This was a horrible end to a very bad week. Having been knocked out of the Champions League at Emirates Stadium on Tuesday, Arsenal suffered their heaviest defeat on their ‘new’ ground when they went down 4-1 to Chelsea on Sunday. Nicklas Bendtner’s header raised remote hopes of a comeback in the 70th minute but Florent Malouda’s late tap-in gave the scoreline a skewed look given the balance of play.

Actually, Arsenal had created the better chances but certainly Chelsea had taken theirs more clinically. Chelsea goals scored by Alex, Anelka, Toure (og) and Malouda.