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Premier League showdown against Manchester United at Old Trafford. There was a job to be done beforehand. Progress at the expense of <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090828155137/http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/celtic">Celtic</a> was of paramount importance.</p><p>But the sight of Sir Alex Ferguson up in the stands on a scouting mission had a distracting effect for the neutral, who had stopped thinking about the outcome here long before the full-time whistle. The tie was effectively over after 28 minutes when Eduardo scandalously won and converted a penalty. The Rangers fan in Ferguson might have winced at that moment but he would have departed north London under no illusions that United will face a team with their confidence overflowing.</p><p>Celtic were not a good barometer. The gulf in class between the top of the English and Scottish Premier Leagues is akin to a chasm on the evidence of the two legs between these teams. Kenny Dalglish, a star-quality visitor to the Emirates press lounge, said at half-time that Celtic, his former club, were paying the price for playing sub-standard opposition every week.</p><p>But you can only beat what is put in front of you and Arsenal did so with a swagger. There was a zip about their passing and, with their full-backs ever keen to dart forward, their collective movement was easy on the eye. The fluidity with which Eduardo, Nicklas Bendtner and Emmanuel Eboué exchanged positions up front in Wenger's 4-3-3 formation posed problems and the manager will now be able to slot in a refreshed Robin van Persie and Andrey Arshavin at Old Trafford, after he got away with leaving them both out of his starting line-up. It felt like an indulgence when he introduced Arshavin as a 72nd minute substitute for Eduardo. The Russia forward was all smiles as he came on and, moments later, he could celebrate his first goal of the season.</p><p>The defensive performance cheered Wenger. He worried that his team had allowed too many chances in the weekend victory over Portsmouth and he urged them to "keep focusing on being ruthless defensively". William Gallas and Thomas Vermaelen, the quickly gelling central defensive partnership, took him at his word, although in truth, there was little to examine them, or, indeed, the full-backs Bacary Sagna and Gael Clichy. Wenger will hope that his captain Cesc Fàbregas can recover in time from a hamstring problem to take his place against United. The battle lines have been drawn.</p><p>Arsenal might have led through Eduardo in the eighth minute, only for him to prod wide after Artur Boruc had beaten away a Bendtner flick from close-range but Eduardo would soon assume centre stage.</p><p>The Celtic manager Tony Mowbray had mused in the build-up to the match that if Celtic could stun the Emirates by scoring the first goal, then anything could happen. Certainly, Arsenal would have faced a test of their mettle. It was a pity then that when Wenger's team moved to extinguish such hopes and effectively kill the contest, their goal should be tainted by such gamesmanship.</p><p>Eduardo's surge in on goal was explosive but the reverberations were felt by those in green and black when the Croatian left his leg with the advancing Boruc and threw the rest of his body to the turf. There was minimal contact with Boruc but, incredibly, the Spanish referee Manuel Mejuto Gonzalez was suckered in and he pointed to the penalty spot.</p><p>Eduardo shrugged off the taunts of the Celtic players and fans alike to convert. He then complained to Gonzalez that in the melee after the penalty award, one of the Celtic players had grabbed him by the neck. Two words. Some. Nerve. Arsenal were embarrassed to the point that they decided not to show a replay of the incident on the big-screen half-time highlights.</p><p>Celtic had conceded to a freakish Gallas deflection and a Gary Caldwell own goal in the first-leg at Parkhead last Tuesday. Did their exit owe to bad luck? The truth was that it did not and only the most dyed in the wool Celtic supporter would claim otherwise. Over the two legs, their team failed to prise Arsenal apart – it is difficult to recall Manuel Almunia having a serious save to make – while the assurance in possession, the cut and thrust, was all from those in red.</p><p>Eduardo was the pantomime villain in the eyes of the travelling support until his substitution and it was all Celtic could do to keep their discipline. Scott Brown, in particular, trod a thin line, although there was nothing wrong with his challenge that would ultimately force Aaron Ramsey, the substitute, to depart early. Arsenal played the final five minutes with 10 men.</p><p>Massimo Donati will never score a better goal. The technique and execution of his left-footed volley that flew across Almunia and into the far corner took the breath. It was some last kick of a game. 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