ROBIN VAN PERSIE ensured Arsenal’s impressive start to the new season continued with a ninth straight win against a stubborn Steaua Bucharest to maintain their 100% Champions League record.

Steaua Bucharest 0 Arsenal 1

Sporting Lisbon ended Dinamo Tbilisi’s interest in the UEFA Cup with a crushing 4-0 victory at the Boris Paichadze stadium in Georgia.

Greece may be the European Nations champions but their club sides struggled as the group stage of the UEFA Cup got underway with all three representatives beaten.

Steaua Bucharest 1 Liverpool 1