The Cardinals flew out of the blocks and grabbed a 17-0 lead at quarter time.

The Packers then slowly clawed their way back into the game, with both sides defensively poor and the points scoring ticking over at a furious rate.

In the final quarter, the Green Bay Packers added 21 unanswered points to draw level, but with seconds to go the Arizona Cardinals gave their kicker the chance to seal the match – but Rackers missed sending the game into overtime.

Green Bay won the toss and had first use of the ball, but the Cardinals defence were able to trap the visitors in their own half and then on the third down, Green Bay quarter back Rodgers was stripped of the ball as he was sacked, and in the highest scoring playoff game in history, it was the Cardinals defense that walked the ball into the end zone for the game winning touchdown.

What a match!

Final scores: Arizona Cardinals 51, Green Bay Packers 45.

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