Two own goals in the second half from Arsenal saw Blackburn pick up their first win of the new season to lift the pressure off boss Steve Kean.
The Gunners actually led 2-1 at half time with goals from Gervinho and Mikel Arteta sandwiched between a debut strike from Yakubu.
All seemed lost for Rovers until Alex Song bundled the ball into his own net before Yakubu grabbed his second of the day and Laurent Koscielny scored another own goal.
Substitute Marouane Chamakh scored a late third for the visitors but it was in vain as the Gunners continued their stuttering start to the new campaign.
It was another shambolic defensive performance and boss Arsene Wenger now has a real task on his hands to lift a back four which has conceded 12 goals in the last two away matches.
For Kean it will be sweet relief to finally get three points on the board and he’ll be hoping this result will silence his critics for this week at least.
He must have feared the worst after Gervinho opened the scoring on 10 minutes slamming the ball past Paul Robinson for his first goal in Arsenal colours.
Yakubu then got the first of his brace deftly turning the ball past Wojciech Szczesny to bring the game level mid-way through the half only for Arteta to restore the visitors lead turning in Aaron Ramsey’s intelligent cutback.
No one could have foreseen what would transpire in the second half as Arsenal capitulated and Rovers went full steam head in search of all three points.
Their cause was helped when Song turned Ruben Rochina’s free kick into his own net to bring the game level before Yakubu scored his second turning in Steven N’Zonzi’s cross.
Rovers were in dreamland and it got better with 20 minutes to go as Koscielny bundled the ball in Martin Olsson’s whipped delivery to make it 4-2 to the hosts.
Chamakh came off the bench to nod home Robin Van Persies cross with five minutes to go but it wasn’t enough to save Wenger’s side from another humiliating defeat. For Kean it could be the result to kick start his side’s season and his managerial career.
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