Saturday, May 30, 2015

Arsenal's FA Cup victory was never in doubt, Arsene Wenger is the master of the competition






Judi Online -   Arsenal were good enough to reduce princes and prime ministers to tears.

The Gunners lifted the FA Cup for a record 12th time with a performance of such superiority that it was Aston Villa who were flattered by the final scoreline.

Theo Walcott, Alexis Sanchez, Per Mertesacker and Olivier Giroud scored the goals that took the famous old pot back to the Emirates for the second successive season. 

Such was the level of humiliation, honorary Villans Prince William and David Cameron might have been tempted to flick through the statute books for some ancient English law that allows them to lock up troublesome Frenchmen in the Tower.

No manager has won the Cup more than Arsene Wenger, whose sixth triumph was never in doubt once his side found their range in the closing minutes of a first half they dominated.

At least Cameron wasn’t there to witness the carnage. Poor old William was forced to hand over the trophy to Mertesacker and injured club captain Mikel Arteta though gritted royal teeth.

That 39-year-old keeper Shay Given was Villa’s best performer said everything about the way Tim Sherwood’s side froze on a day that should have been a celebration for the Midlands club.

Given, beaten by Wenger’s Arsenal when he played for Newcastle at the old Wembley 17 years ago, produced a fine save to keep out Laurent Koscielny’s close-range header.

Aaron Ramsey, the Gunners’ extra-time hero against Hull last year, then wasted two glorious opportunities.

And when Kieran Richardson threw himself into a brilliant block to prevent Walcott volleying Arsenal ahead from six yards, Wenger must have feared the worst.

Bandar Bola -   However, five minutes before the break, the Villa defence hesitated fatally as Sanchez soared above Richardson to nod down Nacho Monreal’s cross and Walcott was there in a flash, beating Given with a half-volley of power and precision. Game over.

The only ones to turn up for Villa were the 40,000 who packed the west end of Wembley. Those who didn’t pay to get in were beyond awful.

Sanchez settled any needless Arsenal nerves with a 50th-minute goal that will go down as one of the finest in the Cup’s 143-year history.

There was no disguising what the Chilean’s intentions were when he cut in from the left at pace, but Given was left floundering by a shot from 30 yards that carried too much swerve and pace.

Mertesacker then only had to shrug his shoulders to shake off Christian Benteke and head home Santi Cazorla’s corner in the 62nd minute. And although Villa saw a furious penalty appeal waved away by referee Jon Moss when Jack Grealish was felled by Hector Bellerin’s challenge, by now the final whistle couldn’t come quick enough.

Giroud was feeling no pity after starting on the bench, though, and when Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain threaded a cross into the Villa six-yard box in injury time, the Frenchman applied the coup de grace.

Mertesacker said: “We deserved this. We played on the front foot from the start and that makes a massive differenc.

It is a great way to finish off the season and I can look forward to my first holiday since retiring from international football.”




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