Eduardo 28' pen, Eboué 53', Arshavin 74'
Donati 90'+2'
ESPN has no formation for this match, so here are the line-ups as a list.
Arseal cruise through. Celtic tried hard but the unjust penalty took the fight out of them. Eduardo should be ashamed of himself. After that though, the home side looked good value for their money spinning Champions League entry. Bye for now.
That was the last kick of the game too!
At last, something to cheer the Celtic fans. Hinkel crosses to the back post and Donati smashes a brilliant left footed volley in off the post!
GOAL! Donati!
Flood makes a great brek forward but Fortune's ball for him is overhit, mich to the teenager's disgust.
Celtic should have scored. Flood curls in a delightful cross and Naylor jumps too early at the back post and mistimes his header. Shame.
Hinkel now intervenes as Arshavin was about to make it four. Ramsey is still suffering from his early injury it looks like.
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Last 1 meeting
ESPN has no formation for this match, so here are the line-ups as a list.
Arseal cruise through. Celtic tried hard but the unjust penalty took the fight out of them. Eduardo should be ashamed of himself. After that though, the home side looked good value for their money spinning Champions League entry. Bye for now.
That was the last kick of the game too!
At last, something to cheer the Celtic fans. Hinkel crosses to the back post and Donati smashes a brilliant left footed volley in off the post!
GOAL! Donati!
Flood makes a great brek forward but Fortune's ball for him is overhit, mich to the teenager's disgust.
Wilsihre and Denilson look to get round the back as Arsenal break but O'Dea tidies up.
Wilshire piles into Flood and then Denilson and Brown have a little shoving match. They've lost their discipline after the controversial opening goal.
Bendtner is penalised for a shoulder charge on O'Dea when it looked 50/50.
Celtic have barely got into Arsenal's half in the last ten minutes.
Celtic are all over the place here, Ramsey gets in down the right channel and has the freedom of the Emirates to run right at Boruc and get a shot away. The keeper saves.
Wilshire nearly puts Arshavin through again! Loovens gets in the way.
Denilson nicks the ball away from Flood, feeds Arshavin, he swaps touches with Ramsey before rifling a shot into the bottom corner. Great football.
GOAL! Arshavin!
Arsenal changes: Eduardo and Eboue come off and Arshavin and 19-year-old Jack Wilshire are on.
Fox takes a Celtic corner and Song nods clear. Naylor flashes a volley across the goal but it was at least ten yards wide.
The cameras again pick out Fergie but he seems engrossed in his crackberry. Not even watching the game!
Ramsey is back on his feet and hobbling around. The game has reverted to 'Sunday afternoon kickabout in the park' intensity.
Blackpool now lead Wigan 4-0!!
Ramsey is down holding his shin. He looks in a bit of pain.
A lovely flick from Denilson puts Vermaelen in down the left side but his cross is blocked. Impudent skill that.
Fortune is loitering a mile offside as Flood looks to play him in. Not a good night for the former West Brom front man.
Substitutions for Celtic, McGeady and Maloney are coming off to be replaced by Lee Naylor and Willo Flood. Diaby is off and Ramsey is on for the home side.
Celtic are getting chunky here. Brown powers into Diaby, who looks for a minute like he may swing a haymaker in return.
There are Carling Cup games going on tonight too. Here are the highlights so far; Donacaster 0-4 Spurs, Blackpool 3-0 Wigan.
Now McGeady is booked for a tackle on Sagna. He got the ball but his studs were up.
McDonald goes down the other end and has a pop from distance. Then he has a little spat with McGeady, who presumably wanted him to pass instead.
A nice move from Arsenal saw Bendtner back flick to Diaby, he feeds Eboue who goes round Fox and fired past Boruc. Slick move and that is that. Arsenal will be in the Champions League.
GOAL! Eboue! Game over.
What a miss! Proof, if any were nedded, that Eduardo is horribly one footed! He cuts in as Arsenal break, gets into the area, then squirts a shot well wide from 16 yards out. Woeful!
Now Almunia punches clear a Fox free kick after McDonald had been brought down.
McGeady works some space for himself and whacks it goalwards. Almunia was scrambling but it flies narrowly wide. Good effort.
Fortune is penalised for a trip on Sagna as they chased for a ball down the left. He is a clumsy striker that lad.
We begin again...
Now Bendtner has put a free header wide from five yards out! What a miss. Pathetic really. That's half time. Celtic unfortunate to concede the penalty but deservedly behind. See you in 15 minutes...
Brilliant save from Boruc as Eduardo curled one towards the top corner. Fabulous effort. Why dive for penalties when you can do that eh?
Fortune squeezes in a good cross from the right but Gallas is there to clear.
The half is rather ambling to an end. Both sides happy to see it out until then it seems.
Wasteful effort from McGeady when he had plenty of runners with him. His team mates are not happy.
Celtic have the ball in the net but McDonald was offside when he tapped in Fortune's low cross. A good move, but a correct decision.
William Gallas streaks down the right and bamboozles McDonald with a lovely piece of skill. He then wins a corner off Loovens.
Eduardo is getting booed by Celtic's fans whenever he touches the ball now. If I was there I think I'd boo him as well.
Eduardo's free kick is too strong and goes straight out for a goal kick.
McDonald brings Sagna down now. Arsenal have a free kick wide on the right.
Caldwell is booked after wrestling Eboue to the ground. He's not happy, but that was a merited yellow. It matches his shirt as well.
Fox smashes the free kick over the bar when he should have crossed.
Fortune wins a free kick off Song. Right channel, 35 yards out.
Another chance for Eduardo after Sagna crosses but the striker flicks his studs at the ball and pokes it wide.
Denilson has a pop but it was always rising high and wide.
That has knocked the stuffing out of Celtic now, and in the worst circumstances. Eduardo goes down again and McGeady gives the striker an earful, no doubt in relation to the penalty dive from a moment ago.
Truly, that was a miscarriage of justice. Eduardo dives and cons the ref, then slots the penalty and celebrates like nowt has happened. A shocking decision from the referee.
GOAL! Eduardo scores!
Oh my oh my. Having seen the replay, that is the biggest dive I've seen for years. The keeper slid towards him but didn't put a leg or arm out, Eduardo went don like he'd been shot.
Penalty! Boruc goes to ground and challenges Eduardo and the ref points to the spot.
Sparky turn from Eboue, who teed the ball up with his first touch, then volleyed it two yards wide with his second. Shades of Adebayor against Spurs a couple of seasons ago.
Sagna gets a rousing ovation after a superb piece of control from a very wayward Diaby pass.
Fortune hauls Eduardo back after losing the ball.
Vermaelen is turned by McGeady but the winger's ball is claimed at full stretch by Almunia.
Clichy overlaps with Bendtner and puts in a cross, but seeing as the tallest man in the side was the one who played him in, there was no-one of sufficient height to challenge in the middle.
Fox swings in a speedy cross at the other end and Vermaelen nods clear, then Gallas hacks away as Maloney looked to profit from a McGeady return ball.
A very sketchy passage of play from Bendtner, who fails to beat Loovens for pace, then forgets the ball when trying to get past McGeady, then runs the ball out of play before diving and looking for a free kick. Terrible.
Bendtner feeds Denilson wide but his ball into the centre looking for Diaby is claimed by Boruc.
Eboue tries a Zidane turn and ends up flat on his face. Poetry, Emmanuel, poetry.
Denilson and Eboue swap passes but the midfielder plants his shot into the side netting after striding into the area.
Celtic certainly look more menacing with Fortune and Mcdonald up top, last week with Samaras they looked toothless.
Bendtner and Eduardo swap passes but Loovens tackles well to break up the exchange. Celtic clear.
Maloney's trickery on the left outfoxed even his own boots, but he managed to keep the ball in. Arsenal break down the pitch and win themselves a corner.
What a miss! Eduardo pokes one wide from four yards out after Bendtner's near post flick-shot was parried into his path! My word. He was on the stretch, but that should have been tie over.
Maloney's effort is poor, hitting the wall half way up. Arsenal break downfield but Bendtner's pass on the edge of the box is weak.
McDonald wins a free kick from Denilson. Its central, but about 30 yards out.
Fergie is in the stands to have a squiz at the side Manchester United entertain on Saturday evening.
Both teams pressing the other in possession. Barcelona did it to such great effect last season, everyone has to do it now apparently.
There are 3,000 Celtic fans in the corner of the Emirates. Impressive support as ever, especially given the state of the tie.
We're off...
Here come the teams - Celtic are clad in some horrible luminous yellow number. Oh dear.
So, no surprise that Mowbray goes with Fortune and McDonald up front. His team is unchanged from the the 5-2 thrashing of St Johnstone last time out. Fabregas misses out with a hamstring injury, while van Perise and Arshavin begin on the bench.
Celtic: Boruc, Hinkel, Caldwell, Loovens, Daniel Fox, Maloney, Donati, Scott Brown, McGeady, McDonald and Fortune. Subs: Zaluska, Naylor, Samaras, Flood, McCourt, Killen and O'Dea.
The teams, starting with Arsenal: Almunia, Sagna, Gallas, Vermaelen, Clichy, Eboue, Song, Denilson, Diaby, Eduardo and Bendtner. Subs: Mannone, van Persie, Ramsey, Silvestre, Wilshere, Arshavin and Traore.
Good evening and welcome to the £15m match. Arsenal's 2-0 first leg advantage means they are favourites to secure an easy passage into the lucrative, money-spinning, all conquering Champions League proper but let's not write off Celtic just yet. Ok, now we can.
Join us at 1945 BST to see if Celtic can overturn the 2-0 scoreline and beat Arsenal at the Emirates.
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| 9 |
| 3 | 3 | +5 | 9 |
| 4 | 3 | +5 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | +3 | 9 |
| 6 | 3 | +5 | 7 |
| 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 |
| 9 | 3 | +5 | 6 |
| 10 | 3 | +4 | 6 |
| 11 | 3 | +3 | 6 |
| 12 | 3 | +3 | 6 |
| 13 | 3 | +1 | 6 |
| 14 | 3 | +5 | 5 |
| 15 | 3 | +3 | 4 |
| 16 | 3 | +1 | 4 |
| 17 | 3 | +1 | 4 |
| 18 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 19 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 20 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
| 21 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
| 22 | 3 | −2 | 3 |
| 23 | 3 | −3 | 3 |
| 24 | 3 | −3 | 3 |
| 25 | 3 | −3 | 3 |
| 26 | 3 | −4 | 3 |
| 27 | 3 | −4 | 3 |
| 28 | 3 | −5 | 3 |
| 29 | 3 | −5 | 3 |
| 30 | 3 | −5 | 3 |
| 31 | 3 | −6 | 2 |
| 32 | 3 | −3 | 1 |
| 33 | 3 | −4 | 1 |
| 34 | 3 | −4 | 0 |
| 35 | 3 | −6 | 0 |
| 36 | 3 | −12 | 0 |
Celtic should have scored. Flood curls in a delightful cross and Naylor jumps too early at the back post and mistimes his header. Shame.
Hinkel now intervenes as Arshavin was about to make it four. Ramsey is still suffering from his early injury it looks like.
Wilsihre and Denilson look to get round the back as Arsenal break but O'Dea tidies up.
Wilshire piles into Flood and then Denilson and Brown have a little shoving match. They've lost their discipline after the controversial opening goal.
Bendtner is penalised for a shoulder charge on O'Dea when it looked 50/50.
Celtic have barely got into Arsenal's half in the last ten minutes.
Celtic are all over the place here, Ramsey gets in down the right channel and has the freedom of the Emirates to run right at Boruc and get a shot away. The keeper saves.
Wilshire nearly puts Arshavin through again! Loovens gets in the way.
Denilson nicks the ball away from Flood, feeds Arshavin, he swaps touches with Ramsey before rifling a shot into the bottom corner. Great football.
GOAL! Arshavin!
Arsenal changes: Eduardo and Eboue come off and Arshavin and 19-year-old Jack Wilshire are on.
Fox takes a Celtic corner and Song nods clear. Naylor flashes a volley across the goal but it was at least ten yards wide.
The cameras again pick out Fergie but he seems engrossed in his crackberry. Not even watching the game!
Ramsey is back on his feet and hobbling around. The game has reverted to 'Sunday afternoon kickabout in the park' intensity.
Blackpool now lead Wigan 4-0!!
Ramsey is down holding his shin. He looks in a bit of pain.
A lovely flick from Denilson puts Vermaelen in down the left side but his cross is blocked. Impudent skill that.
Fortune is loitering a mile offside as Flood looks to play him in. Not a good night for the former West Brom front man.
Substitutions for Celtic, McGeady and Maloney are coming off to be replaced by Lee Naylor and Willo Flood. Diaby is off and Ramsey is on for the home side.
Celtic are getting chunky here. Brown powers into Diaby, who looks for a minute like he may swing a haymaker in return.
There are Carling Cup games going on tonight too. Here are the highlights so far; Donacaster 0-4 Spurs, Blackpool 3-0 Wigan.
Now McGeady is booked for a tackle on Sagna. He got the ball but his studs were up.
McDonald goes down the other end and has a pop from distance. Then he has a little spat with McGeady, who presumably wanted him to pass instead.
A nice move from Arsenal saw Bendtner back flick to Diaby, he feeds Eboue who goes round Fox and fired past Boruc. Slick move and that is that. Arsenal will be in the Champions League.
GOAL! Eboue! Game over.
What a miss! Proof, if any were nedded, that Eduardo is horribly one footed! He cuts in as Arsenal break, gets into the area, then squirts a shot well wide from 16 yards out. Woeful!
Now Almunia punches clear a Fox free kick after McDonald had been brought down.
McGeady works some space for himself and whacks it goalwards. Almunia was scrambling but it flies narrowly wide. Good effort.
Fortune is penalised for a trip on Sagna as they chased for a ball down the left. He is a clumsy striker that lad.
We begin again...
Now Bendtner has put a free header wide from five yards out! What a miss. Pathetic really. That's half time. Celtic unfortunate to concede the penalty but deservedly behind. See you in 15 minutes...
Brilliant save from Boruc as Eduardo curled one towards the top corner. Fabulous effort. Why dive for penalties when you can do that eh?
Fortune squeezes in a good cross from the right but Gallas is there to clear.
The half is rather ambling to an end. Both sides happy to see it out until then it seems.
Wasteful effort from McGeady when he had plenty of runners with him. His team mates are not happy.
Celtic have the ball in the net but McDonald was offside when he tapped in Fortune's low cross. A good move, but a correct decision.
William Gallas streaks down the right and bamboozles McDonald with a lovely piece of skill. He then wins a corner off Loovens.
Eduardo is getting booed by Celtic's fans whenever he touches the ball now. If I was there I think I'd boo him as well.
Eduardo's free kick is too strong and goes straight out for a goal kick.
McDonald brings Sagna down now. Arsenal have a free kick wide on the right.
Caldwell is booked after wrestling Eboue to the ground. He's not happy, but that was a merited yellow. It matches his shirt as well.
Fox smashes the free kick over the bar when he should have crossed.
Fortune wins a free kick off Song. Right channel, 35 yards out.
Another chance for Eduardo after Sagna crosses but the striker flicks his studs at the ball and pokes it wide.
Denilson has a pop but it was always rising high and wide.
That has knocked the stuffing out of Celtic now, and in the worst circumstances. Eduardo goes down again and McGeady gives the striker an earful, no doubt in relation to the penalty dive from a moment ago.
Truly, that was a miscarriage of justice. Eduardo dives and cons the ref, then slots the penalty and celebrates like nowt has happened. A shocking decision from the referee.
GOAL! Eduardo scores!
Oh my oh my. Having seen the replay, that is the biggest dive I've seen for years. The keeper slid towards him but didn't put a leg or arm out, Eduardo went don like he'd been shot.
Penalty! Boruc goes to ground and challenges Eduardo and the ref points to the spot.
Sparky turn from Eboue, who teed the ball up with his first touch, then volleyed it two yards wide with his second. Shades of Adebayor against Spurs a couple of seasons ago.
Sagna gets a rousing ovation after a superb piece of control from a very wayward Diaby pass.
Fortune hauls Eduardo back after losing the ball.
Vermaelen is turned by McGeady but the winger's ball is claimed at full stretch by Almunia.
Clichy overlaps with Bendtner and puts in a cross, but seeing as the tallest man in the side was the one who played him in, there was no-one of sufficient height to challenge in the middle.
Fox swings in a speedy cross at the other end and Vermaelen nods clear, then Gallas hacks away as Maloney looked to profit from a McGeady return ball.
A very sketchy passage of play from Bendtner, who fails to beat Loovens for pace, then forgets the ball when trying to get past McGeady, then runs the ball out of play before diving and looking for a free kick. Terrible.
Bendtner feeds Denilson wide but his ball into the centre looking for Diaby is claimed by Boruc.
Eboue tries a Zidane turn and ends up flat on his face. Poetry, Emmanuel, poetry.
Denilson and Eboue swap passes but the midfielder plants his shot into the side netting after striding into the area.
Celtic certainly look more menacing with Fortune and Mcdonald up top, last week with Samaras they looked toothless.
Bendtner and Eduardo swap passes but Loovens tackles well to break up the exchange. Celtic clear.
Maloney's trickery on the left outfoxed even his own boots, but he managed to keep the ball in. Arsenal break down the pitch and win themselves a corner.
What a miss! Eduardo pokes one wide from four yards out after Bendtner's near post flick-shot was parried into his path! My word. He was on the stretch, but that should have been tie over.
Maloney's effort is poor, hitting the wall half way up. Arsenal break downfield but Bendtner's pass on the edge of the box is weak.
McDonald wins a free kick from Denilson. Its central, but about 30 yards out.
Fergie is in the stands to have a squiz at the side Manchester United entertain on Saturday evening.
Both teams pressing the other in possession. Barcelona did it to such great effect last season, everyone has to do it now apparently.
There are 3,000 Celtic fans in the corner of the Emirates. Impressive support as ever, especially given the state of the tie.
We're off...
Here come the teams - Celtic are clad in some horrible luminous yellow number. Oh dear.
So, no surprise that Mowbray goes with Fortune and McDonald up front. His team is unchanged from the the 5-2 thrashing of St Johnstone last time out. Fabregas misses out with a hamstring injury, while van Perise and Arshavin begin on the bench.
Celtic: Boruc, Hinkel, Caldwell, Loovens, Daniel Fox, Maloney, Donati, Scott Brown, McGeady, McDonald and Fortune. Subs: Zaluska, Naylor, Samaras, Flood, McCourt, Killen and O'Dea.
The teams, starting with Arsenal: Almunia, Sagna, Gallas, Vermaelen, Clichy, Eboue, Song, Denilson, Diaby, Eduardo and Bendtner. Subs: Mannone, van Persie, Ramsey, Silvestre, Wilshere, Arshavin and Traore.
Good evening and welcome to the £15m match. Arsenal's 2-0 first leg advantage means they are favourites to secure an easy passage into the lucrative, money-spinning, all conquering Champions League proper but let's not write off Celtic just yet. Ok, now we can.
Join us at 1945 BST to see if Celtic can overturn the 2-0 scoreline and beat Arsenal at the Emirates.
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| 5 | 3 | +3 | 9 |
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| 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 |
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