Gunners fire four past Pompey

Arsenal 4 Portsmouth 0

All four goals came as Arsenal played some of their trademark passing football to show they could yet mount a challenge to the Premiership's top four. But the outcome of this match was not difficult to predict from the moment Arsene Wenger and Harry Redknapp handed in their official team sheets.

Wenger brought back the big guns he had rested for Arsenal's St Stephen's Day win at Charlton, restoring Dennis Bergkamp and Robert Pires to his starting line-up.