Arsenal 3 - Sevilla 0

Arsenal: Almunia; Sagna, Touré, Senderos, Clichy; Hleb, Cesc Fábregas, Flamini, Rosicky (Diaby 49'); Adebayor (Eduardo 83'), Van Persie. 4-4-2.
Sevilla: Palop; Alves, Fazio, Escudé, Dragutinovic; Jesús Navas, Martí (Keita 66'), Poulsen, Diego Capel (Renato 67'); Luis Fabiano (Kerzhakov 46'), Kanouté. 4-4-2.

Goals:
1-0. 31. Luis Fabiano (penalty). After Julio César hacked down Alves in the area.
2-0. 58. Van Persie. Shot from close up after Sagna headed on Cesc free kick.
3-0. 92. Eduardo. Fired shot past Palop after triangular move with Hleb and Cesc.

Sevilla were brought down to Earth on their first ever game in the Champions League, the Andalusians losing 3-0 to an Arsenal side inspired by Cesc Fábregas. The Spanish international opened the scoring with a long shot which took a deflection off Escudé, and had a big part in the other two goals. Kanouté tried his luck a couple of times before the break, but the Premier League side went two up when Van Persie finished off after Sagna had headed on Cesc's free kick soon after the restart. Martí and Kanouté both went close again, but with the game already in injury time Fazio gave the ball away, and Hleb and Cesc combined to set up Eduardo for the third.