At 21 Years old, I reckon I've been watching the Gunners play for thirteen years. During that time we've had significantly more success than failure, and some excellent games that have been a joy to watch. I present to you now, from the depths of my memory, Arsenal's 10 best performances from the period 1995-2008. Note these are performances, not results. Winning the FA Cup versus Man United was good, but the team didn't play well. Beating Everton 7-0 meant nothing, but was awesome from start to finish.

The 10 best Arsenal Performances  

1.    Inter Milan 1-5 Arsenal – 2003 When the team win's 5-1 at one of Europe's biggest clubs, there's not much more you can ask for. Having lost 3-0 to Milan at Highbury, the team took a 2-1 lead, before pulling clear in the last ten minutes with three late goals.  

Watch : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX5gE6Q504c

2.   Real Madrid 0-1 Arsenal - 2006 Arsenal became the only English team to ever win at the Bernabau in a competitive match, and my gosh they deserved it. an 18 year old cesc Fabregas outplayed his central midfield legend Zinedine Zidane, and Thierry Henry showed why he was at that point the world's best player by taking on the whole Madrid defence single handedly to score the winner.

watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shTfdFUX-hg&feature=related

3.    Arsenal 7-0 Everton - 2005 Towards the end of the 2005 season Dennis Bergkamp was soon to be out of contract, and Arsene Wenger was unsure as to whether he should give the aging genius another year. He gave Dennis a chance to prove himself with a start in the last home match versus Everton. Dennis then proceeded to give a master class in football. Setting up four goals and scoring one himself as Arsenal beat an Everton team who finished fourth that year by seven goals. It was a lesson in how to play the beutifull game from a footballer so good he sometimes made Pele cry with feelings of inadequacy. Bergkamp walked of the field at the end to chants of the crown of "one more year", and his new contract was secured.

Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeUy7Iy77Uc  

4.    Arsenal 3-0 Manchester United – 1998 Basking in the glory of the championship win in the previous season, Arsenal then went on to beat Manchester 3-0 twice within the space of a month in the Charity Shield and the Premier League. Goals from Adams Anelka, and a newly signed Freddie Ljungberg making his debut made it a game to remember. Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvVVY_xGydw

5.    Arsenal 4-0 Everton – 1998 – to clinch the championship Displaying arrogance true to Manchester United fans everywhere, Fred Done, Man United fan and owner of Betfred bookmakers, paid out mid-season in 1998 to all of those who had bet on Manchester Untied to win the Title. Unfortunately for Fred, Arsenal then went on a 10-game winning streak that culminated with the winning of the league with a demolition job on Everton, causing cocky Fred to lose £500,000. Tony Adams, the rock on which the championship was built, scored the fourth goal to cap a great season and win the League.

 Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4UehS4PGUc

6.    Arsenal 2-0 Juventus - 2006 Another game from the Champions League run of 2006. Arsenal caused Italy's biggest club to fall apart on the pitch, culminating in them having two men sent off. Arsenal legend Patrick Viera was under the spotlight, but was robbed of the ball for Arsenal's first goal and ended up with a yellow card, meaning he was suspended for the second leg.

Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGb0QRTMgzU&feature=related

7.      Arsenal  2-0 Chelsea – FA Cup Final 2002 In a team noted for their foreign flair, it was "the Romford Pele" Ray Parlour that scored the winner as Arsenal cruised to the F.A Cup with help from a great defensive display and a superb second goal by Freddie Ljungberg. Upon asked after the match what it was like to win the F.A Cup. Freddie famously replied "it's fucking excellent"

Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2YnsLrLPsU

8.    Arsenal 2-0 Manchester United FA 5th Round– 2003 This was billed as the final before the Final, such was the dominance of the two teams in English Football at the time. It proved to be true as Arsenal went on to lift the cup later that year. Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson was so enraged that after this game he famously kicked a boot at David Beckham, causing the England Captain to need stitches, and fuelling the bust-up that saw David head for Madrid at the end of the season.

9.    Arsenal 7-0 Slavia Prague 2007 Slavia were top of the Czech League at the time, but Arsenal made them look like an amateur team and scored 7 goals to give the home fans a treat. Theo Walcott was given a rare chance to start as a centre forward and repaid his managers faith with two goals. 

Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2RmqQclQQs&feature=related 10.    

Liverpool 3-6 Arsenal– 2007 When the kids came of age. A team with an average age of 19 and containing six teenagers thrashed Liverpool and became the first team to score six goals against Liverpool at Anfield for 76 years.

Match Report - http://www.the-onion-bag.com/index.php?story=486

Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKFhSCpvbbo&feature=related

11. AC Milan 0-2 Arsenal. Ok I know I said 10, but this was great wasn't it. Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBDGkk9ZZTY

Coming up next on the blog...a delve into the darkest days of the club as I recount the 10 worst Arsenal performances........beware.