Nigerian star, Alex Iwobi, shown brightly as Arsenal scored four goals in a 36-minute period either side of half time to run out comfortable 4-0 winners against Swansea City.
The Gunners had struggled during the early stages but two own goals – as well as strikes from Olivier Giroud and Alexis Sanchez – ensured that they eased to three points at the Liberty Stadium.
The home side continued to have the better of proceedings but eight minutes before the break, Arsenal went in front through Giroud, who fired into the roof of the net from close range after Mesut Ozil had seen a header blocked by a defender.
A minute before the break, Swansea felt as though they should have been awarded a penalty when Laurent Koscielny appeared to bring down Ki Sung-yueng, but the midfielder was cautioned for diving after dragging his foot into the challenge.
Swansea would have been encouraged when they returned for the second half but they fell two goals behind soon after the restart when Iwobi’s shot took a huge deflection off Jack Cork and looped over Fabianski and into the net.
Arsenal netted a third midway through the second half, with Iwobi again proving instrumental in putting the ball into a threatening area and Swansea defender Kyle Naughton diverting it into his own net.
It got worse for Swansea six minutes later when Sanchez got on the scoresheet after rifling the ball into the net from close range after good work from substitute Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
The one-sided scoreline gave Arsene Wenger the chance to introduce Danny Welbeck for his first Premier League appearance since May 8 but the forward was unable to mark his cameo with a goal.
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