their character and come away with a win.

But also once again, Arsenal's title hopes look fragile as we squander a comfortable-looking 2 goal lead. Sometimes this season it's been like following a Kevin Keegan side!

Bergkamp got us off the mark just before the quarter-hour, hitting a nice left-footed shot after gaining the ball from a ricochet, and being helped by a deflection on its way in. They all count, and Dennis continues to make his presence count, taking advantage of the long-awaited chance he's getting thanks to Kanu's absence.

Henry beat Friedel in a one-on-one 5 minutes later, thanks to a great pass down the line from Pires. But Rovers got back into it after half an hour when slopping defending at a flicked-on short corner allowed Jansen a far post header.

Then they were gifted an equaliser by Luzhny, who slipped over 25 yards out letting the ball go loose to Damien Duff. Jansen again was on hand to sweep in the low cross.

10 minutes into the second half Luzhny was the noose again, when he picked up 2 yellow cards in 5 minutes. The second was somewhat suspect, Alpay going down heavily after what looked minimal contact.

Rovers went for the throat and we were under some pressure after that. Andy Cole forced a save from Wright and sent another shot across the face of goal.

But in the middle of the Rovers onslaught Bergkamp got onto another excellent pass from Pires and finished with hsi customary cool.

I guess we've got pretty used to playing with 10 men. Or 9 even. It could have been 9 too, when Bergkamp tangled with Johansson he could have been sent off for the second match in a row.

See reports page for list of links to reports on other sites.

Most of them focus on the number 43: red cards since Wenger arrived. You won't find so many mentions of the number 25: consecutive premiership games in which Arsenal have scored. If we score against Southampton at the weekend it will be a new record.