Arsenal squeezed through thanks to a great finish by Sylvain Wiltord halfway through the first half. Vieira powered through the midfield and fed a precise pass through to his countryman, who turned and fired home from 15 yards.

Although Arsenal were always on top, they never managed to put the tie beyond doubt. Carlisle had a few chances but most of them were wasted, and Manninger had little to do.

United battled hard, too hard at times. One awful foul on Vieira went unpunished, and Vivas got himself booked for complaining about it.

Ljungberg had a good one-on-one chance in the second half, thanks to a great Pires pass. But he hit the shot straight at the keeper, who did well to also save Wiltord's follow-up from the rebound.

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