Nicklas Bendtner scored a brace as Arsenal guaranteed UEFA Champions League football next season with a 3-0 win over Portsmouth at Fratton Park on Saturday.
Gunners boss Arsene Wenger opted to rest his key men ahead of the crucial Champions League semi-final second-leg against Manchester United and it proved a wise decision as Andrey Arshavin inspired the comfortable win.
Arshavin, who is ineligible to play in Tuesday's crunch clash, was made captain for the trip to the coast and he was at his influential best - teeing up Bendtner for the first goal and then winning a penalty to allow his Danish strike-partner to add a second.
Pompey, who had Noe Pamarot sent-off in the second-half, squandered several excellent opportunities and were finally put to the sword when Carlos Vela added a third thanks to more good work by the stand-in Russian skipper.
Pompey, whose best spell came just after the restart, should have enough points on the board to be safe from the drop, while the Gunners head into their clash with United having extended their unbeaten league run to 21.
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