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Summary Ayegbeni Yakubu scored twice in his debut and Arsenal's hapless defense allowed two own-goals.
Arsenals poor start to the English season worsened Saturday with a 4-3 loss to Blackburn despite leading twice in the first half. Elsewhere in the Premier League, all three promoted clubs won on the same day for the first time since February 2007.Ayegbeni Yakubu scored twice in his debut and Arsenals hapless defense allowed two own-goals in Blackburns first victory of the season. Arsenal has just four points from five games, with one of its losses an 8-2 rout at first-place Manchester United.It is terrible, it is just not good enough, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said. Of course, we are very frustrated. The spirit in the team is quite willing but, if you look at the number of goals we have conceded, that is not good enough.Welsh club Swansea scored its first goals as a Premier League club in beating West Bromwich Albion 3-0, while fellow newcomer Queens Park Rangers won 3-0 victory at Wolverhampton. Norwich completed the trio of wins for the promoted clubs, with Anthony Pilkington and Bradley Johnson getting first-half goals in a 2-1 win at Bolton.
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