Cesc Fabregas emerged off the bench and bagged a brace as Arsenal climbed to second in the Premier League table with a 3-0 win over Aston Villa.
Chances were few and far between in the first half, although Eduardo had a good opportunity to open the scoring early on when he scuffed his left-footed shot.
Richard Dunne did have the ball in the back of the net before half-time, however, referee Phil Dowd rightly disallowed the effort for a foul on Manuel Almunia.
Arsenal finally clicked into gear on the hour mark when a fine save from Brad Friedel kept out William Gallas' close-range effort from Eduardo's knock-down.
Soon after Friedel parried Andrey Arshavin's left-footed drive the home side went in front through Cesc Fabregas' sublime free-kick.
The Spain international, so often Arsenal's talisman, settled the game late on when he lashed the ball past Friedel from Theo Walcott's fine through-ball.
The Gunners added the icing on the cake in injury time when Abou Diaby was given the freedom of the pitch before curling a delightful right-footed shot home in injury-time.
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