Fabregas: our system works

CESC FABREGAS believes Arsenal have now settled on a winning formula in the Champions League. The Gunners extended their unbeaten home European record with a 2-0 win over Porto at the Emirates Stadium.

Another maximum-points haul from the trip to CSKA Moscow in a fortnight’s time would all but secure a place in the second phase for last season’s beaten finalists. Unlike recent visitors for Premiership matches to Arsenal’s impressive new 60,000-seater home, the Portuguese side looked to take the game to their hosts, before eventually being outmanoeuvred through Thierry Henry’s 50th European goal and an early second-half strike from Alexander Hleb.

Midfielder Fabregas, 19, feels such tactics can work in the Gunners’ favour.