The Gunners looked deadly on the counter attack and a defence-splitting ball from Cesc Fabregas fed through Emmanuel Adebayor who made no mistake to slot the ball low past the goalkeeper with just 10 minutes gone in the match.

Just one minute later and Arsene Wenger's men were two goals to the good as Fabregas again provided a telling through-ball - this time to Theo Walcott - and the England international rounded the 'keeper before firing home from a tight angle.

The Turkish outfit, though, were determined to keep themselves in the game and did just that as Daniel Guiza's cross-goal volley took a wicked deflection off Mikael Silvestre to leave stand-in skipper Manuel Almunia with no chance.

But the visitors again showed their dominance as Vassiriki Diaby twisted his way past a number of defenders before firing in a low drive which beat the flailing 'keeper.

Arsenal showed little sympathy in the second-half and were soon 4-1 up as the ball bounced around inside the Fenerbahce area and Alexandre Song Billong found himself in the right place to slam home his volley following a poor headed clearance.

The hosts did manage a second goal shortly before the full-time whistle through captain Daniel Guiza, but Aaron Ramsey ensured there would be no twist in the tale, firing the ball in off the upright as the Gunners continued their unbeaten run in Group G.