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After eight minutes, Jurrien Timber had already sunk the ball into the top right corner.
His Blackburn Under-21 opponents looked stunned. His young colleagues looked in awe.
It had been 254 days since the Dutch full back had last stepped on a pitch after suffering damage to the ACL ligament in his knee against Nottingham Forest on August 12.
No one imagined, as the 22-year-old trudged off the pitch of Arsenal's first Premier League game of the season, that it would be another eight months before he would re-appear.
Further still, not many expected Timber to return to such aplomb on just his first appearance, playing for the Arsenal Under-21s.
Arsenal defender Jurrien Timber scored a screamer on his return to action for the club's U21s
Timber (third from right) made his first appearance in 254 days after recovering from an injury
He wore his usual number 12 shirt, despite the academy typically using numbers 1 to 11 for the line-up. Special players, special measures.
He received the ball on the edge of the box. A jink to his right opened the body to unleash a curling shot, brushing the bar and landing in the net.
It was a finish that would not have looked out of place in a first-team match in the title run-in, never mind the academy side.
This backdrop made Timber's strike all the
