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Picture from ©2009 Yahoo!United then had two handball appeals in the space of seconds, the evergreen Giggs seeing a cross blocked by a prone Walter Samuel before Dejan Stankovic's arm got in the way of his second attempt to get the ball into the middle. While the first was the more plausible appeal, both were dismissed by referee Wolfgang Stark.
It was rousing stuff from the hosts but their initial fervour soon eased as Inter began to settle and gain a foothold in the game.
And sure enough, the Italian side began to create chances of their own, the mercurial Zlatan Ibrahimovic proving his goal threat on several occasions.
The elimination of the Italian champions keeps alive the possibility of a quintuple for United, whose next task will be to beat Premier League pretenders Liverpool in Saturday's lunchtime clash.
Arsenal through after penalties
Jump for joy : Arsengal players roar after won a penalty shoot-out and making progress to quater!- Ganah Gunners, Supo Gaban!
The Italian side's one-goal deficit was eroded by Juan's ninth-minute header, before the game drifted to penalties, with the Gunners winning 7-6 - the highest-scoring shoot-out in Champions League history.
With penalties looming, Arsenal squandered numerous promising positions, as their hosts dropped deeper and deeper into their own half, seemingly content to wait for the impending shoot-out, with Vincenzo Montella brought on for the occasion.
Eduardo was the first man to step up, but his tame effort was comfortably saved by Doni, but the Brazilian was reprieved by Vucinic's miss, before Van Persie, Walcott, Nasri, Denilson, Toure, Sagna and Abou Diaby all then scored for the Gunners, leaving Tonetto to hand them victory.
Other results :
Barcelona vs Olympique Lyon (5-2) - aggregate 6-3
FC Porto vs Atletico Madric (0-0) - aggregate 2-2 *away goal
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