Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Andre Santos have struck early for Arsenal to give the home side a 2-1 advantage over the visiting Olympiakos during the first half at the Emirates Stadium.

The Gunners left skipper Robin van Persie and key playmaker Aaron Ramsey on the bench in anticipation of Sunday's cracking North London derby but that did not prevent them from dominating in the early stages of their Group F match.

Organisation, the people and the way they work three reasons why Arsenal's Andre Santos opted for the Gunners during the summer transfer window. Speaking to Arsenal Player, the Brazilian was full of praise for manager ...

Arsenal full-back Andre Santos adds to Alex Oxlade Chamberlains debut goal with his own as the Gunner's take a 2-0 lead against Olympiakos at the Emirates.

Giving the captain a ride

It was another one of the those time during the final whistle where the points was more important than the performance. Too many times have we sat in this position thinking of dropped points and lost games but could still pride ourself with the wonderful attacking display which amounted to no points.

Capturing the best performers

It probably wasn't easy for the players. Some team lives on the high of the magnificent victory from the previous game and goes on a rampage in the next few weeks/games. Some teams clings on to that magnificent victory and thought they didn't have to do much to win the following games.

Arsenal defender Andre Santos revealed that English football is different than what he was used to but is adapting well in his new role. The former Corinthians and Fenerbahçe man was one of the so-called "panic ...

He won't mind seeing a fit Wilshere

Let's start with the obvious shall we. The Champions League draw takes precedent and rightly so. The biggest tournament in club football today and the 2nd round draw took place without any Manchester clubs in it. For our efforts of finishing top of our group, we were rewarded with a date against AC Milan.

Arsenal are on the verge of signing Brazil international Andre Santos from Fenerbahce, according to reports in the British and Turkish media.

With only two days of transfer business remaining, it is expected that the player will be unveiled immediately after completing a medical on Tuesday.

Traore will not get to play with the other Park

Being an Arsenal fan has never been easy. It will a whole lot worse from now until the end of the transfer window. Just a day after our drubbing at Old Trafford, the rumours merchant has already been out in full force. Best to do it according to the position on the pitch, here goes.

The 8-2 defeat at the weekend has forced Wenger into the transfer market, rumours are flying around everywhere.

Two deals that are virtually done will Park Chu Young join Arsenal from AS Monaco. Park is South Korea's captain and a striker who does not have an impressive record in club football.

Arsenal are close to completing the signing of Brazil left-back Andre Santos and are in talks for Werder Bremen centre-back Per Mertesacker.

The Gunners have agreed a fee with Turkish giants Fenerbahce for Santos reportedly £6.2 million with the move subject to a medical and personal terms being agreed.

After Arsenal's shock 8-2 defeat to Manchester United this weekend the rumours around who will join the club have been going into overdrive. While several players are thought to be of interest to Arsenal the two most likely targets seem to be two defenders. TalkSport Radio is reporting that Pert Mertesacker will undergo a medical [.

Much has been made of Arsenal's 8-2 demolition at the hands of Manchester United on Sunday, and rightly so. Being hammered so comprehensively by a team that is not supposed to so emphatically superior (if the purported competitiveness of the Premier League is to be believed) and has, in the not too distant past, been a direct rival displays an embarrassing contrast in fortunes between Arsenal and the teams immediately around them in the top echelon of the English game.

Arsenal have had all summer to buy players. Why they haven't done so until now is very much an area of conjecture. Have we been unwilling to do so or simply unable to get our business done?

For all our frustrations, it's hard to imagine that we've remained as static as we have through choice.

Just a short second post today as all eyes will be on the TD, with supporters frantically F5ing every source of news they can find.

Who knows how much of a spur the 8:2 ‘humiliation' was to the powers that be at Arsenal, but one thing is for sure, the 3 signings that have followed in quick succession have at last shown that we are serious about producing a team that can compete with the best this season.

Arsenal have completed the signing of Brazilian defender Andre Santos from Fenerbahce

The 28-year-old international joins the Gunners from Super Lig champions Fenerbahce, for whom he has played since 2009. Santos supplanted Roberto Carlos as the team's first-choice left-back in his first season in Turkey and went on to make 52 league appearances, scoring 10 times.

Another hectic transfer deadline day today, with several interesting transfers currently taking place. Diego Forlan has joined Inter Milan from Atletico Madrid, with Forlan previously being linked to Tottenham Hotspur. I think this move is a bit of a shame as he has undoubted quality and would have loved to have seen him play in the Premier League again, where he got so much stick for his time with Man United.

Well that's that! Another transfer window is slammed shut.

And before we were treated to the chimes of Big Ben on Sky Sports News, Arsene Wenger and Arsenal finally dipped into their overflowing bank account and added to the squad.

But are the signings good enough to make the Gunners contenders for a Top 4 position?

After sealing a move to the Barclays Premier League, new Arsenal left-back Andre Santos has immediately rubbished reports that he departed Fenerbahce due to the team's involvement in a match-fixing scandal.

The Turkish champions were forced to withdraw from the Champions League last week and not only was their spot given to second-placed Trabzonspor, but there have been demands to relegate them to the country's second division of club football.

That was a very strange few days. We spend years carefully, slowly building squads, with obscure players brought in from far and wide, punctuated with highly profitable sales. This modus operandi became familiar to all of us. But in this transfer window, that has all been ripped up, culminating in an insane final evening yesterday.

Ordinarily, I avoid the superficial, Sky induced hype of Deadline Day in the same manner that I'd give a live railway line a wide berth. The gurning, buckteeth boys leering swearily behind Sky reporters (shouldn't you unruly yoots be looting JD Sports or something?), the strains of Jim White unloading his cargo as Jimmy McJourneyman completes his lucrative loan move to Hamilton Academicals.

With Kieran Gibbs and Armand Traore both disappointing for Arsenal over the last few seasons and with Gael Clichy leaving for Manchester City, a left-back was a must for the Gunners as they welcome Andre ...

So, the unmistakeable chimes of Big Ben bring the craziest few months an Arsenal fan has ever had to endure to a close. We have lost our club captain, we have lost last seasons best player, and we have been humiliated 8-2 by Man United, yet, with that big bell still ringing in my ear (insert your own joke!

Arsenal left-back Andre Santos has wasted no time in noting that the club's six-year trophy drought must come to an end following a much-awaited spending spree at the Emirates that saw manager Arsene Wenger add multiple other signings in addition to the Brazilian international.

The former Fenerbahce player celebrated guiding the Turkish giants to the domestic title last season, only to have the glory taken away due to a major controversy that the club is currently embroiled in.

New Arsenal left-back Andre Santos will not only bring defensive options to the Gunners but can only score goals, if required. Speaking to Arsenal Player about his excellent goalscoring form with Fenerbahçe, the Brazilian confessed that ...

Arsenal left-back Andre Santos didn't join the Gunners to settle down for a "Top Four" finish as his objective for this season is to win trophies. Speaking to Arsenal Player, the Brazilian explained that he plays ...

I have oft imagined Arsene Wenger in his shorts, and h... erm, this doesn't seem like the right way to start this article, or any article. I wasn't stressing on his shorts, my mind has not been warped to that extent yet. Allow me to rephrase.

I have oft imagined a huge watering hole, and a hesitant Arsene Wenger standing next to it, incidentally clad in shorts (the attire is merely for convenience, it could just as easily be a parka, three-piece suit or tiger outfit) and looking at the watering hole wistfully.

Arsenal youngster Theo Walcott admits that Arsenal's struggling squad needed a boost following a shockingly poor start to their Barclays Premier League campaign and hopes that the quintet of the club's deadline day signings will turns things around.

Walcott, who was a part of the Gunners side that was humiliated throughout their 8-2 defeat to Manchester United eight days ago, insists that the belief within the team remains strong despite the disappointment that filled the dressing room in the aftermath of the Old Trafford fixture.

Someone questioned on the blog yesterday whether our new line-up would be able to score enough goals, so I thought it would be interesting to compare the goalscoring prowess of the new players against those who have departed based on past performances.

Now I realise that stats are generally just a way of manipulating figures so they masquerade as facts.

Arsenal Wenger promised us an "active" summer transfer window. And boy, he stuck to his word!

Although at times, it appeared that the number of players coming in was going to be limited, Arsene kept his promise and captured a number of quality players, in the last few moments of the summer transfer window.

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Anyone who has read my pre-matches over the seasons will know that I am not a huge fan of Blackburn, I will go further and say that for many seasons they have represented all that is reprehensible in football from top to bottom.

Shell shocked Gunners

Just when we asked for a little more consistency and building on recent improvements to go on a little positive run of matches, this happened. Abysmal, is the only word I can find to fully explain this defeat at Ewood Park. From having a 2-1 lead going into half time and seemingly in full control of the game, we wilted in the second half.

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There was that funny quote from Bate's Filipp Rudik at the Barcelona press conference two days ago where he said : "Barcelona's players are from outer space". The photo above perfectly describes this. After being hammered 5-0 by the Catalans last night, all poor Aleksandr Gutor could do was to sit down and wonder where it all went wrong as the said creatures walked past him.

Video reaction and highlights

It would be fair to say that the performance last night wasn't much to write home about, but when it comes to Champions League group stage matches very rarely do people look back in time to comment about how we played. The history books will show that Arsenal won, our 9th home win in our last 10 European games apparently, and that two debut goal scorers ensured Arsenal took the points.

We won. Chelsea didn't. Man City didn't. Man United didn't. We did, and that's the important bit, especially bearing in mind that we had nine injured players and (with the North London Derby coming up) only five genuine first choice players were in the starting XI.

The performance wasn't the best, but neither was it the worst.

New Arsenal signings Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Andre Santos were both delighted to score for the Gunners in their Champions League debut. Speaking after the game, the Englishman explained that he was honoured and proud to start ...

See that ugly, hideous, deformed creature over there? No, not Tevez. Beyond that. Moving away into the distance? Yeah. That one. That's the final Interlull of 2011. It's not too late to pick up some stones and throw them at it, calling it names as it departs to its filthy lair, some hibernation on the cards before it resurfaces next year.

The goal scorer and the muffler

Not quite the class of the goal that Dennis Bergkamp scored but it was a goal that was enough to send us top of the group with a point ahead of the beaten side, Marseille. Another one of those where the result was more important than the performance. 5 wins out of 6 games now and that is momentum building.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is fully aware that pundits will rip apart Chelsea's deteriorating defense but the Frenchman believes that today's 5-3 win should be attributed to the offensive quality of his side.

The Gunners looked shaky themselves on the defensive front but their relentless attack on the Blues' goal was rewarded with a hat-trick was skipper Robin van Persie as well as a goal apiece for Andre Santos and Theo Walcott.