ARSENAL END DROUGHT WITH COMEBACK WIN OVER HULL CITY
Arsenal ended their
nine-year run without a trophy as they beat Hull City 3-2
after extra time to claim the FA Cup at Wembley Stadium. Arsene Wenger’s last bit of silverware came
back in 2005 when they beat Manchester
United on penalties to claim this very same prize, but nearly a decade had
passed without a trophy before today’s result – which led to criticism of the
Gunners boss. Despite consistently bringing Champions
League football to the North London club, small sections of the Arsenal fans
had called for Wenger to vacate his post at the end of the season, but the
Frenchman earned the right to rest easy on Saturday evening after his side
wrapped up victory at a packed out Wembley. The 133rd FA Cup final exploded into life
after just four minutes as Hull took the lead when defender James
Chester turned home a scuffed Tom
Huddlestone volley, sending Bruce - who won the trophy three times as a
player - and the Tigers fans into delirium. And just moments later it was two, with
Chester’s central defensive partner Curtis Davies
reacting quickest inside the six yard box, smashing past the floored Lukas
Fabianski from the tightest of angles following a goalmouth scramble. Arsenal halved the deficit soon after
courtesy of a wonderful Santi Cazorla
free-kick, with the Spaniard wrong-footing Hull keeper Allan McGregor to find
the top right-hand corner. Hull looked as if they had stifled the
Arsenal attack in the second half and would hold out for the win, but their
hopes of claiming their first FA Cup took a hit as Laurent
Koscielny equalised with 20 minutes remaining. The Gunners continued to search for a winning
goal in normal time, and, though it didn’t come within the 90 minutes, their
persistence paid off as Aaron Ramsey
netted in the second half of extra-time to end Arsenal’s nine years of hurt.
KEY MOMENTS 4’ - HULL TAKE THE LEAD!! It’s a scrappy goal, but the Hull players and fans
won’t care one bit. Elmohamady’s corner is sent onto the edge of the 18-yard
box towards Huddlestone. The midfielder’s volley is a poor one, but James
Chester of all people is there to turn it home from eight yards. What a start. 9’ -HULL SCORE AGAIN!! IT’S 2-0. Another centre-half scores, and
it’s CURTIS DAVIES!! Bruce’s initial header comes back off the post after
Quinn’s cross, but Davies is there to smash home from the tightest of angles.
No comments:
Post a Comment