Goals from Eduardo and Nick Bendtner see the Gunners through to the fourth round as Arsenal win away to Burnley in today’s FA Cup 3rd Round match.

Fielding a slightly stronger Carling Cup side, Arsene Wenger’s men seemed to never really get out of first gear. That didn’t seem to matter though, as nine minutes in, Eduardo ran onto a looping lob by Kolo Toure to beat the Burnley defense and cooly slot the ball past the keeper and into the net.

One – nil up, and you thought perhaps there would be more where that came from, but Burnley were up for it, playing their hearts out and trying the backline of Traore, Senderos, Toure and Sagna. Senderos and Traore in particular were guilty of a few missteps, but luckily for them, Burnley could not take advantage.

The second half was more of the same, as Burnley had a greater urgency about them. Even after they went down to ten men after a rash challenge by Rafferty on Gilberto, the home side controlled the ball and created several chances. At times, it seemed as if Arsenal were the ones playing with ten men.

Finally, in the seventy-fifth minute, Dudu found Bendtner in space with a great pass, and Nick scored with aplomb to book passage to the fourth round.

The draw for the fourth round of the FA Cup takes place at 8:30 AM ET tomorrow, and after that is a small matter of a North London derby versus Spurs in the first leg of the League Cup semis. Kickoff for that is at 2:45 PM on Wednesday, and the match will be shown live here in the US on Setanta USA.