This Gunner is super Fab

ZAGREB: Cesc Fabregas gave Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger plenty of reasons to be cheerful after a sparkling two-goal performance in the Gunners 3-0 Champions League romp over Dinamo Zagreb.

As Wenger contemplates the imminent departure of Ashley Cole and possible transfer of Jose-Antonio Reyes, he can console himself that his best young prospect — Fabregas — is happy in London. Fabregas has attracted admiring glances from Real Madrid after an impressive World Cup, but the 19-year-old has gone on record as saying that he wants to stay with Arsenal.

Tuesday’s match was Fabregas’ 100th senior appearance for the Gunners, and he marked it with two sublimely taken goals that indicates he is ready to start weighing in with important goals from midfield as well as steel and guile. Fabregas struck in the 63rd and 79th minutes, his goals coming either side of a 65th minute effort from Robin van Persie. Only a miraculous performance from Dinamo in the second leg of this final qualifying tie match at the Emirates Stadium in a fortnight will deny Wenger’s men a place in the group stage.

Fabregas set Arsenal on their way after rifling in a low shot from a pass by van Persie. Van Persie made it 2-0 just over a minute later. Fabregas completed a superb night’s work with a magical individual goal, surging into the Dinamo area and drilling home an unstoppable shot on 79 minutes.