Arsenal romp past hapless Porto

Arsenal demolished a feeble Porto side 4-0 in the Champions League at the Emirates on Tuesday with two goals each from Robin van Persie and Emmanuel Adebayor firing them to the top of Group G Dutchman Van Persie settled some early Arsenal jitters to...

Arsenal demolished a feeble Porto side 4-0 in the Champions League at the Emirates on Tuesday with two goals each from Robin van Persie and Emmanuel Adebayor firing them to the top of Group G

Dutchman Van Persie settled some early Arsenal jitters to slot the opener after 31 minutes before Adebayor headed the second shortly before halftime.

Porto, who have never won in England, capitulated after the break and Van Persie waltzed through to make it 3-0 before Adebayor converted a penalty with 19 minutes remaining.

The visitors had hit the crossbar through Cristian Rodriguez when the score was 0-0 but were outplayed as Arsenal recorded their first win in this season's competition after drawing their opener 1-1 with Dynamo Kiev.

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