Two goals from Thierry Henry led Arsenal to a 5-1 rout of Inter Milan, keeping the London side's Champions League hopes alive and meaning qualification from Group B will go down to the wire.

Arsenal struck three times inside the last five minutes to humiliate the Italians and become only the second English team to beat Inter at home.

The north London side went ahead in the 25th minute with a beautifully worked goal -- Robert Pires fed the ball to Henry who slipped the ball inside the area to Ashley Cole and met the return pass first time to beat Francesco Toldo with a perfectly executed shot.

Inter drew level eight minutes later when Cristiano Zanetti robbed Ray Parlour in midfield and threaded the ball outside to Christian Vieri whose left foot shot deflected off Arsenal defender Sol Campbell and looped over helpless Arsenal keeper Jens Lehmann.

But Arsenal restored their advantage just four minutes after the restart when the impressive Henry burst down the left and fed Ljungberg who coolly slotted past Toldo.

Henry secured the win with a superbly taken goal on the break in the 85th minute to make it 3-1 before two minutes later Brazilian Edu added the fourth with the Inter defence at sea.

Pires scored fifth in the 89th minute to complete a memorable night for Arsene Wenger's side who had faced an exit from the competition had they lost the game.