“The
specialist in failure” finally gets one better than his noisy compatriot in a
whirlwind season, which has seen Manchester United Liverpool and Chelsea all go
trophy-less.
They came! They saw! They conquered!
After nine years of football in England without a
major piece of silverware, Arsene Wenger’s side came to the party on Saturday
afternoon, beating Hull City in the final of this year’s F.A cup match to annex
the F.A cup trophy, England’s oldest club competition.
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| arsenal players celebrate after f.a cup win |
Arsenal had previously been criticized by pundits for
failing to win a trophy since 2005,when they last won the F.A cup in a final
game against old rivals Manchester United.This was exacerbated by Chelsea’s
Jose Mourinho,who called Arsene Wenger a ‘specialist in failure’ in a recent
pre-match interview.
Ever since they last won any trophy, players have
made moves to other clubs in search for silverware. The likes of Samir
Nasri,Gael Clichy and Robin Van Persie have all moved on from the club to win
trophies in other clubs.
Under ten minutes in this season’s final at Wembley,
James Chester and Curtis Davies put the tigers ahead, a dream start for Steve
Bruce’s side.
It looked all like another missed opportunity, until
impressive Santiago Cazorla pulled one back on seventeen minutes with a
stunning free-kick, leaving Allan McGregor with absolutely no chance.
The guuners peppered the tigers’ defence over and
over again, until seventy first minute when Laurent Koscielny reacted fastest
to put the ball home from an Arsenal corner to pull even.
Substitute Yaya Sanogo, had chances to put the
gunners ahead, but a combination of woeful finishing, the post and some stoic
defending by the tigers kept the scores 2-2,until full time.
Arsenal were the better team in extra time piling
the pressure on hull city, who themselves had a few half chances to snatch a
winner.
England international, Jack Wilshire came on for
Mesut Ozil,and combined well with Olivier Giroud to create more chances for the
gunners.
Arsenal fans had their hearts in their mouths after
some shaky handling in the area by Fabianski allowed Nigerian Sone Aluko shoot
on goal,but missed a gaping goal by a few yards.
Things got more difficult for the tigers, and some
beautiful combination from Giroud and Ramsey led to the winner.Giroud laid a
brilliant back heel into the path of Ramsey,who toe-poked the ball past
McGregor,leaving Wembley Stadium in raptures.
Hull City fashioned a few attacks to get an equalizer.
Tried as they did, it was only one team that looked like winning the F.A cup,
and it was Arsene Wenger’s side who held on to win the trophy to end a really
long trophy duck which lasted for nine years.
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| celebrations aplenty for gunners |
Come On You Gunners!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A huge sigh of relief for the French manager!!!!!!!
pictures : Getty images
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