Walcott's goal provided Arsene Wenger's side with an ideal start and was also the perfect riposte to Tottenham's win over Southampton earlier on Saturday. That had seen the Gunners temporarily drop to fifth place, a point behind Spurs and Chelsea who both have games in hand.Walcott, who has now hit the 20-goal mark for the first time in a single season, went close to making it 2-0 before the half-hour mark when Green turned his low shot on to the post. Remy also tested Szczesny after cutting in from the left and he repeated the trick with 10 minutes to go, this time with a curling shot that forced the Arsenal keeper into his best stop of the evening.Whether Arsenal, who have been ever-presents in the Champions League for the past 15 seasons, finish in the top four this time remains to be seen but this victory, their sixth in their last eight games, at least gives them hope going into their last two games of the season.Andros Townsend was their biggest threat, repeatedly running at the Gunners defence and setting up shooting chances for Ji Sung Park and Bobby Zamora, both of which were wasted.It was by no means as straightforward a win as seemed likely when Walcott put them ahead, however.The Gunners found themselves in a scrap but responded with a spell where they dominated possession. They could not get behind QPR's defence, however, and it was the hosts who created the best late chances.Arsenal encountered little resistance as they advanced straight from kick-off and, following Armand Traore's poor header, Arteta got on the end of Tomas Rosicky's cross and slipped in Walcott to find a clinical finish.
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