Our 7-1 win against PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League will live long in the memory, as it was the most goals we have scored in a game for over 12 years.
However we have hit a magnificent seven a few times in our history, leading to some incredibly remarkable scorelines and many happy memories for Gooners home and away.
We’ve picked out seven classic goalfests for you to feast upon again:
November 2, 1993
Standard Liege 0-7 Arsenal
Our biggest away win in our history came in our triumphant Cup Winners’ Cup campaign of 1993/94 as we blasted seven past the Belgians. Leading 3-0 after the first leg, Alan Smith started the rout after just two minutes when he connected with an excellent Paul Merson pass, before Ian Selley drilled in and Tony Adams and Kevin Campbell added to the scoreline before the break.
Substitute Eddie McGoldrick made an impact from the bench, and his scintillating mazy dribbling led to further goals for Merson and Campbell, before the Irishman deservedly got on the scoresheet himself when he cracked home what would prove to be his only Gunners goal and put this game firmly in the record books.
May 11, 2005
Arsenal 7-0 Everton
This result shot to the top of our biggest Premier League victories, and came against an Everton side who had qualified for the Champions League. Dennis Bergkamp was in sublime form and set up Robin van Persie after eight minutes, before Robert Pires headed in a second three minutes later. Bergkamp then produced a deft pass into Patrick Vieira who lofted in a sublime third as we began to purr.
In the second 45, Pires grabbed a second before Edu dispatched a penalty on his final home appearance for us, before Bergkamp’s perseverance got the goal his display deserved and with five minutes to go as the party tricks began to come out, Mathieu Flamini's first goal for the club completed the rout.
January 14, 2006
Arsenal 7-0 Middlesbrough
This was an afternoon to remember for Thierry Henry as he grabbed a hat-trick on what sits alongside the Everton success as our biggest in the Premier League. The damage was done in a 10-minute period in the first half when the Frenchman superbly volleyed home the opener, before Philippe Senderos bulleted in a header and Henry slid in our third.
Pires clipped in a fourth before the break to make the second half a procession, but the goals continued to flow. Gilberto Silva added a fifth before Henry’s treble was complete, moving him onto 150 league goals alongside Cliff Bastin. Doriva was dismissed for Boro before Alexander Hleb rounded off the scoring thanks to Jose Antonio Reyes’ third assist of the day.
October 23, 2007
Arsenal 7-0 Slavia Prague
We went goal crazy to record our largest win the Champions League on what was the first truly magical night in the competition at our fresh Emirates Stadium. Cesc Fabregas whipped the ball home after five minutes to kick things off, and David Hubacek’s own goal was added to by an 18-year-old Theo Walcott’s first in Europe to put us 3-0 up at the break.
We were quickly back at it after the restart when Hleb scored one and made another for Walcott before Fabregas completed his own brace after a sweeping move to edge the scoreboard up to 6–0 after just 55 minutes. Despite threatening to hit double figures, only one further strike would come when Nicklas Bendtner poked home a minute from time.
February 4, 2012
Arsenal 7-1 Blackburn Rovers
In freezing temperatures in north London, we were in red-hot form against Rovers. It took van Persie 82 seconds to open the scoring, but Morten Gamst Pedersen curled a free-kick into the top corner to equalise on 31 minutes however van Persie and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain netted before Gael Givet was dismissed before half-time.
Six minutes after the break Mikel Arteta drove in our fourth to put the result beyond doubt, before Oxlade-Chamberlain and van Persie completed their braces and hat-trick respectively. The icing looked to be put on the cake when Henry scored his first league goal following his return the prior month, but it was later reclassified as a Scott Dann own goal.
October 30, 2012
Reading 5-7 Arsenal (aet)
Simply put, this is one of the maddest games in our history. We found ourselves 4-0 down to the Royals in this League Cup fourth round tie, with Jason Roberts, a Laurent Koscielny own goal, Mikele Leigertwood and Noel Hunt all scoring in the first 37 minutes, and Walcott’s strike in first-half stoppage-time looked to be a mere consolation.
Olivier Giroud netted a header on 64 minutes, but as the game entered the final two minutes Koscielny nodded in at the right end to set up a grandstand finish, and in the fifth minute of stoppage time Walcott squeezed home an equaliser to send the tie to extra-time.
The comeback seemed to be complete when Maroune Chamakh drove in his first goal in a year from 20 yards, but Pavel Pogrebnyak made it 5-5 soon after. But once again in stoppage-time at the end of the game, Walcott pounced to put us in front to complete his has-trick, before Chamakh lobbed in his second to wrap up an incredible encounter.
December 29, 2012
Arsenal 7-3 Newcastle United
For the third time in 2012, we netted seven times and once again Walcott stole the show. Incredibly, the match was in the balance at half-time at 1-1 after Demba Ba’s deflected free-kick cancelled out the English winger's opener, and then Oxlade-Chamberlain and Sylvain Marveaux traded goals before the hour mark.
Lukas Podolski scrambled us ahead again before Ba made it 3-3, but Walcott’s second of the game on 73 minutes broke Newcastle’s resilience. Two late Giroud goals took the game away from them, and then Walcott danced his way around four defenders before clipping the ball past Tim Krul to put the lid on a crazy evening’s football.
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