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 the biggest 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.

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.

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