Days after having their cojones questioned there was no balls up from Arsenal's back ups thanks to Olivier Giroud.
Giroud's dramatic winner against ten man Red Star Belgrade wasn't quite a repeat of his unforgettable scorpion kick against Crystal Palace on New Years Day.
But the Frenchman's latest acrobatic effort to earn Arsenal a hard-fought win was no less significant.
Giroud's spectacular overhead kick in Serbia made it three Group H wins out of three for Arsene Wenger's men and left them needing just one more to seal a last-32 place.
And, importantly at a time when the Gunners are under fire, it helped provide the perfect response to Watford captain Troy Deeney's stinging criticism about Arsenal's character.
The battling nature of the mix-and-match Gunners' display as they headed for a goalless draw at Red Star's hostile home was already a sign of their bottle.
But Giroud sealed a fine one-touch move to turn one point into three with his piece of 85th minute brilliance and show his own fight by persisting to score the winner when he had been well below his best up to that point.
Wenger said: “At some stage he came to the touchline and told me: ‘we will score’. That’s Olivier Giroud. He keeps belief when it is tough. That’s why he scores at moments you didn’t expect him to score.”
It was also fitting that Jack Wilshere was the inspiration behind Arsenal's winner with a driving run from midfield.
He was as stung as anyone by Deeney's barb, branding it “horrible,” but did his talking on the pitch.
Wilshere is yet to play a league game this season but Wenger said: “He will get a chance in the Premier League don’t worry for that.”
If ever there was an atmosphere to test the cojones it was this one inside one of Europe's most intimidating grounds.
It wouldn't have taken long for Arsenal to realise why visits to Red Star are not for the faint-hearted.
After they completed the three-minute, 300m walk from the changing rooms outside the ground, through the terrifying, riot police lined and graffiti covered tunnel and onto the pitch they were greeted by deafening boos.
And that was just for the warm-up.
Red Star delayed their entrance by warming up on an outside training pitch rather than inside the stadium, ensuring an even louder welcome when they finally arrived.
Being formed in the stands by Red Star's ultras as the teams walked out was a mural depicting the barrel of an canon being plugged by a hand. The warning message was clear – the Gunners' threat was going to be snuffed out.
The ground was rocking and might have been quietened had Theo Walcott taken a 15th minute chance.
But on more than one occasion during the first half the roof was nearly lifted off the Rajko Mitic Stadium as Red Star dangerman and Chelsea target Richmond Boakye headed against the bar before Petr Cech and Reiss Nelson combined to frustrate Slavoljub Srnic.
Giroud and Nelson had chances for Arsenal after the break before Cech denied Filip Stojkovic and the lively Srnic.
Milan Rodic's 80th minute dismissal for two yellows gave Arsenal a lift and they made their one man advantage count when Wilshere drove forward and combined with Walcott before Giroud hooked the England man's knockdown into the top corner.