The Beast finished off Hamburger Feast

My first visit to the Emirates Stadium ended in a victory as two goals in the last seven minutes swept aside a resolute Hamberg side.

Van der Vaart, shot Hamburg into a suprise lead after just four minutes as he twisted and turned on the egd eof the box before making space to fire into Lehman's top corner from twenty or so yards.

Hamburg then set about defending that lead stoutly and despite Hleb hitting the bar from six or seven yards, the Germans were good value for their slender lead at half time.

Mr Wenger must have had a few ripe words with the Arsenal team, as they started the second half at a quicker tempo and immediately looked more dangerous as they broke against a settled five in midfield formation employed by the Bundesliga side.

The breakthrough was not long in coming as great work from Fabregas, enabled Van Persie to bear down on goal before calmly slotting home under the body of the so far untroubled keeper, 1-1 and the Germans had finally stopped singing.

The game reverted back to first half type with Arsenal pressing against a solid blue wall of well drilled defenders and defensive minded midfielders, with Van der Vaart springing them forward whenever he had the chance.

Bookings followed as the tensions rose, Henry picking up his third booking of the campaign and is sadly suspended for the next game away to Porto.

It took the introduction of the Boy Wonder Theo Walcott, who once moved to the right hand side, linked brilliantly with Eboue to carve a goal scoring opportunity for the Ivory Coast defender, who from a tight angle, squeezed the ball home off the underside of the unfortunate keeper. The Emirates erupted into a cacophony of noise, the relief must have been felt by Arsenal fans all over the World.

Arsenal all of a sudden seemed settled, and as Hamburg decided to push themselves forward, Eboue and Walcott combined again to cross for Julio "The Beast" Baptista to fire home a thunderous header from ten yards, a fantastic effort considering the distance from the goal and the pace of the inch perfect ball by young Theo, who at 17 years old, is reminding the Country exactly why Sven took him to Germany in the Summer.

Overall a really brilliant experience, roll on Bolton Saturday afternoon.