Another Aidil-Fitri Delight

A week after Muslims celebrate the Aidil-Fitri, a nice present from Arsenal duly arrives a day before many Muslims call as 'Hari Raya Enam'. This is when a Muslim performs an additional six days of fasting during the month of Shawal, preferably from the second day onwards even though it is not necessarily so. Even the additional six days are not compulsory.

However, for Gooners who manage to do that, then they receive half dozen of delights from the Emirates as the home side put six past Sporting Braga goalkeeper Felipe. In a match that could be dubbed as 'The Cesc Fabregas Show" the skipper found the net twice, starting the scoring in each half.

Andrey Arshavin and Marouane Chamakh also manage put their names on the score-sheet in the first half to give The Gunners a healthy 3-0 lead going into the break. Substitute Carlos Vela came on in the 63rd minute and duly found the net twice to put the gloss on the night when the Portuguese Arsenal learn what Champions League football is all about.

The naivety of the Braga side mean the central defensive pairing of Laurent Koscielny and Sebastien Squillaci are not really troubled throughout the match. Despite the big win Arsenal fans must realise that sterner tests await when their team face FK Partizan in Belgrade later this month and the visit of Shakhtar Donetsk in October.

But before that, there is the matter of a trip to Wearside to face Sunderland on the weekend, a tougher assignment than the one tonight.


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