Arsenal v Norwich City 15-08-1992

Not the start to the new season that George Graham's Arsenal were expecting.

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00:00A home win looked a certainty at Highbury with Arsenal two up by half-time.

00:06Nigel Winterburn's free kick was headed in by Steve Bould just before the half-hour mark.

00:11And a second goal was to follow for Arsenal soon after.

00:14It was a characteristic charge down the right from Lee Dixon.

00:17Kevin Campbell wasn't complaining when the Norwich defenders allowed the ball to reach him.

00:21And for the majority inside Highbury, including the cardboard cutouts on the north bank,

00:25that would seem to have been it.

00:26But Arsenal hadn't reckoned on Mark Robbins.

00:29Norwich's £800,000 signing scored his debut goal with 20 minutes to go.

00:36Two on to Arsenal, but it was followed up by what Arsenal manager George Graham described as

00:41almost laughable individual errors.

00:44David Seaman missed Ian Culverhouse's free kick.

00:46David Phillips claimed the goal and a perfect ten when Norwich made it 2-all.

00:51The last ten minutes were a nightmare for Arsenal.

00:54Rule Fox ran through to put Norwich 3-2 up.

00:57The first to congratulate Fox was Robbins, who'd been told by Norwich manager Ian Walker at half-time,

01:03he'd bring him on to get a couple of goals.

01:05He obliged two minutes from time.

01:07Tony Adams would have liked to have passed back perhaps.

01:10He got in a mess and Robbins raced through to make it 4-2.

01:13The shock result of the day by far.

01:15It's just one of those things.

01:18I mean, if you get the service into the box, you just try your best to hit the target.

01:21And fortunately enough, it's come off today.

01:25And I mean, the pressure's on me now really, isn't it?

01:27So I've got to keep that up and hopefully the lads will keep winning.

01:31Amen.