Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas celebrates after scoring against Slavia Prague during their Champions League Group H match at Emirates Stadium in London yesterday. Arsenal crushed Slavia 7-0. - Reuters

BELGRADE (Reuters):

ARSENAL AND Manchester United edged closer to the Champions League last 16 with emphatic wins on an action-packed evening that also saw Rangers hold Barcelona to a goalless draw at Ibrox.

Arsenal recorded their biggest victory in the competition with a 7-0 demolition of Slavia Prague at the Emirates while United cruised to a 4-2 success at Dynamo Kiev as both teams made it three wins out of three.

Two goals each from Cesc Fabregas and Theo Walcott, his first in Europe's premier club competition, one apiece by Aleksandr Hleb and Nicklas Bendtner as well as a David Hubacek own-goal left Arsenal top of Group H with a maximum nine points.

Home success

Double UEFA Cup winners Sevilla are second with six after first-half goals from Frederic Kanoute and Luis Fabiano helped them to a 2-1 home success against Steaua Bucharest.

United also maintained their perfect start in Group F after Cristiano Ronaldo scored a brace and Wayne Rooney and Rio Ferdinand added a goal each against Kiev, who gained some consolation thanks to Diogo Rincon and Ismael Bangoura.

70th-minute winner

Roma moved into second position with a 2-1 defeat of Sporting Lisbon at the Olympic Stadium with Montenegro striker Mirko Vucinic scoring a 70th-minute winner after coming on as a first-half substitute for injured Francesco Totti.

Juan gave Roma a 15th-minute lead, fellow Brazilian Liedson equalised shortly afterwards and their countryman Mancini missed a 49th-minute penalty for the home side before Vucinic capped a dazzling solo run with a rising shot into the top corner.

The stalemate at Ibrox left Rangers and Barcelona joint top of Group E with seven points while Lyon kept alive their hopes of finishing at least third and securing a UEFA Cup spot after the winter break with a 2-0 win at VfB Stuttgart.