Soccer Blog Video

Celtic Park - Celtic play dominant at first half, have a lot of possession, while Arsenal looks hard to control the game.

But Arsenal who get first blow, at 12', Arshavin's offside as he pounces on a deflected Van Persie shot to stroke the ball home. Nice build-up play but the Russian was ahead of play when Van Persie struck his effort. So close indeed.

Arsenal lead Celtic 1-0 at Parkhead at half-time in the first of two Battle of Britain encounters in the Champions League.

At 43',Fabregas' free-kick takes a shocking deflection off Gallas' back and Boruc is left stranded, 1-0 to Arsenal.