Theo Walcott scored a hat-trick as Arsenal brought 10-man Blackpool crashing back to Premier League reality with a thumping 6-0 victory.
When promoted Blackpool beat Wigan in their first game in the top flight for almost 40 years last week they were 3-0 up by halftime but at the Emirates they trailed by the same score at the break and were a man down.
Arsenal took the lead after 12 minutes with a nicely-worked Walcott goal and Blackpool's slim hopes disappeared when centre back Evatt was sent off for fouling Chamakh on the edge of the box.
Andrei Arshavin converted the resulting penalty to make it 2-0, Walcott then spun past his marker to bang his second and Abou Diaby rattled in the fourth just after the restart.
Walcott, a surprise omission from England's World Cup squad in June, then produced a dazzling goal when he controlled a Diaby pass, ghosted forward and curled in a precise shot before leaving the field to a standing ovation.
New signing Marouane Chamakh completed the thrashing with his first goal for the club seven minutes from time.
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