The Portsmouth game and Wengers contract

Ten-man Arsenal made it four home wins out of four with a 3-1 victory over Portsmouth at Emirates Stadium on Sunday.

First-half goals from Emmanuel Adebayor and Cesc Fabregas gave Arsène Wenger’s side a thoroughly deserved two-goal lead at the break. To that point, they had bossed Harry Redknapp’s in-form outfit and looked set for a high-scoring, straight-forward win.

However four minutes after the interval Philippe Senderos was sent off for a hauling back Kanu as he raced through. The Nigerian then gave Portsmouth a lifeline a minute after Tomas Rosicky had fired home a nerve-calming third for the hosts.

The visitors piled forward late on but Arsenal held them at bay effectively. At the final whistle they were in second, level with leaders Liverpool on 10 points.

Gilberto is so important to the team playing well...I'd be so disapointed if he left..he can play on for at least 2-3 more years. let's not mess up and get him signed up right away.

Rosicky - his best game by a long way

Fabregas - I'm going to put a bet on him scoring over 10 goals this season.

Hleb - brilliant, no signs of flu!

With Senderos gone for the next 3 games, it is likely we will be a bit short in defence, it's probably good that the international break falls over the next couple of weeks giving Sagna time to regain fittness.

Also my thoughts are Wenger will wait till our next draw or loss before announcing his new contract...it's a classic Wenger move to take the headlines of a loss away from the tabloid press.

"We have a little break now and that situation could progress and advance. We have some time to meet and it should progress this week. If it does you will be informed."