Emmanuel Adebayor Bagged a Hat-Trick as Arsenal Defeated Blackburn Rovers 4 - 0

Emmanuel Adebayor bagged a hat-trick as Arsenal ran out comfortable 4-0 winners over Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park.

Robin van Persie put the Gunners ahead after just eight minutes following good work by England hat-trick hero Theo Walcott and Adebayor added a second on the stroke of half-time.

Adebayor claimed his second from the penalty spot after Stephen Warnock fouled Emmanuel Eboue and then wrapped up the scoring in the last minute.

Blackburn manager Paul Ince said: "Up to half time, I thought it was close. We were creating chances and playing well but we fell asleep. When you play Arsenal you need to be switched on for every second and it's disappointing that we didn't do that. We need to stop leaking goals because we're doing okay at the other end. The good thing is that we won't be playing Arsenal every week."

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger added: "It is always good when you're clinical and efficient and that's what we were today. We played well but, more importantly, we took our chances when they came. It is always interesting at the top of the table and today's results show that this promises to be a very interesting Premier League again."