Ozil and Giroud strike early to hand Arsenal win
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Mesut Ozil and Olivier Giroud strikes hand Gunners a straightforward win over Napoli
Early goals from Mesut Ozil his first for the club and Olivier Giroud set Arsenal on course for an easy 2-0 victory over Napoli in the Champions League.
Arsene Wengers men turned the game into a training session and could have added more goals as they dominated from start to finish at the Emirates Stadium.
Germany midfielder Ozil got the first after just eight minutes, making it look so easy as he finished Aaron Ramseys cutback in style to steer the ball past on-loan Liverpool goalkeeper Jose Reina.
The goal handed the home side the perfect start as they look to follow up their opening-day Group F win in Marseille.
And their superiority was underlined when Giroud doubled the Gunners advantage seven minutes later with a close-range finish to leave Napolis former Chelsea boss Rafael Benitez looking forlorn on the touchline.
After that fast start, Arsenal looked to add to their tally but the Italians belatedly tightened up at the back and it remained 2-0 at the break.
The Gunners toyed with their visitors but just couldnt find a way through for the killer third goal, introducing Jack Wilshere for the last half an hour in place of Tomas Rosicky.
The nearest they came to a third was when Laurent Koscielny met Mikel Artetas flick-on but was denied by a point-blank save from Reina 15 minutes from time.
Earlier, Mikel Arteta and Tomas Rosicky had returned to the Arsenal starting line-up but there was no place for the visitors striker Gonzalo Higuain against his summer suitors.
The former Real Madrid man, who was targeted by Wenger before opting to move to Italy, failed to recover from a thigh problem.
Early goals from Mesut Ozil his first for the club and Olivier Giroud set Arsenal on course for an easy 2-0 victory over Napoli in the Champions League.
Arsene Wengers men turned the game into a training session and could have added more goals as they dominated from start to finish at the Emirates Stadium.
Germany midfielder Ozil got the first after just eight minutes, making it look so easy as he finished Aaron Ramseys cutback in style to steer the ball past on-loan Liverpool goalkeeper Jose Reina.
The goal handed the home side the perfect start as they look to follow up their opening-day Group F win in Marseille.
And their superiority was underlined when Giroud doubled the Gunners advantage seven minutes later with a close-range finish to leave Napolis former Chelsea boss Rafael Benitez looking forlorn on the touchline.
After that fast start, Arsenal looked to add to their tally but the Italians belatedly tightened up at the back and it remained 2-0 at the break.
The Gunners toyed with their visitors but just couldnt find a way through for the killer third goal, introducing Jack Wilshere for the last half an hour in place of Tomas Rosicky.
The nearest they came to a third was when Laurent Koscielny met Mikel Artetas flick-on but was denied by a point-blank save from Reina 15 minutes from time.
Earlier, Mikel Arteta and Tomas Rosicky had returned to the Arsenal starting line-up but there was no place for the visitors striker Gonzalo Higuain against his summer suitors.
The former Real Madrid man, who was targeted by Wenger before opting to move to Italy, failed to recover from a thigh problem.
