Robin van Persie scored twice for Arsenal, as the Gunners silenced all the talks of a club crisis with a romping 3-0 victory over Newcastle United at the Emirates Stadium.

This win came as a relief to Arsenal Manager Arsene Wenger, who was under the hammer after a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Fulham in Craven Cottage.

Gunners outclassed Newcastle in all the departments and showed the same vigor, which was visible earlier in the week against FC Twente that got them through to the Group stages of the Champions League.

The goal scoring started in the eighteenth minute, as Dutchmen Persie scored from the spot after Newcastle’s N’Zogbia handled the ball.

Persie scored his second goal in the 41st minute, as he smashed a pass from Emmanuel Eboue past Newcastle goalkeeper, Shay Given.

Newcastle had their chances with skipper Michael Owen and Jonas Gutierrez constantly making a move towards the Gunners net. However, the home side’s defense was impeccable and gave little scope of conversion to the Magpies.

In the 59th minute, Brazilian Denilson scored a superbly crafted goal to make it 3-0 and wrapping up the game for the home team.

Wenger was all praise for his side and said that they delivered what they promised at the beginning of the season, ‘Flawless Performance’. For Kevin Keegan, it was a disappointing game for his side after they showed great vigor in the first two games of the season.

Elsewhere, Bolton Wanderers & West Bromwich Albion were involved in the first 0-0 draw of the season at Reebok Stadium. Hammers went past Paul Ince’s Rovers 4-1 at Upton Park to continue the away side’s miserable run at this stadium. Again, Middlesbrough also defeated Stoke City 2-1 at the Riverside Stadium with a late goal from Tuncay Sanli.