
Arsenal 5 - 0 FC Porto (agg 6 - 2) Nicklas Bendtner, left, and Samir Nasri produced fine displays at the Emirates By Phil McNulty Chief football writer at the Emirates Stadium Nicklas Bendtner struck a hat-trick as Arsenal outclassed Porto to overturn a first-leg deficit with ease and clinch a place in the last eight of the Champions League.Bendtner - heavily criticised after a succession of misses in Saturday's win against Burnley - scored twice in the first half to wipe out the 2-1 lead Porto were protecting from the first game in Portugal. Andrey Arshavin was instrumental in both goals as Bendtner added the final flourishes to Arsenal's flowing attacking moves that enabled them to take control almost instantly. Porto applied brief pressure after the interval, with Manuel Almunia saving from Falcao, but Arsenal completed the formalities and cruised into the quarter-finals with two superb goals inside three minutes just after the hour.
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