Easy, very easy. You almost felt sorry for them. This was the biggest derby win since the famous 5-0 (Brady's chip etc) in 1978.

Arsenal could have been a couple up early on. Wiltord had the ball in the net but it was ruled out for offside. Haven't seen it on telly yet but the radio said it should have stood. Then Gilberto hit a sweet shot from out side the box which Keller did well to hold. When it did come, the opener was a bit special.

On 13 minutes Vieira intercepted a Spurs throw-in deep in Arsenal's half. Henry picked the bouncing ball, and set off for the other end of the pitch. A few tried to stop him but once he'd got up a head of speed all they could do was stand back and watch, and maybe wave a foot as he went past. When he got to the D he jinked to the left, beating Carr then King then Carr again before curling the ball past Keller just inside his right hand post.

Henry had another ruled out for offside (rightly so this time, apparently). Up the other end Shabaan made a decent save and Bunjecevic fluffed a free far-post header from a cross which Seaman probably would have come out and caught. But Seaman's the best in the business at that, and overall Shabaan had a good game. He made a decent save in the second half, parrying a well-struck free-kick from Anderton.

Keane missed a decent chance with a glancing header from Carr's cross, when he tried to dive at it when a stoop was all that was needed. He ended up diving under it and just getting a glancing touch into Shabaan's hands.

They had one other good chance, in the second half, when Richards (!) was put through one-on-one. Shabaan came out and the centre-half's chip beat him. But the shot was too soft and Cygan was able to get back and clear.

There were a couple of flashpoints in the first half. First Redknapp was lucky to get away with a nasty tackle on Vieira (I think), and even ended up with a free-kcik awareded in his favour (following a bit of a confrontation involving most of the outfield players). Then Simon Davies was booked for a late challenge on Ashley Cole. Arsenal had actually maintained possession, and by the time the Mike Riley blew his whistle Patrick Vieira had taken the ball down the left wing into acres of space. It didn't seem like that bad a tackle (nothing compare to some which had gone unpunished already), and I couldn't help feeling that the ref had brought out the yellow card to hide his embarssment at failing to play the advantage. Davies picked up a second yellow card later in the half, for a foul which looked a bit more deserving of a card, and was off. Tottenham are doubtless going to ask the ref to look at those decisions again.

Following that there were more dodgy decisions, including the second half failures to book sub Gus Poyet and Robbie Keane (withdrawn into a "midfield fouler" role after the sending-off), and a bizarre decision against Ashley Cole when Stephen Carr had clearly blocked his run, for a moment it looked like Ash was going to be booked.

With a one-man deficit, Tottenham tried to defend the one-goal one, but Arsenal's passing and movement was just too fast and accurate for them.

Ljungberg made it 2, 10 minutes after the break. He and Pires combined to rob Redknapp (I think) of the ball over on our right wing. Pires took the ball on towards the box and slipped a delightful pass outside the defender for Henry to run on, inside the box on the right. He could have gone for goal but Theirry spotted the better opportunity and slipped it across the box for Ljungberg who'd made a run to the other side to poke home.

The third, with 20 minutes to go, was similar (and to be honest I may have confused them!). This time Henry did shoot but it was blocked and came back out to Pires. Again Bobby could have had a go himself but this time it was Wiltord spotted in space over on the left, and this time it was Wiltord who blasted home.

There was plenty of other good play from the Arsenal. Most notable perhaps were a Wiltord shot from a narrow angle after a one-two with Ljungberg took him into the box on the left, which flashed just high of the bar, and a cheeky Pires lob from the edge of the box which looked to have Keller beaten but went just over the bar.

The downside of the match was injuries to Bergkamp and Henry. Bergkamp went off in the first half after clearly struggling for a while, probably following a clash with Richards in the first few minutes. He went off holding his chest and we can only hope it's just bruising rather than a broken rib. Henry's injury looked like a leg problem, maybe a hamstring. Hopefully it's just enough to keep him out of France's upcoming friendly and fresh for Arsenal.

Arsenal go 2 points clear at the top of the table, but Liverpool are at home to Sunderland tomorrow.