In the end, it was not the Spaniard's guile and vision that breached the Tigers defence but pure power after the Reds were awarded a dubious free-kick for a George Boateng challenge on Javier Mascherano.
The free kick was a result of a bad challenge by Russell Anderson on Barry Ferguson in which the young Aberdeen defender came off worst.
After Michael Duberry had pulled one back for St Johnstone, referee Charlie Richmond awarded a free-kick against Steven Robb for a challenge on Kenny Deuchar.
St Mirren's Carey then had a second free-kick effort on target after a sliding challenge on him from Jason Thomson saw the Hearts man booked, but MacDonald again tipped the ball wide for a goal kick.
Heskey won the free-kick, tempting Khalid Boulahrouz into a rash challenge, and the former Liverpool striker then got to Josip Skoko's set-piece delivery before Drogba.
But Carroll's wild challenge on Kim Kallstrom then produced the free-kick that led to Sweden's somewhat scrappy equalizer.
Wardlaw's afternoon grew more frustrating when he was booked by referee John McKendrick after being caught by a dangerous high challenge from Liam Craig, with the free-kick going the home side's way.
And Motherwell moved further ahead when Sutton and Marius Zaliukas rose to challenge for Tom Hateley's lofted free-kick and the striker claimed the last touch as the ball found its way into the net.
United added to their first-leg lead through Ji-Sung Park after eight minutes before Cristiano Ronaldo scored with a 40-yard free-kick three minutes later to all but end Arsenal's challenge.
Young defender Leigh Bromby was a bit too keen to impress in the ninth minute, giving away a free-kick 20 yards out and earning himself a yellow card with a clattering challenge on Jay Bothroyd.
But Jelavic was not to be denied with his next attempt, the striker brushing off the challenge of Mulgrew to latch on to Weiss's quickly taken free-kick and sliding a shot past Forster, the ball rebounding off the right-hand post but spinning back over the line.
John Potter was booked for a cynical challenge as Russell raced forward and the Ghanian powered the resulting 30-yard free-kick into the top corner.
Shaun Wright-Phillips became the first player to be yellow-carded after 29 minutes for a challenge on Jermaine Jones, but striker Miroslav Klose headed Trochowski's resulting free-kick over the bar.
Ledley's winner followed a free-kick by Ki Sung-Yueng, but Butcher felt Stuart Duff had been harshly penalised for a challenge on Emilio Izaguirre.
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