Young Guns feast on feeble Liverpool

A job done and a test passed, perhaps, but this is only a small step for Arsenal against a team that has now lost 10 games this season and was chasing the game with Philipp Degen leading the attack.

This term Arsene Wenger has claimed that now is the time for his kids to grow up. Having lost games to Manchester United, Chelsea and Manchester City, a dismal first-half display at Anfield might have prompted a few tears before the youngsters were sent to bed without any dinner.

This, after all, was the team that was so embarrassed by Manchester United in the Champions League semi-finals last season and was recently decimated in front of their own fans by Carlo Ancelotti’s seasoned pros.