Thierry Henry responded to his critics with 2 goals as Arsenal eased past Derby today.

The first was a great free-kick on 20 minutes after fellow starting-striker Jeffers was held in the box.

The second came from the spot in the second half after the County keeper Andy Oakes was ruled to have brought Kanu down in the box. Oakes claimed that Kanu knocked the ball out of his hands but Henry fired a low penalty past him.

This came a few minutes after Keown's second yellow card, on the hour. He brought Christie down as he was running into the box. Although there was another defender close enough for Martin not to be shown a straight red, no-one else was going to stop a shot coming in if he hadn't challenged. His first bookng had however been completely needless, pushing a player after the whistle. Arsenal are protesting his innocence but Derby will probably feel that they were more hard done-by by the ref, since they weren't too happy about the free-kick that led to the first goal. If anything, Arsenal dominated the game even more once we were outnumbered.

Looks like events are conspiring to give Matty Upson more chances in the first team. And as against Panathinaikos, that's looking no bad thing.

Richard Wright had a fine debut, looking generally solid and pulling off a couple of good saves.

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Meanwhile, spare a thought for Tottenham fans, who must have been feeling pretty good at half-time. Trust them to give Man United their first away win, even after being given a 3 goal start. Arsenal go top of the table, with Leeds visitng Ipswich tomorrow.