Sunderland 0 - 3 Arsenal

To some the faces may have been unrecognisable but, unfortunately for Sunderland, the style was unmistakably Arsenal.

Arsenal's youngsters proved that there is light at the end of the tunnel for Arsenal following a stuttering start to the season. A 30 yard thunderbolt from Emmanuel Eboue and a brace from Robin Van Persie ensured Arsenal's win, but the style and attitude of the performance were just as pleasing as the score line.

A 47,366 bumper crowd witnessed Arsenal, who made 10 changes from the side that beat Manchester City on Saturday, enjoy a fully deserved victory against the Black Cats.

It was a harsh footballing lesson for Sunderland as the young Gunner's probed their opponents for an hour before tearing them apart. Arsenal had several impressive performers in Alexandre Song 17, Fabrice Muamba 17, Emmanuel Eboue 21, Robin Van Persie 21 and the effervescent Quincy Owusu Abeye 19.

Eboue opened the scoring on the hour mark, with a spectacular 30 yard drive, Van Persie rifled a penalty into the roof of the net after he was bought down by Dari Smith shortly after. Van Persie then completed the rout with a well taken goal from Sebastian Larsson's through ball three minutes from time.

Arsenal's average start to the league campaign has led Arsene Wenger to be heavily criticised by the media following his failure to replace Patrick Vieira. Wenger however, has faith in his promising batch of youngsters and performances like these repay such faith. I don't want to get carried away, but how good are these kids going to be in 2 or 3 years time? Not all of them will make it. But you can see why Arsene doesn't want to just buy to make up the numbers. He doesn't have to. The thought of challenging Chelsea in our new super stadium, with a burgeoning young team of world-class players, which importantly have been assembled for free, is a mouth watering prospect. It will be Arsene hand reared fledglings against the team that money bought. Morally already victory is ours. It may take time to come right but.. Stand by Arsene.. He know's what he's doing.. Performances like last night prove it..