It is quite apparent that Chamberlain’s 18 years means very little, just as it meant very little to Jack Wilshere. He already has the technique, he already has the intelligence. His mixture of pace and technical qualities means that he can impact pretty any level right now. All he needs now is the belief that he is the best on the pitch and experience, once he adds that then there is

Arsenal ended the evening as the only English team to have come away with all three points on match day two. A draw against the German champions in Dortmund followed up with a victory at home to the Greek champions sets us up nicely in group F, but it was not all plane sailing as Olympiacos showed some good quality going forward. There link play and pass and move football caused us one or two problems on the night. The headed goal for the away side was well deserved and very well worked even though Arsenal gave them more than a helping hand in not being alert to the short corner which left two players against Chamberlain.

Before that Arsenal were the dominant side with a team that resembled a Carling cup team with the amount of injuries we have collected, not only that but Arsene also rested Robin van Persie, Aaron Ramsey and Kieran Gibbs.

In other words, the team below would have arguably given the Greek champions a better game last night even with attacking midfielder Yossi Benayoun wearing the gloves.

This Arsenal squad has depth that is very underrated and that may become a little clearer after the International break when a number of Arsenal players are due back to the first team squad.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain was one of the stand in players on the right side of the front three. He was making his first Champions League start and just as he managed in the Carling cup, he stood out and looked like a seasoned professional. His goal was exceptional and reminded me of the type of goal that Thierry Henry would score.

Drifting into a central position, he took Alex Song’s glorious pass on his chest, tip toed his way into the penalty box and struck a low shot into the opposite corner with his weaker left foot. The technique in the finish reminded me of Henry’s second goal against Roma in Italy and many more of his left footed strikes from a similar position.

It is quite apparent that Chamberlain’s 18 years means very little, just as it meant very little to Jack Wilshere. He already has the technique, he already has the intelligence. His mixture of pace and technical qualities means that he can impact pretty much any level right now.

All he needs now is the belief that he is the best on the pitch and experience, once he adds that then there is no limit to his future.

It wasn’t long before we doubled our advantage. Tomas Rosicky slipped a pass through to Andre Santos down the left, the Brazilian’s intended cross for Chamakh was cut out but the loose ball fell to Santos who jinked his way inside  and struck low inside the goalkeepers near post.

Andre Santos was making his Arsenal Champions league debut and has already scored more goals in this competition than Gael Clichy.

I thought Santos looked in better shape than on his debut at Blackburn. His individual defensive contribution was pretty good also. In fact all of the defenders played well individually winning most of their one on one battles, the problem was they did not have much of an understanding together and it showed. Which is understandable given the fact that there were so many changes and only Bacary Sagna is a certain starter from that team.

After Olympiacos pulled one back they started to grow in confidence and started to stamp their authority on the game. They did not let us build up our game in our half because they pressed our back four and midfielders and that resulted in Arsenal conceding possession far too easily on too many occasions.

Frimpong, Sagna, Chamakh and Arshavin were all guilty of misplacing balls under pressure and it was this part of the game where I think Francis Coquelin would have been the better suited choice rather than Frimpong who for his credit was one of our better players defensively in closing down the opposition. The rest cannot be said for many of our starters who only seem to shadow the opposition when they have the ball instead of trying to force that player into errors and it was all too easy for Olympiacos to receive, turn and pass the ball through our team.

This had improved after the break so I can only assume that they had to be told by Pat Rice to pressure them, also our full backs sat back a little more after the break to protect the team from the counter attack which they had exploited very well in the first half.

Szczesny was beaten by one long range strike that smacked against the crossbar. Our defenders were equal to pretty much everything else that was thrown at them, in particularly Alex Song. He had dropped back into his old position after the long list of center backs on the treatment table. If anyone thought he would be the weak link after needing time to readjust to that role, they would be very wrong.

Alex Song won everything on the floor, distributed the ball in the cultured way that he has already demonstrated so far this season. His pass for Alex Chamberlain’s goal was the perfect example of that. He added a calm to defence, especially in the second half when the pressure started to increase, he would turn away from his man or make the right pass without ever putting the defence in danger. Alex Song was the best player on the pitch and in my opinion, when he has been available this season, he has been our best performer so far. He is slowly transforming into one of the most complete midfielders in the Premier League today. A far cry from the 17 year old who looked out of his depth at Craven Cottage.

Three wins in a row, no injuries, injured players to return for the weekend. Bring on the Tottenham.

Man of the match: Alex Song