Thankfully "King of Kings" Henrik Larsson had seven regal years of memories behind him as his finale proved to be a bit of anti-climax at Parkhead on Tuesday night.

The super Swedish striker had won everything in the Scottish game during a glorious stay in Glasgow and turned the Tennent's Scottish Cup final on its head on Saturday.

The fans and Larsson too will remember fondly those many glory days in the Hoops for years to come and not this £1million benefit, which begged the question why it ever went ahead.

His adoring worshippers, to their eternal credit, still packed out the stadium in the Swede's merchandise and watched Chris Sutton steal the limelight with the winner.

It was, however, memorable for returning former goalkeeper Jonathan Gould and John Hartson, who made his first start in four months after back surgery.

Mike McCurry also seemed to be trying to gatecrash the party with some ridiculous refereeing in a game he lost control of.

Seville also made it clear early on that they had not come for a holiday in the Glasgow sunshine and were threatening to ruin Larsson's night.

Gould was called into action after just two minutes when Jose Luis Marti struck a sweet shot from inside the area and the Preston man pushed the ball away.

He was beaten, however, four minutes later by a Marti header, from Gerardo Torrado's cross but Alan Thompson was on hand to clear the ball off the line.

But Stilian Petrov and Stanislav Varga showed Celtic's commitment to Larsson with strong tackles before Hartson almost put the Swede through on goal.

The Welshman was hoping he might be the man to replace Larsson next season and he went close to breaking the deadlock in the 27th minute.

Thompson swung an inviting cross to the back post and the leaner-looking Welshman rose to thunder a header towards the goal but Francisco Gallardo was right behind it.

Engliah duo Thompson and Sutton looked agitated throughout the first half despite their double-winning success this season.

Larsson was also desperate to score and he had to wait until the 33rd minute for his first chance of glory on the night.

Thompson swung in another free-kick into the box and he leapt in trademark fashion but he headed just past the post.

Larsson's curling free-kick was comfortably saved by Gallardo in the 40th minute after the Seville defence were pushed back for coming forward.

A weary season looked to have caught up on Bobo Balde moments later as Antonio Lopez seized on his poor head back but Varga came to his rescue with a vital tackle.

To illustrate just how fired up Celtic were Varga almost lost his temper as he pulled back his clenched fist, after a foul by Magallanes, but quickly realised it was a friendly.

Larsson turned provider in the 55th minute to thread the ball through to Hartson but his touch allowed Gallardo the time to rush off his line to save at his feet.

Celtic finally came to life in the 59th minute when Hartson flicked the ball to Sutton and and he found Larsson at the back post but he headed back across goal and the chance went.

But Sutton pinched the Swede's thunder moments later with Neil Lennon the unlikely contributor as he swung in the ball and the Englishman headed home from close range.

That revived the crowd but a triple substitution and some terrible refereeing by McCurry threatened to suck the life out of it again.

The official managed to lose grip of a friendly and booked Torrado before Gould, Hartson and Balde made way for Michael McGovern, Momo Sylla and Joos Valgaeren.

McCurry booked Redondo for a foul on Lennon as both sets of players began to look jaded with the summer holidays getting closer.

Sutton almost grabbed a double of his own in the 75th minute after forgotten man Sylla crossed and he fired wide of the post.

On came Kevin McBride and Jamie Smith for Thompson and Petrov and it was Smith which gave Larsson the ideal opportunity to cap his farewell with a goal with five minutes left.

The youngster cut inside and chipped the ball into his path but he headed straight at Gallardo.

But after seven glorious years of great memories the fans still chanted the name of Celtic's most important signing of recent times long into the night.