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Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald catches a pass in front Eagles defender Quintin Demps. Fitzgerald caught three touchdowns in Arizona's 32-25 win.

But the resurrected Warner has been sensational this season, and now he’s led the Cardinals far beyond any previous success since moving to Arizona.

He finished 21-for-28 for 279 yards and the four TDs.

McNabb was 27-for-46 for 375 yards.

Arizona certainly wasn’t awed by the pressurized atmosphere at the start, marching 80 yards in nine plays for a 7-0 lead. Warner hit all four passes and Fitzgerald, the NFC’s leading receiver, bounced off Brian Dawkins — Philly’s fiercest hitter — and barely got into the end zone.

McNabb got the Eagles going on their first offensive play, a 22-yard scramble that was his longest run since Week 16 of 2007. But the deafening noise in the stadium caused a motion penalty that stymied the drive, and David Akers extended his NFL postseason record with a 45-yard field goal, his 19th straight.

The Cardinals’ playoff penchant for takeaways got them the ball back, momentarily. Aaron Francisco intercepted a tipped pass and headed down the right side, but was stripped on the runback by Jackson and Philadelphia recovered at its 25, a loss of 8 yards in all.

Given another chance, the Eagles moved to the Arizona 29, only to see Akers’ string end with a 47-yarder that went wide right. Seconds later, the Cardinals unveiled the flea-flicker.

Warner pitched to J.J. Arrington, who then lateraled back to the quarterback. His long popup pass found Fitzgerald after defender Quintin Demps fell.

Undaunted, McNabb connected on a short pass with Kevin Curtis, who sped 47 yards diagonally across the field with most of Arizona’s defenders giving chase. He was caught at the 19, setting up Akers’ 33-yarder.

Still, trading field goals for touchdowns wasn’t going to get Philly to Tampa.

Actually, nothing was going to help the Eagles as long as they couldn’t cover Fitzgerald. And they couldn’t come close in the first half.

Fitzgerald finished his spree with a 1-yard TD catch against overmatched cornerback Sheldon Brown.

But that was it for Fitzgerald for a long spell, although Neil Rackers made a 49-yard field goal as the half expired.

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