Arsenal put on masterclass

Champions League Round-Up: Cesc Fabregas and Theo Walcott scored twice as Arsenal trounced Slavia Prague 7-0 in their Champions…

Champions League Round-Up:Cesc Fabregas and Theo Walcott scored twice as Arsenal trounced Slavia Prague 7-0 in their Champions League Group H clash.

Arsene Wenger's side were simply unstoppable as the Czechs were put to the sword in ruthless fashion at the Emirates Stadium as the Gunners clocked up a record-equalling winning margin in Champions League history.

The Gunners got off to a brilliant start when Fabregas burst into the Slavia area and curled a magnificent shot into the corner of Martin Vaniak's goal after just four minutes.

Chances came and went for Emmanuel Adebayor and Walcott before the hosts doubled their lead after 24 minutes when the Czechs made hard work of clearing a corner and Hleb drove the ball goalwards and it was deflected in off David Hubacek's lunge.

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Adebayor then saw a powerful header hacked off the goalline by the trailing boot of Vaniak as the Gunners pressed for a third.

But they did extend their advantage four minutes before the interval when Vaniak mistimed a volleyed clearance and Walcott rounded him before firing into an empty goal from 20 yards.

And six minutes into the restart, Fabregas played a fine ball out to Hleb on the left and he strode inside a challenge before drilling a shot low into the Slavia goal to make it 4-0.

The Gunners were really in their stride now and a quick break saw Hleb feed the ball out to Walcott, and with defenders having no answer to his pace, he flicked the ball past Vaniak to score the fifth after 55 minutes with a shot which went in off the post.

But the Gunners weren't finished and a magnificent break saw Hleb burst down the left, play in Adebayor, who in turn found Fabregas bursting into the box with the Spaniard then tucking in number six - and all with just 58 minutes on the clock.

Walcott then wasted a good chance to grab his hat-trick when he over-elaborated in the box, while Manuel Almunia made two good saves to keep Slavia out on rare forays forward for the visitors.

Walcott was then unlucky to be denied his third when Vaniak pulled off a fine save from point-blank range, while Tomas Rosicky's follow-up clipped the crossbar before bouncing to safety.

But the seventh goal did arrive in the 89th minute when substitute Nicklas Bendtner poked home to seal a memorable night for the Gunners.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Manchester United maintained their perfect start in Group F with a 4-2 win at Dynamo Kiev.

United made a dream start and were two goals to the good inside the opening 18 minutes. Ryan Giggs' free-kick from the left with 10 minutes on the clock was powerfully nodded home by Rio Ferdinand inside the six-yard box, while Wayne Rooney made it two when he latched onto Wes Brown's cross to tap home from close range.

Despite the dominance of the visitors, Kiev pulled a goal back eleven minutes before the break when a corner from the right was headed in by an unmarked Diogo Roncon from the penalty spot - the first goal United had conceded in this season's Champions League.

Alex Ferguson's men produced an immediate response though when Giggs skipped down the left wing before sending in a superb centre for Ronaldo to stretch his neck muscles and find the top corner of Oleksandr Shovkovskiy's goal from 10 yards.

Any hopes of a Kiev fightback were dashed with 22 minutes to go when Goran Gavrancic was adjudged to have handled Tevez's cross just inside the area and Ronaldo swept home the resultant penalty.

Ismael Bangoura beat Edwin van der Sar from 25 yards as the Ukranian outfit grabbed a late consolation but in the end it was a comfortable win in an excellent United display.

Elsewhere Rangers emerged with a precious point from their 0-0 clash with Barcelona despite being handed a footballing masterclass by the Catalan giants.

Barcelona arrived at Ibrox determined to take all three points and Ronaldinho, Messi and Carles Puyol all came close during a fraught 90 minutes.

However, they were ultimately frustrated by a stubborn Rangers side, who held on for the draw that keeps them joint top of the group.

Champions League Results

Group E
Rangers 0-0 Barcelona
VfB Stuttgart 0-2 Lyon

Group F
Dynamo Kiev 2-4 Man Utd
Roma 2-1 Sporting

Group G
CSKA Moscow 1-2 Inter
PSV v Fenerbahce

Group H
Arsenal 7-0 Slavia Prague
Sevilla 2-1 Steaua Bucuresti