Vela chipped in a wonderful fourth five minutes after the restart, with 16-year-old Jack Wilshere adding a fifth before the 19-year-old South American completed his hat-trick.Wenger’s youn guns started brightly and a crisp passing move sent Gibbs away down the left, only for his low centre to fly across the six-yard box.
United forward Danny Webber did well to weave himself into space just outside the Arsenal penalty area but could not get any power into his shot and the ball bobbled through to Arsenal's stopper Lukasz Fabianski, who was captain for the night.
Another quick-passing Arsenal move on the edge of the area saw Bendtner play in Johan Djourou and the big defender turned to fire a goalbound effort which Paddy Kelly saved at full stretch.
Bendtner flicked on for Wilshere to collect in the overlap down the right but the teenager rushed his attempted curled shot and hit wide.
The Dane then showed the rest of the youngsters how it should be done with a fine finish after 31 minutes.
Vela held off Blades' captain Chris Morgan before feeding the ball square to Bendtner just outside the penalty area.
He took a couple of touches before dispatching a low strike into the bottom right corner for his third goal of the season.
Arsenal felt they had a strong penalty claim when Morgan slid through on Wilshere but referee Phil Dowd waved away their claims.
After 42 minutes Ramsey - signed from Cardiff for ฃ5million in the summer - weaved his way into the left of the penalty area before turning and playing a superb backheel to Bendtner who beat Kenny from six yards.
Before the visitors could regroup and look towards the respite of half-time they were further behind.
This time Bendtner turned provider as he chipped a pass through for Vela to run on to down the right.
The Mexican sprinted into the area before bending a delightful effort into the far corner.
In the second half Arsenal continued where they had left off as Gibbs stung the keeper’s hands with a fierce angled drive from the left of the penalty area.
The full-back then sent a long pass upfield towards Vela who took the ball on his chest, leaving Morgan chasing shadows, and darted into the box to finish with an audacious chip over the stranded keeper.
It got worse for the battered Blades when Wilshere drilled in a fifth after 57 minutes.
Fran Merida’s right-wing corner picked out the young Englishman who showed great composure to fire a low shot past Kelly from 22 yards.
There was no holding back by the rampant Gunners with Djourou heading over at the back post following another deep corner before Bendtner narrowly missed out on his hat-trick when his close-range shot trickled wide.
And Vela completed the rout and his treble with another well-taken effort two minutes from time after running clear down the left onto Ramsey's pass.
Arsenal: Fabianski, Hoyte, Djourou, Song Billong (Lansbury 70), Gibbs, Randall, Ramsey, Merida (Coquelin 71), Wilshere, Bendtner (Simpson 71), Vela.
Subs Not Used: Mannone, Emmanuel-Thomas, Ogogo, Frimpong.
Goals: Bendtner 31, 42, Vela 44, 50, Wilshere 57, Vela 87.
Sheff Utd: Kenny, Halford, Morgan, Kilgallon, Naysmith, Cotterill (Naughton 46), Speed (Hendrie 73), Quinn, Montgomery, Beattie (Robertson 76), Webber.
Subs Not Used: Bennett, Sharp, Geary, Ehiogu.
Booked: Halford.
Att: 56,632
Ref: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire).
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