Arsenal stormed into the FA Cup semi finals with a 5-1 victory over Portsmouth and there could have been many more.
Arsene Wenger's side are now unbeaten in 30 league and FA Cup matches and the way they demolished sorry Portsmouth, the run could continue indefinitely.
Only once Arsenal were five goals ahead after 57 minutes did they ease up and allow Pompey back into a match they had long since lost.
It was all too easy for the Gunners, who had been expecting a tough match after the way Portsmouth had eliminated Liverpool in the fifth round after two evenly fought matches and after the way Pompey had earned a point at Highbury in the Premiership earlier in the season.
A television audience were given a treat as Arsenal started brightly, almost scoring on 65 seconds and then demolishing Portsmouth with an ease which suggests a league and cup double is again a strong possibility.
Spectators were still finding their seats in cramped, archaic Fratton Park when a flowing four-man move down the left ended with Jose Antonio Reyes striking the bar with a shot from the edge of the area.
Portsmouth were still reeling from that threat when goalkeeper Shaka Hislop needed to stretch his 6ft 6in frame to turn over a corner by the ever dangerous Thierry Henry.
Pompey, bayed on by a capacity crowd, had a glimmer of an opportunity themselves in the eighth minute but Ivica Mornar shot gently into the arms of Jens Lehmann and it was a rare bright moment for overwhelmed Portsmouth.
Henry was spoken to by referee Jeff Winter for a clumsy challenge on Matthew Taylor but Winter had an easy evening, his hardest task keeping count of the score.
Arsenal had to wait until the 25th minute before taking the lead and it inevitably involved Freddie Ljungberg, who scored twice and made two others.
In this case it was Ljungberg the creater with a pass which struck defender Petri Pasanen before falling invitingly into the path of Henry who does not need a second invitation and converted a left-foot shot.
Patrick Vieira and Edu both went close before Arsenal almost added another in the 35th minute.
Henry darted through the defence down the left and Edu's goalbound shot was blocked on the line by the legs of the overworked Hislop.
Pompey fans were on their feet in the 38th minute when Sol Campbell cleared a dangerous position in the six yard box after Mornar had just failed to reach a centre from Nigel Quashie.
The second goal came courtesy of a superb flowing move in the 43rd minute with Vieira and Edu combining to set Ljungberg free, and the Swede made no mistake in smashing the ball beyond Hislop.
At this stage Portsmouth were a bemused and, for all their spirit, beaten side and in the dying seconds before half time defender Toure added a third with a left foot shot after Henry had crossed from the left.
Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp must have struggled to find the right words for his half-time talk because Arsenal were comfortably infront and there was only going to be one winer.
In the other dressing room Wenger must have had an altogether easier task keeping his players focused even though there was an important Champions League date with Celta Vigo to consider at Highbury next week.
Wenger had deliberately ommited Robert Pires and Dennis Bergkamp to rest them for a match he considererd bigger than this quarter-final.
The second half started in much the same way as the first had ended with Arsenal on top and Portsmouth reduced to an excercise in damage limitation.
After 50 minutes they scored a goal of exquiste brilliance, Ashley Cole finding Ljungberg who played the ball into the path of Henry.
There seemed to be no danger 25 yards out but the French striker simply bent his shot first time around the outstretched body of Hislop and into the corner of the net.
Portsmouth's Fratton End, nornmally so voluable, were reduced to admiring silence as Arsenal scarcely even bothered to celebrate.
Nor was much emotion showed when Ljungberg rounded off another sweeping move in the 57th minute with a shot which went through the legs of a defender to unsight Hislop for goal number five.
Only then did Arsenal take their foot off the accelerator and take it easy with the big game next week in mind.
Redknapp had already shown his intentions at half-time by pulling off Eyal Berkovic and replacing him with Steve Stone and Stone was involved in Portsmouth's best move in the 66th muinute.
Stone's cross from the right eluded the Arsenal defence and Yakubu Ayegbeni struck the underside of the bar from close range.
Hislop again rescued Portsmouth in the 71st minute by blocking a shot from Henry and in the scramble that followed two more goalbound efforts were hacked to safety.
At least Portsmouth showed no signs of giving up and Arsenal at last came under some concerted pressure, although by then Wenger had mad three key substitutions.
Wenger, realising the match was long since over, took off Henry, Viera and Ljungberg, their jobs done to perfection and a place in the semi-finals comfortably assured.
As Arsenal reorganised Pompey did their best to provide a consolation and restore their pride after a battering.
Cole cleared from the line after 75 minutes to deny former Arsenal midfield player Richard Hughes, who had also come on as a replacement, and still Pompey went forward.
With seven minutes remaining Matt Taylor, who had at last found room down the left, sent a tremendous left foot shot against the inside of the post with Lehmann hopelessly beaten.
It seemed Portsmouth were going to be denied their moment on glory and as the fans made their way to the exits, there was at last a goal to cheer for those who remained.
Former Tottenham striker Teddy Sheringham was predictably booed by the fans of arch-rivals Arsenal when he came on in the 78th minute but it was Sheringham who had the last laugh.
Stone crossed from the right and after Hughes had set it up, Sheringham hooked in from close range to restore a little honour for brave Portsmouth.
Seconds later referee Winter blew his whistle for full time and while Portsmouth went off with their heads held high, the spoils were all Arsenal's.
MAN OF THE MATCH- FREDDIE LJUNGBERG Ljungberg over shadowed even Thierry Henmry by scoring twice and making two more and made life difficult for Portsmouth from the first minute.