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Van Persie sat out on Tuesday and if 100% is 100% to start upfront. I would throw my neck on the line and suggest that Arsene will rest Adebayor with the Dane

I remember when he tried to give Upson a chance, against Aston Villa at Highbury if my memory serves me correctly. He dropped Keown and started Upson

When Eduardo hit his goalscoring streak I remember thinking that it is now a case of who plays with him. To be honest, that could be said about any of our forward who are given a run in the side and hit form

There are encouraging signs and even flashes of pure brilliance. Theo Walcott has come on signficantly since last season, and Samir Nasri is added bite to the attacking midfield section. And Vela is showing his capabilties as a substitute

It should have been three a few minutes later. Excellent play by Diaby on the right byline saw him breeze past his man before sending a low ball to the back post, where Nasri’s shot was blocked

I watched to see who would join Adebayor. Arsene had a choice from three. He could have played Diaby on the left with Nasri floating around Adebayor

I personally would like to see Djourou play alongside Silvestre and he probably would have before his injury but Song has the advantage of having 45 minutes alongside Silvestre

The only bad news of the match came in the dying seconds of the half when Nasri fell down and had to be replaced by Diaby. Let’s hope he’s OK because he’s been the best one out there today

Theo Walcott made a big contribution to the game when he came on but he was not the only one that gave us that extra penetration going forward. Emmanuel Eboue at right back gave us that extra attacking threat

A rapid counter-attack saw Robin play in Theo with an inch-perfect through ball that nearly resulted in Ade extending our lead but the defender intervened. 4-1 would have been harsh on plucky Everton; 3-1 was just about right