The Rise of new Thierry Henry

Billy Davies' admission admission that it was inevitable his Derby side would lose at the Emirates may seem like throwing in the towel even before the game had begun.

But with Arsenal in such devastating form, there will be plenty of managers thinking exactly the same - even if they are not brave enough to say so publicly.

If a defeat for Derby was predetermined, there was also a sense of inevitability about the comparisons between Thierry Henry and Emmanuel Adebayor after the Togo striker helped himself to Arsenals first hat- trick at the Emirates Stadium. more