Arsenal let their football do the talking again on Wednesday with a comfortable 2-1 win over 10-man Hamburg at the AOL Arena.

With all the recent debate generated by Ashley Cole's controversial new book, manager Arsene Wenger was determined the players who were still in his squad would remain focused on the job at hand.

An early penalty from Gilberto - which saw Hamburg keeper Sascha Kirschstein sent off - and Tomas Rosicky's brilliant first goal for the club were enough to secure maximum points from their opening Champions League Group G game.