Final: Arsenal v Chelsea

:00:00. > :00:00.Arsenal. They are coming out to present the trophy. They wave to

:00:00. > :00:09.both sets of fans. There is the FA Cup that they are all chasing this

:00:10. > :00:12.afternoon. Such a strong favourite, Chelsea, quite unusual. Chelsea

:00:13. > :00:16.against Arsenal, you would think it would be quite even. That doesn't

:00:17. > :00:23.block to be the case, prior to playing? Not at all. Particularly

:00:24. > :00:28.with the problems Arsenal have got, defensively, also with the attack

:00:29. > :00:32.that Chelsea have in Costa, Pedro, Hazard, I think they will go for

:00:33. > :00:38.them in the first 15 or 20 minutes and target that. Big Sol looking in

:00:39. > :00:49.good shape. Looking very regal! Proud moment for those two. How

:00:50. > :00:57.should Chelsea approach the game? Like they have done the rest of the

:00:58. > :01:01.season? You can't underestimate it, Conte is right, Arsenal can hurt

:01:02. > :01:04.you. If they can stop the ball is getting into Hazard, Pedro, Costa,

:01:05. > :01:08.they have a chance. Chelsea have to keep doing what they have done all

:01:09. > :01:12.season. When Chelsea have their spell, with this makeshift back

:01:13. > :01:17.three, I'm not sure how Arsenal will keep them out. I haven't seen that

:01:18. > :01:22.all season. Yes, they did well against City in the semifinal,

:01:23. > :01:25.Arsenal rode their luck a little bit, I don't think Chelsea will give

:01:26. > :01:30.them the opportunity to do that. They have too much quality, too many

:01:31. > :01:33.players, playing well. It will be tough for Arsenal, given the

:01:34. > :01:38.defensive problems. How do they cope with that? That is what they are up

:01:39. > :01:44.against. When you have guys with the ability of Sanchez, Ozil, Welbeck,

:01:45. > :01:48.on the day they can produce the goods. That is always the danger for

:01:49. > :01:52.Chelsea. What have Chelsea been doing for the last six or seven

:01:53. > :01:56.days? Have they been partying too much, have they taken their eye off

:01:57. > :02:01.the ball? I doubt it, but there is the small possibility. Still a

:02:02. > :02:04.special thing to win? And credible, it's still got the magic. It's been

:02:05. > :02:08.a good year for the FA Cup and you can sense that. It looks like we are

:02:09. > :02:11.getting close to the official proceedings.

:02:12. > :02:14.Time now for one of the great FA Cup final traditions,

:02:15. > :03:02.# When other helpers fail and comforts flee

:03:03. > :03:55.# Heaven's morning breaks and Earth's vain shadows flee

:03:56. > :04:20.90 years since Abide With Me was first sung

:04:21. > :04:25.at Wembley - Arsenal the losers that day in 1927 to Cardiff.

:04:26. > :04:27.Victory today will see them move one clear of Manchester United

:04:28. > :04:30.in the all-time list with 13 FA Cup wins.

:04:31. > :04:33.Chelsea are seeking their 8th victory.

:04:34. > :04:36.90,000 fans here at Wembley this afternoon.

:04:37. > :05:14.Kick-off is just under 10 minutes away.

:05:15. > :05:21.Well, the teams are in the tunnel and we are almost ready for them to

:05:22. > :05:29.walk out. Just time to get a view predictions in. Going with Arsenal?

:05:30. > :05:33.Absolutely. Heart or head? A mixture. A big game, David and

:05:34. > :05:37.Goliath atmosphere for the players and I think they have to show what

:05:38. > :05:46.they are made of. I think a lot of it depends for the club. They need

:05:47. > :05:48.this. Can convey either man that wins the double? It is within

:05:49. > :05:56.touching distance and I think they have the players. Great support for

:05:57. > :06:02.both sides. Two big clubs about to go out. Chelsea, I think there will

:06:03. > :06:06.have too much going forward for that makeshift Arsenal back three. The

:06:07. > :06:07.final of the FA Cup. Arsenal against Chelsea, with Danny Murphy and Guy

:06:08. > :06:23.Mowbray. Good afternoon, everyone. We are all

:06:24. > :06:29.set for the 136th FA Cup final. First played at a cricket ground,

:06:30. > :06:34.around which gathered 2000 spectators, paying admission of a

:06:35. > :06:44.selling dilemma Curt Schilling to see two teams of amateurs, playing

:06:45. > :06:47.with 2-2-6 formations. All very different now, as the finely tuned

:06:48. > :06:56.professionals of Arsenal and Chelsea performing front of 90,000.

:06:57. > :07:00.Fundamentally, it is the same event. After this sorrowful week, perhaps

:07:01. > :07:02.there is something to come from a whole nation gathering to enjoy the

:07:03. > :07:12.most traditional of sporting occasions. The first minute's

:07:13. > :07:18.tradition says the dignitaries being introduced to the two sides by the

:07:19. > :07:22.respective captains. His Royal Highness, the Duke of Cambridge,

:07:23. > :07:32.President of the essay, making -- President of the FA, making

:07:33. > :07:52.acquaintance with Arsenal's players. The Duke of Cambridge, joined by

:07:53. > :08:00.Greg Dyke, said Tim Clark, the President of Emirates airlines, and

:08:01. > :08:04.John Nixon, the chairman of the Challenge Committee. Prince William

:08:05. > :08:08.is an Aston Villa fan, but said he grew up surrounded by Manchester

:08:09. > :08:14.United and Chelsea fans. No doubt some of his friends have given him

:08:15. > :08:24.the lowdown on some of the players he is meeting now.

:08:25. > :08:33.The two most successful FA Cup teams of this century are well used to

:08:34. > :08:41.this. Now they come and wait, will stand for the national anthem, led

:08:42. > :08:48.by Emily Haig, backed by the band of the Royal Logistics Corps.

:08:49. > :08:55.# God save our gracious Queen Long live our noble Queen

:08:56. > :09:40.You can maybe see the fireworks going off in the background, adding

:09:41. > :09:42.to the heat inside the stadium on what is already a stifling Wembley

:09:43. > :10:04.afternoon. Antonio Conte leads his players down

:10:05. > :10:09.the line of Arsenal players. Let's look at the line-ups. David Ospina

:10:10. > :10:14.plays instead of Petr Cech. Mertesacker captains the Gunners in

:10:15. > :10:16.his first start all season will stop if his experience could help, Rob

:10:17. > :10:20.Holding could be the lucky charm, Dave won the last 11 he has played

:10:21. > :10:26.in. Sanchez is back after a hamstring injury, Danny Welbeck

:10:27. > :10:32.preferred to Olivier Giroud in attack. Chelsea, you can probably

:10:33. > :10:41.recite this side. Courtois, behind David Luiz, Gary Cahill, making up

:10:42. > :10:46.for his missing of the game through injury last time. It is a forward

:10:47. > :10:52.three that scored 51 goals between them this season.

:10:53. > :10:58.You only get to referee the FA Cup final once in your career. This

:10:59. > :11:06.year, the honour falls to Anthony Taylor.

:11:07. > :11:15.The standout name on the Chelsea bench, is it goodbye and farewell

:11:16. > :11:18.for ever two John Terry? If he could come onto shore up the back line,

:11:19. > :11:23.there is not a single defender amongst the Arsenal substitutes.

:11:24. > :11:29.Danny Murphy is alongside me to enjoy the FA Cup final. Your

:11:30. > :11:35.namesake, Danny Welbeck, leading the line for Arsenal? I'm a big fan.

:11:36. > :11:39.Imperative, if they find themselves under the cosh, that when the ball

:11:40. > :11:46.goes up to him, he holds it up, give the Arsenal players time to join in

:11:47. > :11:51.and make some attacks. Eden Hazard is sure to be a threat with his

:11:52. > :11:56.trickery. The Arsenal back three has never played together before? And

:11:57. > :12:01.unbelievable talent, getting better and better. His fitness levels have

:12:02. > :12:05.been superb. I am surprised Arsenal have matched them in this formation.

:12:06. > :12:10.With his pace and trickery on the break, he will find those gaps. I

:12:11. > :12:14.would have gone with a solid four, myself. Hazard is the Player of the

:12:15. > :12:26.Season for me, with Kante, for sure. Before the kickoff it's time to pay

:12:27. > :12:30.our respects to and show our support for all those killed or injured and

:12:31. > :12:36.the hundreds, thousands who have been selfless in their actions of

:12:37. > :12:45.assistance since the atrocity in Manchester on Monday night. Wreaths

:12:46. > :12:49.to be laid by the Duke of Cambridge, by Greg Clarke the FA chairman and

:12:50. > :13:02.by the mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham.

:13:03. > :13:16.APPLAUSE Karen Bradley as well the Secretary

:13:17. > :13:28.of State for culture, media and sport. Immediately the whole stadium

:13:29. > :13:31.rises with spontaneous applause. Starting on the referee's whistle,

:13:32. > :13:32.please join us in a period of silence, as we remember those who

:13:33. > :14:53.lost their lives. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

:14:54. > :14:54.Thank you, Wembley! A poignant mix of respect, remembrance, pride and

:14:55. > :15:14.defiance. It's an all-London FA Cup Final. It

:15:15. > :15:15.is Arsenal against Chelsea at the traditional home of football,

:15:16. > :15:40.Wembley Stadium. It will be Chelsea to get the action

:15:41. > :15:48.under way. First kick of the ball is Diego Costa's. Chelsea end the

:15:49. > :15:52.campaign as double winners? Or can Arsenal just bring a bit of light

:15:53. > :15:56.back to their supporters, who feel they've had a bad season, having

:15:57. > :16:13.finished outside the top four for the first time in 20 years.

:16:14. > :16:18.I suppose, first of all, the main focus will be let's have a look at

:16:19. > :16:20.how this Arsenal back three is shaping up. Yeah, well Chelsea will

:16:21. > :16:29.want to test them early. They'll want to test them early

:16:30. > :16:35.because they haven't played together. Mertesacker's first start,

:16:36. > :16:38.it's unbelievable really. It will be fascinating to see how they do get

:16:39. > :16:40.that connection and understanding which is so difficult, even when

:16:41. > :16:50.you're playing together every week. Oxlade-Chamberlain had a terrific

:16:51. > :16:53.semifinal here against Manchester City, playing on the other side of

:16:54. > :16:57.the field. Mertesacker has been out for so long

:16:58. > :17:05.with a knee injury. He has been on the bench a handful of times this

:17:06. > :17:11.season in the FA Cup. Came on early on in the second half because of

:17:12. > :17:26.goodbye's -- goodbye's Gabriel's injury last

:17:27. > :18:11.weekend. What sort of a game is the undoubted

:18:12. > :18:16.gifted German, Ozil, going to have? It's a positive start from the

:18:17. > :18:22.Gunners. They're having good possession. Chelsea obviously doing,

:18:23. > :18:26.are dropping off exercise which they must have talked about. They're not

:18:27. > :18:30.pressing too high, which is fine. They quite like that Chelsea. They

:18:31. > :18:35.did it at Anfield. They're happy to sit back and play on the counter.

:18:36. > :18:46.Probably at their most dangerous actually.

:18:47. > :18:55.A corner for Arsenal. Here's where Per Mertesacker could be really

:18:56. > :18:58.useful. Good play from Sanchez. He's a wonderful footballer. Stats this

:18:59. > :19:08.season have been incredible. He's the one that can make the difference

:19:09. > :19:14.for Arsenal in the big games. An easy first claim of the match for

:19:15. > :19:30.Thibaut Courtois, who is in a hurry to find Kante.

:19:31. > :19:38.Sanchez is in to score, the flag is up though. Oh, no, it's a goal. He's

:19:39. > :19:43.not offside. Ramsey didn't get involved because he realised. It's

:19:44. > :19:50.going to be a goal. Anthony Taylor will go across and have a word with

:19:51. > :19:54.Gary Beswick, the assistant referee. My instinct is the same as yours.

:19:55. > :19:57.It's a goal. Whether he gives it or not, it's a goal. Poor play from

:19:58. > :20:03.Chelsea as well. They were lethargic. Lost out of a couple of

:20:04. > :20:06.50/50s in front of us. He's got to give the goal. Ramsey looked as

:20:07. > :20:10.though he was about to touch the ball, then realised he would have

:20:11. > :20:20.been flagged offside. Then the flag went up. It is 1-0 to Arsenal!

:20:21. > :20:26.Inside five minutes, Alexis Sanchez amazing Wembley record goes on.

:20:27. > :20:32.Five goals in five appearances here for Arsenal. He's scored seven in

:20:33. > :20:36.six all tolled. And he's given the Gunners the lead. The Chelsea

:20:37. > :20:44.players are arguing. There's nothing to argue about. You'll see it here.

:20:45. > :20:50.Sanchez plays the first ball. Comes off him again. Maybe they're calling

:20:51. > :20:57.for handball, I'm not sure. He's certainly not offside. Ramsey must

:20:58. > :21:03.have got the call from Sanchez in the nick of time. I think he

:21:04. > :21:13.probably realised himself. This is more the contentious bit, the

:21:14. > :21:17.handball. A lot of ex-players I know and players who still are playing

:21:18. > :21:22.don't like the rule, but it's there. Therefore it's a goal. I'd like to

:21:23. > :21:24.see the handball again. In terms of the offside, there's nothing to

:21:25. > :21:35.argue about from Chelsea's point of view. There's the first bit of FA

:21:36. > :21:39.Cup Final drama! Alexis Sanchez gives Arsenal the early advantage.

:21:40. > :21:43.Chelsea were guilty of switching off. What's the first rule, play to

:21:44. > :21:46.the whistle. Another bit of drama now with Diego

:21:47. > :21:51.Costa, perhaps unsurprisingly getting involved. I don't know what

:21:52. > :21:56.he's doing Costa. It's a foul. He's got the free kick. As he lands he

:21:57. > :22:03.has a little kick. It's a foul from Holding. He's got hold of his shirt.

:22:04. > :22:08.Takes him over. You watch Costa. Swinging the lag. Yeah, but there's

:22:09. > :22:14.no need to do it. Nothing too drastic. Right leg comes over.

:22:15. > :22:23.You'll see it now. He missed him because he wasn't there. He's a bit

:22:24. > :22:38.lucky. Headed over the top. By that man, Diego Costa. Costa

:22:39. > :22:41.Great start for Arsenal. What a game now. Great start to the FA Cup

:22:42. > :22:58.Final. This time the flag is up in

:22:59. > :23:02.Chelsea's favour. Just before the goal, Chelsea had a great

:23:03. > :23:08.opportunity to have a breakaway. Messed it up a bit. They lost the

:23:09. > :23:17.50/50 and all of a sudden they're a goal down. It was Diego Costa again

:23:18. > :23:33.who seemed to barge into N'Golo Kante inadvertently.

:23:34. > :23:37.It's the first time that Chelsea have been behind in the FA Cup all

:23:38. > :23:54.season. It didn't take long. He got away from the first attempt

:23:55. > :23:57.to stop him. He couldn't get past the second. There is going to be a

:23:58. > :24:05.yellow card. For Ramsey. I wonder was it for the

:24:06. > :24:13.Monreal one or for Ramsey earlier on? For Ramsey. He tried to pull him

:24:14. > :24:22.back and didn't actually succeed. I think that's good refereeing. Has to

:24:23. > :24:24.book him. The intent was there. Wasn't Monreal. It was Ramsey who

:24:25. > :24:52.got booked. Courtois with a slip nearly allowed

:24:53. > :24:58.Welbeck in. Chelsea aren't settling at all. No, they've not started

:24:59. > :25:04.brilliantly. They've given up possession a little bit. They won't

:25:05. > :25:07.panic though. Arsenal are gaining confidence,

:25:08. > :25:11.that's for sure. In a big game, early in the first ten minutes, you

:25:12. > :25:14.want to get a few touches, feel your way in. Then you get a goal, of

:25:15. > :25:16.course, all of a sudden, you've got a spring in your step and everybody

:25:17. > :25:26.wants the ball. Flag is being waved. Handball

:25:27. > :25:32.against the Arsenal full-back turned right sided midfielder, as he's been

:25:33. > :25:37.for the last few games. This suits him this role more than before. He

:25:38. > :25:40.can fly forward knowing he's got the cover. It's suited Alex

:25:41. > :25:44.Oxlade-Chamberlain, of course, he's having to play on the other side,

:25:45. > :25:48.which is a little bit unfamiliar for him. When you're right footed you

:25:49. > :25:50.want to be on the right-hand side. But he's very adaptable, super

:25:51. > :26:02.athlete. Not a great start to the Chelsea

:26:03. > :26:11.owner's evening. Chelsea have won nine of 11 major finals played since

:26:12. > :26:53.Roman Abramovic took over the club. A really good move from Arsenal that

:26:54. > :26:57.was, sharp, incisive. What we're used to seeing at Arsenal when they

:26:58. > :26:59.play their best football. Chelsea need to wake up a little bit. Not

:27:00. > :27:18.got out of the blocks. Safely back to David Ospina. Antonio

:27:19. > :27:22.Conte, understandably his usual animated self, early on. Trying to

:27:23. > :27:27.get them to press, up the pitch, don't blame him. Arsenal, injuries

:27:28. > :27:28.or not, you can't let them have possession. They are good

:27:29. > :27:57.footballers. Well, Sanchez and Ozil have started

:27:58. > :28:05.really well. They are two big players, getting on the ball, nice

:28:06. > :28:08.touches, confident. Granted, we are only 12 minutes in.

:28:09. > :28:24.Ozil looked in the mood. He didn't quite get the timing right behind

:28:25. > :28:36.Aaron Ramsey. Mertesacker, he will want that ball

:28:37. > :28:47.to come that way all afternoon. That will suit him.

:28:48. > :28:55.Really good challenge by Azpilicueta, but Chelsea didn't keep

:28:56. > :28:59.the ball very long. Arsenal are bossing command of the football. It

:29:00. > :29:02.is possession that Chelsea are struggling with, sloppy passes,

:29:03. > :29:23.touches. Sanchez wound up the big one.

:29:24. > :29:27.Courtois knew it was always going to be too high. Quite a few in the

:29:28. > :29:32.Arsenal and were getting ready to get off their seats to celebrate

:29:33. > :29:42.another. Superb play from Sanchez. Hell of a strike. A fraction high.

:29:43. > :29:47.He is an absolutely brilliant footballer, Alexis Sanchez. If he

:29:48. > :29:52.does leave Arsenal, I can't think of one club that wouldn't want to take

:29:53. > :29:55.him. Maybe Barcelona. With all the talk of Arsenal's defensive

:29:56. > :30:00.problems, it was imperative that the main men at the other end, namely

:30:01. > :30:01.Ozil on Sanchez, were firing today. They are certainly doing that so

:30:02. > :30:15.far. Costa's effort is smothered by

:30:16. > :30:22.three. I think it was Monreal, but it was terrific defending.

:30:23. > :30:29.Hazard's first chance to get involved in the action. Diego Costa

:30:30. > :30:33.has been involved plenty, if not always for the right reasons. I've

:30:34. > :30:36.watched Chelsea a few times this season where they haven't been

:30:37. > :30:43.overly impressive. But they have moments in matches, and players.

:30:44. > :30:58.What a chance for 2-0! Cleared off the line by Cahill to thwart Mesut

:30:59. > :31:01.Ozil! Bad touch. What a huge chance for Ozil. He didn't really connect

:31:02. > :31:11.with it properly. But Arsenal will come again. Cahill, to prevent

:31:12. > :31:16.another opportunity. They lug heavy legged. I don't know what they've

:31:17. > :31:20.been doing. This is a bad touch, taking it away from himself. Still

:31:21. > :31:22.managed to get it on target, but no pace. I think the deflection from

:31:23. > :31:32.David Luiz helped. A Miss hit shot, turning it a good

:31:33. > :31:53.pass for Ozil. Customary good tackle from Kante,

:31:54. > :31:59.but it will be an Arsenal throw. Just scuffs it a little bit. His

:32:00. > :32:07.touch touch him away from goal. He wanted to take it inside himself.

:32:08. > :32:12.Great game, end to end. Well, that particular moment was, Chelsea's

:32:13. > :32:26.first chance, but Arsenal could have gone two, there. A slip from Ozil.

:32:27. > :32:48.That little passage sums up the Chelsea's start. Sloppy again.

:32:49. > :32:54.Arsenal, Sharp. Bringing the ball back, keeping the ball well.

:32:55. > :33:03.Somebody has to get them going. Middle of the park for Chelsea.

:33:04. > :33:10.He is the man to do it. At a difficult one, this team have been

:33:11. > :33:19.so dominant. The Fabregas is the type that can control the tempo of

:33:20. > :33:29.the play. Kante and Matic are both defensive minded, if you like.

:33:30. > :33:35.Sanchez is giving us a bit of everything he's got.

:33:36. > :33:41.It is all Arsenal in the FA Cup final. At the moment, they don't

:33:42. > :33:46.know what to do with Sanchez and Ozil. They are coming in from the

:33:47. > :33:53.wings, in pockets. The wingbacks are not going with them. Too many

:33:54. > :34:07.chances. Off the post! Somehow, it bounces

:34:08. > :34:17.off Ramsey and goes behind. What a chance! They are wondering what

:34:18. > :34:22.happened, the other end the ground. Good ball in. Welbeck, good head.

:34:23. > :34:30.Twice, it hits the post. Welbeck almost in again. It was Azpilicueta

:34:31. > :34:34.that was in his way. He thinks it should be a Chelsea free kick, it is

:34:35. > :34:38.a goal kick. Kicked him in the back, that's why. It comes off the post,

:34:39. > :34:44.and Ramsey puts it back onto the post. White Rock you don't see that

:34:45. > :34:53.very often. Peeled away from Marcos Alonso pretty easily.

:34:54. > :35:06.Chelsea are riding their luck at the moment.

:35:07. > :35:15.That will go down in the statistics as Arsenal hitting the post twice.

:35:16. > :35:24.None of us called this. Fair play to the Arsenal players.

:35:25. > :35:32.A tester for Azpilicueta, but it will not be caught by Alexis

:35:33. > :35:37.Sanchez. He has now scored in five games in a row, 34 the season, all

:35:38. > :35:39.told. The man for the big occasion, goals in the FA Cup quarterfinals,

:35:40. > :35:51.semifinals and final. It is not just about his talents.

:35:52. > :35:55.It's about his work ethic, the tenacity he shows, trying to win the

:35:56. > :35:57.ball back for his team. I like his passion when he gets angry and

:35:58. > :36:03.frustrated. It doesn't stop working hard. He can play in different

:36:04. > :36:09.positions, but he is a matchwinner. A game changer.

:36:10. > :36:16.Can they keep him, I suppose that is the bigger question. There is

:36:17. > :36:22.reportedly a huge contract offer on the table. Another year left of his

:36:23. > :36:24.current deal. Bayern Munich, Manchester City, Manchester United,

:36:25. > :36:42.the usual suspects are circling. That is the most space Chelsea have

:36:43. > :36:48.found in an attacking area. Great opportunity to cross, overhit it.

:36:49. > :36:58.Easy cross, roll it into his path, he doesn't have to break his stride.

:36:59. > :37:04.It looks like a Chelsea bench in shock at the moment. John Terry

:37:05. > :37:08.can't take his eyes off it. They are not used to being behind in games.

:37:09. > :37:29.They are not used to being dominated and at the moment they are.

:37:30. > :37:46.Arsenal arms in the air, but the flight has stayed down. -- flag.

:37:47. > :37:59.Mertesacker's long legs to Arsenal's rescue. Great tackle.

:38:00. > :38:02.Chelsea, back in their own half after the first real spell of

:38:03. > :38:13.pressure we have seen from them. It's hard, when you are being

:38:14. > :38:16.pressed. Just like that, Danny Welbeck. He is great, Danny Welbeck,

:38:17. > :38:35.really is. Just looking at Ozil on Sanchez,

:38:36. > :38:39.coming in off those Lions, into the pockets. The movement is fantastic.

:38:40. > :39:10.-- coming in off those lines. Arsenal free kick? Yeah, but it

:39:11. > :39:17.doesn't matter they have given a free kick. It is tempo, tenacity,

:39:18. > :39:20.closing down. It's trying to get your team back into the game. I

:39:21. > :39:26.think Pedro has been the only one that has been really at it from the

:39:27. > :39:34.start. He was a Spanish cup winner three times with Barcelona. He won a

:39:35. > :39:38.lot with them. Scored here in the Champions League final against

:39:39. > :39:41.United. Certainly did, six years ago tomorrow. The opening goal of the

:39:42. > :40:01.2011 Champions League final. They are deep, Chelsea. Just calling

:40:02. > :40:05.for calm from his wide man. Running the show out there, the number

:40:06. > :40:10.seven. Here saying, we are winning, if they want to drop off, let them

:40:11. > :40:16.play. It is up to them to get it off you. What he is saying his, relax,

:40:17. > :40:29.keep it like this. But not like that.

:40:30. > :40:34.Mertesacker is often the rated for his lack of pace, but he was quick

:40:35. > :40:52.enough there. Also a semifinal goal-scorer, also

:40:53. > :41:04.an unlikely one. Some said that they rode their luck

:41:05. > :41:07.against Manchester City. But today, 25 minutes in, there has been

:41:08. > :41:10.nothing fortunate about their performance so far. The result, that

:41:11. > :41:34.we can see on our screens. Mertesacker doesn't have to get up

:41:35. > :41:41.as high as anybody else. And Welbeck was just caught by Kante. I don't

:41:42. > :41:45.think that is a booking, but that is exactly, when you're trying to get

:41:46. > :41:52.out, you need your striker to be strong and hold up the ball. He gets

:41:53. > :41:53.his body between the ball and Kante. It is a free kick, not a yellow

:41:54. > :42:02.card. People get obsessed with yellow

:42:03. > :42:04.cards nowadays, every foul should be a yellow card. Try and win the ball

:42:05. > :42:32.still. Sometimes it's genuine. Purely by showing eagerness,

:42:33. > :42:42.harassing, pestering, he's managed to get Arsenal a throw-in.

:42:43. > :42:47.Oxlade-Chamberlain relishing this opportunity. Missed the 2014 final,

:42:48. > :42:55.injured. He played only a minute in 2015 against Aston Villa after

:42:56. > :42:59.another injury. For a player of his talents, he's certainly not played

:43:00. > :43:07.enough minutes. It's a big day for him. He's started well.

:43:08. > :43:14.A good save by Ospina. Diego Costa had got the better of Rob Holding.

:43:15. > :43:19.It was Ospina who came out to block him.

:43:20. > :43:32.He's hurt himself. I don't think it was anything other than an attempt

:43:33. > :43:46.to win the ball. Great ball. He makes contact there.

:43:47. > :43:54.He's trailing that leg. He's actually deflected up that way.

:43:55. > :43:59.Antonio Conte was getting excited about a chance. Mamma Mia. It never

:44:00. > :44:03.quite developed. Ospina did get caught by Costa's leg as it

:44:04. > :44:11.rebounded up towards his forehead, but it was all purely accidental.

:44:12. > :44:16.Here's an irony, all that talk about Petr Cech or David Ospina. Eyebrows

:44:17. > :44:23.raised when the vote went to the Colombain. Petr Cech gets ready in

:44:24. > :44:25.case he's needed any way. He's hardly been tested. He was

:44:26. > :45:02.quite sharp there off the line. Courtois stops him. It needed the

:45:03. > :45:07.assistance of Cahill yet again on the goal line. He's got to square it

:45:08. > :45:11.to Ramsey. It's a tap-in. He either doesn't see him or he

:45:12. > :45:31.thinks he can score himself. It's an easy side foot across the goal.

:45:32. > :45:38.Should have been someone attacking that. Look how far forward Cahill

:45:39. > :45:44.is. Can Chelsea seize their moment?

:45:45. > :45:53.Great positional play. Good ball in from Alonso as well.

:45:54. > :46:02.Ozil pulled off the ball by Marcos Alonso.

:46:03. > :46:10.Arsenal's throw. This is a really enjoyable FA Cup Final. We've had a

:46:11. > :46:14.great half an hour. Sanchez, I'm thinking he can see Ozil. Outside of

:46:15. > :46:20.the right foot. Doesn't see him. Welbeck nice and patient. Good

:46:21. > :46:25.little ball, that is. Gets lucky there.

:46:26. > :46:42.One touch, he could have done it once, but Ramsey could see him.

:46:43. > :46:48.He tried to get across Azpilicueta in front of him. He was impeded by

:46:49. > :46:53.the Chelsea man. Arsenal free kick, chance to put the right ball into

:46:54. > :46:57.the box again. We talked about movement off the ball earlier.

:46:58. > :47:01.Welbeck is one of the best of that for me. With Ozil and Sanchez

:47:02. > :47:05.getting into clever little positions and Chelsea players not sure whether

:47:06. > :47:10.to go in or drop off, Welbeck is always going to be willing to go

:47:11. > :47:25.down those channels. That's why I think he got the nod.

:47:26. > :47:33.It had to be put behind by Courtois. He had to run round it a little bit.

:47:34. > :47:37.He didn't want to take it on his right foot, but he was calm. He got

:47:38. > :47:38.a good shot off, make the keeper make a save. Well controlled, that

:47:39. > :47:46.volley. He normally hits them a bit better

:47:47. > :47:50.than that. Yeah, he had to run round it, so he didn't give himself the

:47:51. > :48:06.time. As much as he could do with that, I think. Another corner.

:48:07. > :48:27.Look how quickly Chelsea go. 5 v 4 this is.

:48:28. > :48:31.Good touch on that by Monreal. Talked about Mertesacker, but Nacho

:48:32. > :48:50.Monreal has been brilliant too. Costa is shoved unceremoniously off

:48:51. > :48:53.it by Holding. The thing is Arsenal winning 1-0, played brilliantly for

:48:54. > :48:58.half an hour. They've got a corner. They don't get the first ball. Then

:48:59. > :49:00.the keeper is out to the edge of the box and it's 5 v 4. That can't

:49:01. > :49:17.happen. Pedro's ball won't cause any

:49:18. > :49:22.problems. No, that's poor. Actually the first ball - actually he's done

:49:23. > :49:35.OK. Antonio Conte has missed out on the double before. He never

:49:36. > :49:48.I was listening to him before the game, what he said makes a bit of

:49:49. > :49:53.sense, in that, the fact they've won the league and already had a good

:49:54. > :49:58.season, they can relax a little bit. Arsenal desperately need to win this

:49:59. > :49:59.trophy. It can add a little bit of something to your performance. We're

:50:00. > :50:18.seeing that. We are indeed. It's worth saying, though Chelsea

:50:19. > :50:25.have been a bit sloppy - Arsenal get lucky. They've made Chelsea look

:50:26. > :50:50.sloppy at times with their pressing and willingness to get after them.

:50:51. > :51:02.Look at Welbeck again, sliding in to try and keep Arsenal on the move.

:51:03. > :51:07.Always, always gives everything he's got. Plays the role he's given for

:51:08. > :51:35.the team, whether it be wide or central.

:51:36. > :51:44.There's a slip from Welbeck. Sanchez had to do it by himself. He had to,

:51:45. > :51:48.yeah. He had no choice. He made the wrong run, Welbeck, for me. He

:51:49. > :51:52.should have gone out to go in. Not that I know much about great runs as

:51:53. > :51:57.a striker. But he's got to be nearer the goal. Another good move, though.

:51:58. > :52:03.Running off the ball from Sanchez. The willingness to run behind

:52:04. > :52:08.without the ball. Sanchez didn't help either. Losing their footing on

:52:09. > :52:37.the slick, sweaty surface. He held on, invited Azpilicueta to

:52:38. > :52:42.keep on pushing into him, hence the Arsenal free kick. Never for the

:52:43. > :52:47.life of me understand why defenders do that or players in general. I do

:52:48. > :52:53.not understand it. Why you would try and win a ball that's at the corner

:52:54. > :52:55.flag? Ridiculous is being nice. Just leave him. There

:52:56. > :53:12.-- him there. Sanchez put off by Pedro. He's the

:53:13. > :53:15.man who's made the difference in rather strange circumstances, one of

:53:16. > :53:25.the more curious opening FA Cup Final goals. Yeah, I think that

:53:26. > :53:28.there is maybe what some of the Chelsea players were fuming about.

:53:29. > :54:16.There. Not sure. Sanchez just on the edge of the box

:54:17. > :54:18.and now pressing there on his own, two of them. I'd love to know what

:54:19. > :54:30.he eats. He's put everything into it when he

:54:31. > :54:37.perhaps didn't need to. Subtle I was the key. He went for the sizzler.

:54:38. > :54:46.The sizzler. A good move for that man Hazard, of course, instrumental.

:54:47. > :54:53.Just sat up as he hit it. He'll be disappointed because he's a very

:54:54. > :55:01.good finisher, Pedro. Little bit better from Chelsea. More patient

:55:02. > :55:03.with the build up there. Ospina is the noise from the fans behind his

:55:04. > :55:18.goals. Chelsea had to get better, that's

:55:19. > :55:20.for sure. Ospina will come for, that not cleanly. Mertesacker tried to

:55:21. > :55:39.duck out of his way. I think he's saying, chill, I want a

:55:40. > :55:46.breather, I haven't stopped running for 39 minutes. He's been absolutely

:55:47. > :55:55.sensational. Who was at fault there, Ospina or Mertesacker? I think, I

:55:56. > :55:57.prefer a keeper to try and come and make the odd mistake than not to

:55:58. > :56:10.come at all. Oxlade-Chamberlain loses out to

:56:11. > :56:14.Moses, but recovers. But not in the right way. A tackle that was

:56:15. > :56:20.straight into foul territory. Moses was on the front foot, already

:56:21. > :56:26.trying to win it back. In the first 20, 25 minutes, he was just standing

:56:27. > :56:36.off a little bit. It is when Chelsea have ball that they have looked like

:56:37. > :56:46.there has not been any crispness in their pressing.

:56:47. > :56:54.The flag didn't go up, so it must have been an infringement for a push

:56:55. > :56:58.and pull that was not appreciated. It could have been Diego Costa? It

:56:59. > :57:04.could well have been. Think it was on Ramsey, at the edge of the box.

:57:05. > :57:08.The referee deserves a mention I think he has done all right in the

:57:09. > :57:12.first half. He dealt with the big situation as best he can, went to

:57:13. > :57:19.talk to his assistant and got the information. That was huge, inside

:57:20. > :57:24.five minutes. I suspect the sort of moment a referee wouldn't want in

:57:25. > :57:30.their FA Cup final. No, no. He knows if he gets it wrong he will be

:57:31. > :57:34.hammered. But you can only make the decision after the conversation,

:57:35. > :57:41.based on the facts you have seen, and I think he did that. He took his

:57:42. > :57:43.time, he went over. Chelsea will say handball was the main issue. That

:57:44. > :57:49.could be an issue. We get the luxury of having screens

:57:50. > :58:02.that here. He gets a split second. We are moving into the brave new

:58:03. > :58:03.world of video assistance, and we can have further discussion about

:58:04. > :58:11.that. We were going to put you up for it.

:58:12. > :58:25.No, thanks. Marcos Alonso hasn't had a very

:58:26. > :58:30.comfortable afternoon, but he has done well there.

:58:31. > :58:37.He felt chopped down by Ozil. I thought he got the ball, good

:58:38. > :58:43.decision. Mesut Ozil, running back and making tackles. You know Arsenal

:58:44. > :58:51.are on top, when that is happening. That's good, good desire. Exactly

:58:52. > :58:55.what you want. Might have got away with it. A relevant, anyway. The

:58:56. > :59:00.fact is that he is trying. Yes, it's a foul.

:59:01. > :59:17.There is nothing wrong with making fouls. I think fans will forgive you

:59:18. > :59:28.a lot if they see that. I think it was the kind of the challenge. Sod's

:59:29. > :59:37.law, I was just praising him and he got one wrong. You see more of the

:59:38. > :59:39.pitch as you come in, and the options get easier for you.

:59:40. > :59:48.Sometimes when you play centrally, as a ten, it becomes more difficult

:59:49. > :59:57.and you can get more isolated. Heyman Sanchez have around, the

:59:58. > :59:58.touch has been good. -- him and Sanchez have been roaming, the touch

:59:59. > :00:23.has been good. Conte might be thinking of a

:00:24. > :00:25.formation change. You might think that is weird, considering how well

:00:26. > :01:11.they have done with it this season. A free kick for Chelsea just outside

:01:12. > :01:22.the box. Pedro clipped, as he made his way in.

:01:23. > :01:31.He caught him, maybe it is an accident. No, that is a foul. A push

:01:32. > :01:39.in the back as well. Good spot, Mr Taylor. A good chance for Chelsea to

:01:40. > :01:40.more less end the half. We have seen Alonso score from these types of

:01:41. > :01:54.positions before. You want your keeper to keep his

:01:55. > :02:01.position, keep the wall night Anne Begg.

:02:02. > :02:08.That was always too high, never coming down. Chelsea have been

:02:09. > :02:13.brought back down to earth in the first half, in the FA Cup final. It

:02:14. > :02:21.has been a terrific performance, to a man. Crisp with their passing,

:02:22. > :02:26.creative. On chances, they should be more than one up. Let's face facts,

:02:27. > :02:30.Chelsea have got away with it. In the last few weeks, there has only

:02:31. > :02:35.been champagne flying in the Chelsea dressing room at half-time. I know

:02:36. > :02:39.it's not like it used to be, that there might have been teacups in the

:02:40. > :02:46.old days. I'd be tempted to get Fabregas on the pitch, for sure. It

:02:47. > :02:50.is half-time. It is Arsenal's half. There might be a tinge of regret

:02:51. > :02:53.that they haven't added to the one goal that Alexis Sanchez scored for

:02:54. > :02:59.them within five minutes at the start of the match. Welbeck had a

:03:00. > :03:03.chance, Mesut Ozil had a chance, Ramsey hit the post and the ball

:03:04. > :03:06.bounced back to him off the post. As the half wore on, Chelsea have

:03:07. > :03:11.started to assert themselves in the game as well. What a second-half we

:03:12. > :03:18.should have for you at Wembley. At half-time, it is 1-0.

:03:19. > :03:24.What a belting first half. Arsenal have the lead, they got off to a

:03:25. > :03:28.cracking start. They did everything that we didn't expect? They have

:03:29. > :03:32.been bright, energetic. They have been much, much better than Chelsea,

:03:33. > :03:36.sharper, quicker. They got the goal that I thought was a little bit

:03:37. > :03:39.fortunate, which we will look at, I am sure. The only one disappointment

:03:40. > :03:43.from an Arsenal point of view is that they are not three or four up,

:03:44. > :03:48.because they should be. Chelsea have been partying for ten days, it looks

:03:49. > :03:52.like they had been drinking constantly. They have not started

:03:53. > :03:55.whatsoever, they have been terrible. The downside for Arsenal is not just

:03:56. > :03:58.the fact they are not two or three goals ahead, the fact that Chelsea

:03:59. > :04:03.cannot perform as poorly as that in the second half, you would have

:04:04. > :04:07.thought? We spoke about Chelsea having to keep on doing what they

:04:08. > :04:11.have been doing, they have done the opposite. Static, spaces in the back

:04:12. > :04:16.three that Arsenal have been able to get into. Every ball that drops,

:04:17. > :04:24.Arsenal are there first. They need to change the intensity and again,

:04:25. > :04:27.they are too lethargic. Early doors. If I was going in half-time, in the

:04:28. > :04:33.dressing room, I would be disappointed. They had a couple of

:04:34. > :04:35.chances to put this away. You say that, but the goal itself, it does

:04:36. > :04:47.look like handball, doesn't it? I think it came off his knee and had

:04:48. > :04:52.his hand. His hand is in a position where you are thinking, should his

:04:53. > :04:57.arm be there? I thought it would have been very harsh!

:04:58. > :05:06.To be honest, it does. It is where the referee is. He's only five yards

:05:07. > :05:10.away from that incident. The linesman obviously thought it was

:05:11. > :05:18.offside, but he didn't say... Well, neither of them. The offside is a

:05:19. > :05:20.great decision, copyright. But I think that speaks for itself. It

:05:21. > :05:31.should not be offside. The referee is in a good position. I

:05:32. > :05:36.am trying to see the bit where it hits his knee? Well, it's

:05:37. > :05:44.nerve-racking. They have missed chances. It did, you are right! I

:05:45. > :05:50.take it back, I apologise. You make your own luck. You make your own

:05:51. > :05:54.luck by pressing like they did. It was a long wait for them. It was a

:05:55. > :06:00.strange celebration, given the circumstances.

:06:01. > :06:06.They have to continue that pressing. Chelsea will get better. We have

:06:07. > :06:11.seen Arsenal trying to get through the lines, into cost.

:06:12. > :06:20.You talked about the chances, let's look at some of them.

:06:21. > :06:26.Ozil got in down the side, wonderful clearance from Gary Cahill?

:06:27. > :06:33.Wonderful pass. I thought his touch, it took him a yard too far to get a

:06:34. > :06:38.proper connection. Yes, there is a little bit of a tackle. A great

:06:39. > :06:43.clearance from Gary Cahill. That was one of numerous chances that they

:06:44. > :06:46.should have put away. Danny Welbeck, we saw him nearly got in on the end

:06:47. > :06:50.of that. I suppose if there is one thing that is missing from the game,

:06:51. > :06:57.it is the lack of finishing sometimes? You feel he is getting in

:06:58. > :07:07.his way a little bit. He didn't need his feet, there. But I'm thinking,

:07:08. > :07:10.please, do that again. He has done brilliantly there. You can see Aaron

:07:11. > :07:15.Ramsey thinking, I just need to get something on this. It came off

:07:16. > :07:20.deposed pretty quickly. Danny has been playing well, he has caused a

:07:21. > :07:25.lot of problems. He hit them on the break. Great energy to get there,

:07:26. > :07:29.from where he started, the edge of his own box, to get into that area.

:07:30. > :07:33.It caused the Chelsea back three so many problems, is running Sanchez,

:07:34. > :07:41.Ozil and Welbeck in particular. It was a poor touch. Just has to square

:07:42. > :07:44.that for a tap in. When the ball comes back to him, I can't

:07:45. > :07:52.understand why you need another touch. There. Just get it on target.

:07:53. > :07:55.That touches only going to bring a goalkeeper or defender closer to

:07:56. > :07:59.you, you just have to get it on target. Chelsea got into the game,

:08:00. > :08:05.latterly, not in the way they have done so many times this season. The

:08:06. > :08:12.first glimmer of a chance was one that fell to cost? It is because of

:08:13. > :08:16.Arsenal, how they have defended. When they have lost it, they have

:08:17. > :08:25.backed off and made it hard to get through them. Diego Costa, that is

:08:26. > :08:37.his strength and resistance. He is in the right position, Ospina, and

:08:38. > :08:40.gets out. Good save. Pedro, this is a great chance. Those are the

:08:41. > :08:45.positions that they need to get into.

:08:46. > :08:51.He doesn't come, Pedro gets a touch. He will not be happy with that,

:08:52. > :08:58.you've got to keep it down. We have said that Chelsea are nowhere near

:08:59. > :09:01.their best, very untidy at times? Slow, lethargic, too deep. Allowing

:09:02. > :09:05.Arsenal players to have too much space. Cost is trying to urge his

:09:06. > :09:11.team-mates forward, saying, it's far too easy. You're giving top players

:09:12. > :09:18.the chance to get their head up, pick passes. When they do that, they

:09:19. > :09:22.will create chances. Sloppy. They gave the ball away once, they gave

:09:23. > :09:26.it away again. All of a sudden, Arsenal are into the back three. It

:09:27. > :09:31.was a constant of the half. Again, take a touch. One of the back three

:09:32. > :09:35.have to come out and put him under pressure. You can't allow them that

:09:36. > :09:39.much time and space on the ball. If that doesn't improve on the second

:09:40. > :09:46.half, Arsenal will go on and get more chances. They will probably

:09:47. > :09:49.score more goals. Nowhere near good enough from Chelsea. How do you

:09:50. > :09:54.explain a team that has played so consistently well all season, so

:09:55. > :10:00.organised and disciplined, suddenly performing badly in the first half?

:10:01. > :10:03.It can happen to any team. They won the two weeks ago and it's not easy

:10:04. > :10:09.to keep that momentum. Chelsea have been very static. Arsenal have been

:10:10. > :10:13.brilliant. You can't take anything away from them. Arsene Wenger has

:10:14. > :10:17.got it spot on? At the moment, yes, everything is working for them.

:10:18. > :10:25.Danny Welbeck is doing a great shift upfront. I haven't been deleting --

:10:26. > :10:29.they haven't been too tested at the back. That has been some criticism,

:10:30. > :10:33.you might be wondering why Chelsea players are not wearing black

:10:34. > :10:36.armbands. We have been told that they actually have them and

:10:37. > :10:41.completely forgot to put them on. It was an error and they will be

:10:42. > :10:45.wearing them in the second half. There have been more than 3000 goals

:10:46. > :10:48.scored since the first FA Cup qualifying round. We are not going

:10:49. > :10:54.to show you all of them. Pick your favourite from this lot.

:10:55. > :11:16.COMMENTATOR: Out to the left-hand side, Junior Morias fancies himself.

:11:17. > :11:22.It's an absolute wonder goal from Junior Morias and St Albans

:11:23. > :11:37.COMMENTATOR: They're going on the attack, what a goal!

:11:38. > :11:41.Unbelievable strike - 30 seconds on the clock.

:11:42. > :11:51.That is absolutely sensational from Adam Morgan.

:11:52. > :11:54.COMMENTATOR: Accrington can break down the left-hand side.

:11:55. > :11:55.Towards the edge of the penalty area.

:11:56. > :11:58.It's a long-range effort and into the far corner of the net.

:11:59. > :12:15.Sean McConville with the goal from the edge of the penalty area.

:12:16. > :12:19.COMMENTATOR: Into the penalty area, and what a lovely goal.

:12:20. > :12:32.Stephen Defour chips the ball over the keeper on the counterattack.

:12:33. > :12:35.COMMENTATOR: He's done well here, bullish play.

:12:36. > :12:40.It's a great chance, and it's a cracking goal

:12:41. > :12:45.Really good goal for the Championship side,

:12:46. > :12:55.and the cup holders are behind at Ewood Park.

:12:56. > :12:59.COMMENTATOR: Dele Alli is furious with him for not controlling that.

:13:00. > :13:04.Son Heung-Min makes amends with an absolute beauty.

:13:05. > :13:13.That's a brilliant goal from Son Heung-Min.

:13:14. > :13:27.He didn't just hit the sweet spot, he knocked the living

:13:28. > :13:33.You can vote now on the BBC Sport website by clicking on the goal

:13:34. > :13:37.of your choice or via Twitter using the hashtags

:13:38. > :13:44.Alan, Ian and Frank will choose the winner

:13:45. > :13:47.from the top three in the voting, which closes at 7:15pm.

:13:48. > :13:54.Full terms and conditions on the website.

:13:55. > :13:59.Let's get Ruud Gullit's thoughts op the first half. I know you were

:14:00. > :14:05.listening intently to what they were saying in the studio. You agree with

:14:06. > :14:08.what Frank was saying about the way Arsenal has approached this, clever

:14:09. > :14:11.from Wenger in the first half. Yeah to mirror the tactics of Chelsea. It

:14:12. > :14:17.suits them. The difference between Chelsea and Arsenal is Arsenal try

:14:18. > :14:20.to press high so that they couldn't have an easy build up. Chelsea

:14:21. > :14:24.didn't know what to do. In the end, they were in control. The most

:14:25. > :14:28.important players is Sanchez and Ozil, who play between the lines.

:14:29. > :14:32.For the first half hour, it was all Arsenal. Then Chelsea started to

:14:33. > :14:36.push forward a little bit. Then you can see their players, Pedro and

:14:37. > :14:41.Hazard, all of a sudden into the game. It's all about little details,

:14:42. > :14:45.who's going to make the goal? Who's going to do it? After half an hour,

:14:46. > :14:54.I thought maybe Arsenal would make the second. Now, after the rest that

:14:55. > :14:57.they have, Chelsea needs to play quicker and needs to press up high.

:14:58. > :15:00.Do you think Chelsea have relaxed a little too much after winning the

:15:01. > :15:08.Premier League, is that part TV? I just thought that they -- Is that

:15:09. > :15:12.part of it? They just thought OK, Arsenal need to have the prize, they

:15:13. > :15:15.mirror their tactics. In tween these lines, Ozil and Sanchez, they played

:15:16. > :15:19.really well. They didn't know what to do. They had to go back all the

:15:20. > :15:23.time. They created chances. All of a sudden, Chelsea woke up. A little

:15:24. > :15:29.bit too late. But they woke up. Now in the end, last 15 minutes, a

:15:30. > :15:33.little bit better. Ruud is confident of a 2-1 Chelsea win. More

:15:34. > :15:36.information on the black arm bands not worn by Chelsea in the first

:15:37. > :15:40.half. Apparently they were picking up their kit. There was a discussion

:15:41. > :15:43.about whether to wear the tracksuit tops, presumably because of the heat

:15:44. > :15:46.on the pitch at Wembley, the discussion continued about the

:15:47. > :15:51.tracksuit tops and they simply forgot to put the black arm bands

:15:52. > :15:56.on. We have been told that will be rectified in the second half. It was

:15:57. > :16:01.a complete and utter accident. Join us on Facebook live about halfway

:16:02. > :16:05.through. ( I'm sure it wasn't deliberate. If you want a second

:16:06. > :16:10.look, there are highlights tonight on BBC One at 11. 35pm. It's sure to

:16:11. > :16:15.be an emotional day at the Great Manchester Run, coverage tomorrow on

:16:16. > :16:31.BBC One at 12. 30pm. Cricket returns to the BBC on Thursday:

:16:32. > :16:39.COMMENTATOR: It's an all-London FA Cup Final. Sanchez is in to score.

:16:40. > :16:46.The flag is up though. It is 1-0 to Arsenal. He's got the ball through.

:16:47. > :16:51.It's cleared off the line by Cahill. It's off the post. A good save by

:16:52. > :16:55.Ospina. Chelsea have been brought back down to earth in this first

:16:56. > :17:01.half. The 16 winners of the FA people's

:17:02. > :17:05.cup have been presented with their trophies by Gaby Logan at half-time,

:17:06. > :17:08.set up in collaboration with the BBC's Get Inspired campaign. More

:17:09. > :17:12.than 45,000 players took part this year in what is the country's

:17:13. > :17:16.biggest five-a-side competition. Congratulations to them all.

:17:17. > :17:21.It's 1-0 to Arsenal. Arsenal bossed most of the first half. But it's

:17:22. > :17:24.evenly balanced in many ways, given what you expect from Chelsea in the

:17:25. > :17:28.second half. You have to expect that Chelsea will improve. They've got to

:17:29. > :17:31.get every player ten yards further up the pitch, starting with that

:17:32. > :17:35.back three. They've got to start moving the ball a little bit quicker

:17:36. > :17:41.also. If they don't, then expect one or two changes within ten minutes.

:17:42. > :17:47.That man there, he scores regularly, had eloves this place. Sanchez lit

:17:48. > :17:50.the first half up. Best player on the pitch by a mile, change of

:17:51. > :17:54.direction, now for Chelsea it's character. They've had it their own

:17:55. > :18:00.way a lot this season. Can Arsenal hang on? I hope so. I haven't seen

:18:01. > :18:04.much of it in the past. If they're going to do it in a game, this is

:18:05. > :18:10.one the to do it against a good Chelsea side. Let's rejoin Danny

:18:11. > :18:17.Murphy alongside Guy Mowbray. Thank you, Gary.

:18:18. > :18:22.Alexis Sanchez with his fifth Arsenal goal at Wembley extends his

:18:23. > :18:32.record as the Gunners' leading scorer at this stadium. Two ahead

:18:33. > :18:38.now of Mark Overmars and Ian Wright, with three each.

:18:39. > :18:43.The record continues, there has never been a goalless FA Cup Final

:18:44. > :18:49.at Wembley. Six have finished goalless after 90 minutes. Who

:18:50. > :18:52.knows, we might go with a bit of additional time today. Yeah, we

:18:53. > :18:59.could well do. I agree with the boys in the studio. The Chelsea side have

:19:00. > :19:08.to improve their levels. The intensity and ball retention.

:19:09. > :19:14.Pedro has shown plenty of energy himself in the first half. A gree

:19:15. > :19:20.completely. -- I agree completely. The one who's got himself about,

:19:21. > :19:23.press and made some runs. First Chelsea change when it comes will be

:19:24. > :19:27.interesting. Often he's the way that makes way for Willian. I will be

:19:28. > :19:45.amazed if it were him today. You were talking at halftime about

:19:46. > :19:49.you could see Chelsea changing their formation as the half develops?

:19:50. > :19:55.Possibly. He doesn't usually do that. But the wing-backs have been a

:19:56. > :20:00.little bit ineffective today. You could drop Alonso in. You could get

:20:01. > :20:08.another creative one on the pitch then, Fabregas, even Willian. Matic

:20:09. > :20:11.is probably, as the game goes on, ineffective in terms of defence,

:20:12. > :20:19.because they need to get back into it.

:20:20. > :20:25.We think about Arsenal changes, their defenders know they are likely

:20:26. > :20:29.to go the distance because there are no like-for-like replacements on the

:20:30. > :20:39.bench. That's true. Coquelin, I've seen him at centre-half, that's not

:20:40. > :21:07.ideal, of course. Pedro went for goal. Mertesacker

:21:08. > :21:11.stretched out a leg. He manipulated the ball really nicely, Pedro.

:21:12. > :21:29.Mertesacker's positional play was excellent. Got the block.

:21:30. > :21:46.Clearance not the best. That brings a Chelsea roar from the stands.

:21:47. > :21:55.Ospina those. Well just about. Yeah better play from Chelsea. Pedro

:21:56. > :22:09.causing problems again. Costa doing well. Kante, I think a little

:22:10. > :22:27.deflection as it went through. Yeah, Xhaka.

:22:28. > :22:39.Bad ball from Ozil. He shouldn't give it him there.

:22:40. > :22:47.Per Mertesacker is having a captain's game for Arsenal. It is a

:22:48. > :22:54.goal kick for Arsenal. He's been absolutely outstanding. His

:22:55. > :22:57.positional play, his timing of some of his tackles. Considering he

:22:58. > :23:03.hasn't started - is that right? Not a single game this season?

:23:04. > :23:07.Absolutely unbelievable performance. He enjoys the FA Cup. His last goal

:23:08. > :23:14.came in the final two years ago against Aston Villa. It's just how

:23:15. > :23:18.long he can last, I suppose. I don't know how hard he's been training,

:23:19. > :23:21.but matches is what gets you fit. Be honest with me, Danny, this is the

:23:22. > :23:24.FA Cup Final, these things happen. Did you have an inkling that we

:23:25. > :23:28.would have one of those stories today? No. You thought he'd

:23:29. > :23:35.struggle? I thought he might a bit, yeah. He might yet. I can't lie to

:23:36. > :23:42.you. Try and look all clever. I never look clever! Sound clever. I

:23:43. > :23:49.did suggest that Sanchez would have to be at his very best. He certainly

:23:50. > :23:56.has been that. It's been a mix. Chelsea have not been at it. This

:23:57. > :24:06.isn't the Chelsea performance we're used to seeing.

:24:07. > :24:13.Mertesacker gets it further away. The two men we talked about, Ospina

:24:14. > :24:18.and Mertesacker keep Chelsea out again. That was a good save. Didn't

:24:19. > :24:33.quite get full pace behind that, Moses. Could have been a bit cuter.

:24:34. > :24:45.Sometimes they may have to soak this up, especially in this second half.

:24:46. > :24:50.Costa sees the whistle or hears the whistle go against him and just

:24:51. > :24:56.manages to prevent himself from throwing the ball away. You can't

:24:57. > :25:04.curb the words though. It might be good that Anthony Taylor, as far as

:25:05. > :25:11.I know, isn't big on Portuguese. Six of one, half a dozen. Nothing in

:25:12. > :25:16.that for me. He feels a bit - he's giving it me, I'm giving it him.

:25:17. > :25:22.He's a big lad. This is the chance. I think Monreal

:25:23. > :25:25.got a little touch on that, just took it towards the goalkeeper.

:25:26. > :25:36.Still got to make the save, though. Certainly upped the tempo a bit,

:25:37. > :25:43.Chelsea. As I was saying in the studio -- as

:25:44. > :25:51.Al was saying in the studio, they have to get higher up the pitch.

:25:52. > :25:54.Rob Holding, what an impact he's made since coming into the Arsenal

:25:55. > :26:02.team. Nearly through to Welbeck. David

:26:03. > :26:15.Luiz blocked it. Costa doesn't keep his feet and the

:26:16. > :26:21.challenge from Holding. Chelsea free kick and it's going to be a card for

:26:22. > :26:33.Rob Holding. That looked a foul. I think it was accidental.

:26:34. > :27:01.I am wondering whether Hazard fancies the near post. Costa is

:27:02. > :27:02.craftily trying to get some space for himself, with Holding next to

:27:03. > :27:13.him. A corner, off the head of

:27:14. > :27:24.Mertesacker. Better ball in, good pace, good area.

:27:25. > :27:48.Red in there, not too much blue, but they are primed and ready to run in.

:27:49. > :27:55.Two men overcome and that is a really good block.

:27:56. > :28:06.Brilliant block, but a bad ball. He lifted it, just roll it. Azpilicueta

:28:07. > :28:12.did his bit for Chelsea. Sanchez, his decision-making is so good.

:28:13. > :28:18.Incredibly tenacious, as I've said. His goal-scoring, but his passing,

:28:19. > :28:20.when he comes in off the left side, he always sees the runs and makes

:28:21. > :28:56.the right choice so often. Mertesacker left it, maybe under

:28:57. > :29:01.instruction from Holding, who heads it over his own crossbar. Working

:29:02. > :29:04.well in partnership, the old and young. Dangerous area, not enough

:29:05. > :29:37.men in the box. Hazard gave up on that. Was he

:29:38. > :29:44.expecting the throw to be Chelsea's? I'm not sure. It was Arsenal's and

:29:45. > :29:47.they have taken it. Welbeck did brilliantly and was rather crudely

:29:48. > :30:01.taken out by Victor Moses. That will be a booking. He has done that well.

:30:02. > :30:07.Bodies around him. Strong, powerful. Takes the pressure off, gets your

:30:08. > :30:11.team up the pitch. I have to say, I agree with Frank in the studio,

:30:12. > :30:15.Sanchez has been the best player on the pitch by a mile. The rest of the

:30:16. > :30:20.Arsenal players are doing their best to catch enough their performances.

:30:21. > :30:42.-- catch him up with their performances.

:30:43. > :30:53.Just overdone. Easy for Courtois. Ramsey was never catch on that. I

:30:54. > :31:03.would just be wary of making too many runs forward, if I was Ramsey.

:31:04. > :31:08.It is Granit Xhaka now that is doing the pressing of the field. That's

:31:09. > :31:12.fine, if you have men behind you, come out and have a little press. As

:31:13. > :31:14.long as you get back in. The longer this goes on this pitch, you have to

:31:15. > :31:31.conserve a little bit. Pedro's shot is wide. It is because

:31:32. > :31:34.Ramsey was still running back, exactly what I was talking about.

:31:35. > :31:39.The spaces are created when midfielders come out of position.

:31:40. > :31:44.The gap between defence, midfielders, they get too big.

:31:45. > :31:54.Someone like Pedro, trying to give him the eyes and put it in the

:31:55. > :32:00.corner. Yellow card, N'Golo Kante has got this one.

:32:01. > :32:12.Four names in the book, two from each team. Ramsey, too quick for

:32:13. > :32:14.him. It's not a card, is it? He's tried to win the ball. His 11th

:32:15. > :32:35.caution of the season. Behind, that will be a corner.

:32:36. > :32:46.Courtois can wipe his finger all he likes, that was clearly over the

:32:47. > :32:47.line. -- wag his finger. The Arsenal fans believing this is their day,

:32:48. > :33:16.with an hour played. Mesut Ozil's name has got a bit of

:33:17. > :33:19.attention today. -- his mane. I suppose you are not the man to ask

:33:20. > :33:26.about that? Very true, neither are you. Look at this from Hector

:33:27. > :33:30.Bellerin. A tremendous recovery run from Azpilicueta.

:33:31. > :33:53.He had time to put it back in. A great opportunity.

:33:54. > :34:01.Welbeck couldn't quite get in front of Cahill. Arsenal having another

:34:02. > :34:05.attacking go after sitting back in the second half? You expected

:34:06. > :34:09.Chelsea to come out and up the tempo. Arsenal are now getting

:34:10. > :34:13.themselves back in. Here is a change we knew was going to come at some

:34:14. > :34:19.point. Cesc Fabregas was always going to get a run out at Wembley.

:34:20. > :34:24.Like-for-like, Nemanja Matic makes way. Great cheers from Chelsea

:34:25. > :34:29.supporters, quite the opposite from the Arsenal fans that used to cheer

:34:30. > :34:38.his name. An Arsenal player for 303 games. 80 years. -- eight years.

:34:39. > :34:46.What you will notice when he gets on the ball is Costa's runs will

:34:47. > :34:47.change. He knows he can find him. A cup winner with Arsenal, a dozen

:34:48. > :35:09.years ago. Ramsey, being an attacking force in

:35:10. > :35:18.the game again. He's good at that, timing his runs.

:35:19. > :35:26.Bellerin keeps it in, but only to find the gloves of Courtois. You've

:35:27. > :35:31.got to pick your moments. If you are winning in a cup final against

:35:32. > :35:37.Chelsea, look at him, trying to get back now.

:35:38. > :35:41.The big friendly German, Per Mertesacker, getting in the way

:35:42. > :35:50.again. Easily beat Cahill, but he has

:35:51. > :36:12.beaten Welbeck with the past as well.

:36:13. > :36:20.Fabregas stole the ball, and Diego Costa trying to help it on for

:36:21. > :36:26.Pedro. Might it be that Per Mertesacker was, after all, just the

:36:27. > :36:29.man to deal with Diego Costa? Well, he was calm. His positional play has

:36:30. > :36:38.been great, his delivery, his passing out has been good.

:36:39. > :36:40.Chelsea, not getting enough joy and dominance to stick with this

:36:41. > :36:50.formation. Willian on the bench, you must be

:36:51. > :36:53.fuming, the contribution he has made over the last couple of seasons and

:36:54. > :36:58.he finds himself on the sidelines. He can have an impact, beat people,

:36:59. > :37:16.score goals, and he is still bear watching.

:37:17. > :37:43.Oxlade-Chamberlain is there as well. Coming in is Bellerin! Superb save

:37:44. > :37:47.from Courtois. Superb move, as well. Pace and power of that break was

:37:48. > :37:53.brilliant from Arsenal. And Chelsea reciprocate.

:37:54. > :38:15.Hazard is going for gold. And it ricocheted off two Arsenal bodies.

:38:16. > :38:25.Pedro, and the shot is wide, when it finally dropped for Fabregas. This

:38:26. > :38:32.game is opening up. This is the Chelsea chance. Clever ball from

:38:33. > :38:37.Moses. Good header, slashed wide by Fabregas.

:38:38. > :38:50.Tried to side foot into the far corner.

:38:51. > :38:59.Diego Costa, and just over his head. Exactly what I was talking about. As

:39:00. > :39:06.soon as he turned, Fabregas, he was gone. He knows the ball is going to

:39:07. > :39:08.come. If Chelsea were to get back into this, you would think Fabregas

:39:09. > :39:19.would have something to do with it. There is your man, Willian. Before

:39:20. > :39:24.today, he had started every round of the FA Cup for Chelsea.

:39:25. > :39:40.Talking about Danny Welbeck, as you were, I know Arsenal fans have

:39:41. > :39:44.gripes and groans, the Wenger out campaign, might it have been

:39:45. > :39:47.different if he had been fit all season? Well, I don't know if he

:39:48. > :39:51.would have made that much of a difference, but he would certainly

:39:52. > :39:56.have improved results in some games. You do have bad luck as a manager,

:39:57. > :40:00.sometimes. Over a period of time, the frustration of the fans, they

:40:01. > :40:07.have not been competitive in Europe, try to win the league, this year,

:40:08. > :40:12.the performances have just hit a low. In the big games, as well,

:40:13. > :40:23.against the big teams. But not today. Not today, big performance.

:40:24. > :40:34.It is hotting up in the field and in the seats.

:40:35. > :40:48.Moses is down. Anthony Taylor had a really good look. A yellow card to

:40:49. > :40:53.get Victor Moses, and that means his FA Cup final is over! What a big

:40:54. > :40:56.decision that is from the referee. Chelsea down to ten, when some of

:40:57. > :41:05.their supporters were thinking they were about to have a penalty. He is

:41:06. > :41:13.not arguing, is he? If he has gone down, I don't know why. Yes.

:41:14. > :41:32.I don't know what he's doing. Desperation? Cheating? In a way, it

:41:33. > :41:37.is a great example of why you shouldn't do it. On the odd occasion

:41:38. > :41:43.you get caught, you could have lost the cup for your team. It is not

:41:44. > :41:47.about Victor Moses, it is about diving in general. This has now

:41:48. > :41:52.given Arsenal a fantastic opportunity.

:41:53. > :41:58.11 minutes between his two yellow cards. Chelsea with 22 minutes to

:41:59. > :42:03.rescue this, a goal down and a man down. Victor Moses becomes the fifth

:42:04. > :42:10.player to be sent off in an FA Cup Final. Chris Smalling was sent off

:42:11. > :42:15.on the winning team last season. Different scenario for Chelsea at

:42:16. > :42:21.the moment. They're going to have to dig so deep now. One of those

:42:22. > :42:26.situations, wasn't it, he was more than likely to be the next player

:42:27. > :42:31.that Antonio Conte substituted. Yeah, maybe, him or Alonso. I

:42:32. > :42:41.thought Willian would have been on 10, 15 minutes ago. It is Arsenal's

:42:42. > :42:44.final to lose. Welbeck lost the ball to Marcos Alonso. That will be a

:42:45. > :42:49.free kick for Chelsea. I think in today's football, when so

:42:50. > :42:53.many players do get tent off, there's -- sent off, there's not

:42:54. > :42:57.enough work done on training pitches of these scenarios of ten versus 11

:42:58. > :43:01.for long periods so players know what they're doing. Do we press? Do

:43:02. > :43:06.we drop off? When we're winning or losing? We used to do it a lot as a

:43:07. > :43:10.young lad at Crewe. They give you different scenarios of right, ten

:43:11. > :43:13.minutes to go, you've got ten, you've got 11, this is the score

:43:14. > :43:24.line. Change the score line the next day, next week, whatever. Instead of

:43:25. > :43:27.just letting it happen naturally. Chelsea's second red card of the

:43:28. > :43:32.season and both of those in the FA Cup. John Terry went against

:43:33. > :43:48.Peterborough in round three. Brave decision because there would

:43:49. > :44:06.be a few referees who would have played on and not sent him.

:44:07. > :44:16.Sanchez has been waiting patiently to get involved in this move.

:44:17. > :44:20.Oh, the whistle didn't go. Anthony Taylor, I thought he was putting it

:44:21. > :44:37.to his mouth for a moment. It's high and wide. Sanchez is going

:44:38. > :44:44.mad there. Absolutely mad. The reason is because trying to bend one

:44:45. > :44:52.in from 25 yards. No nothing in that. No handball that from Cahill.

:44:53. > :44:57.He's trying to bend one in from an acute angle, 25 yards, whatever it

:44:58. > :45:06.is. Keep the ball. You've got a man over. Chelsea look tired. Pedro has

:45:07. > :45:11.to leave the action early. On comes Willian. I know you think this is

:45:12. > :45:16.overdue. I do, but not for Pedro. Because he's got the legs, the

:45:17. > :45:18.energiant fitness to -- the energy and the fitness to make a

:45:19. > :45:53.difference. Arsenal need to be more careful with

:45:54. > :46:03.their passing now they've got the extra man.

:46:04. > :46:07.You can feel the confidence oozing through the Arsenal ranks now. I

:46:08. > :46:16.think we've felt it all day. Ozil perhaps a little overconfident

:46:17. > :46:20.against Marcos Alonso. That will be a Chelsea free kick. It was terrific

:46:21. > :46:22.defending. A good turn from Ozil. Didn't fancy it on his right. Alonso

:46:23. > :46:58.read it. Deflected behind for a blue corner.

:46:59. > :47:05.In the red corner, they're getting more and more excited by the minute.

:47:06. > :47:07.I think a lot of Arsenal supporters, with the problems they've had,

:47:08. > :47:08.Koscielny, all the defensive problems, didn't expect too much

:47:09. > :47:20.today. David Luiz down after a collision.

:47:21. > :47:24.He's all right. When I say Arsenal supporters, I mean all fans

:47:25. > :47:30.probably. If I was asked and I fancied Chelsea hugely, especially

:47:31. > :47:35.after the problems they've had. There is the Arsenal supporter, Stan

:47:36. > :47:39.Kroenke, the two thirds owner of the club.

:47:40. > :47:51.A man who fully backs Arsene Wenger, much to athe -- to the annoyance of

:47:52. > :48:04.supporters. A statement from the owner saying that shares have never

:48:05. > :48:10.been for sale. That was after records that an offer was made. We

:48:11. > :48:15.will soon find out for sure what will happen with their manager. A

:48:16. > :48:20.two-year deal, perhaps a sporting director. Arsene Wenger may have won

:48:21. > :48:24.a seventh FA Cup by then. That man, Alexis Sanchez is more important.

:48:25. > :48:28.Whoever is going to manage this team next season or two. Because it

:48:29. > :48:34.doesn't matter how much money you get for him, you've got to replace

:48:35. > :48:47.him. There's not many of him B -- him about.

:48:48. > :49:11.Willian took that one full in the face.

:49:12. > :49:36.The champions are giving it their everything with the ten men. Arsenal

:49:37. > :49:47.1, Chelsea 1. I think it's an error, isn't it? It's a good move. Hazard

:49:48. > :49:59.with awareness. Good awareness, good pass. Snip it's back in to Willian.

:50:00. > :50:04.Clever little ball. I think it's taken a deflection. It gets a bit

:50:05. > :50:08.tight there. It's come off Mertesacker.

:50:09. > :50:15.I still think the keeper could do better. Watch the ball change angle.

:50:16. > :50:24.He doesn't adjust. He should save it.

:50:25. > :50:29.It's a mistake from Ospina. Diego Costa brings Chelsea back in the FA

:50:30. > :50:33.Cup Final of 2017. There's a kiss of the badge from the player who's

:50:34. > :50:36.widely touted to be leaving for the riches of the Chinese super league

:50:37. > :50:45.in the next few weeks. What a parting gift, if that's what it

:50:46. > :50:50.proves to be. Danny Welbeck off. He has given so much for the game. He

:50:51. > :50:54.has been magnificent. Olivier Giroud, only Harry Kane in the

:50:55. > :50:57.Premier League this season has a better goals to minutes ratio, that

:50:58. > :51:03.Arsenal's French centre forward. They need one from him now.

:51:04. > :51:09.They've got the extra man. They should have the ball for the

:51:10. > :51:15.majority of the last 13, 14 minutes and whatever goes on.

:51:16. > :51:26.Game on again in the FA Cup Final. Giroud pulling it back - Arsenal in

:51:27. > :51:39.front once more! Aaron Ramsey scores for the Gunners! Chelsea's reprieve

:51:40. > :51:51.is so short lived, they barely finish the celebrations.

:51:52. > :51:59.I talked about Ramsey making runs into the box. They were 1-0 up and

:52:00. > :52:02.being a bit cautious. With the extra man he knows he can go. Great ball

:52:03. > :52:08.from Sanchez. Watch this from Giroud. He takes a risk that

:52:09. > :52:19.someone's going to be in there. Your man Kante switches off for a second.

:52:20. > :52:27.Ramsey goes on the blind side. A good goal from Ramsey. A great

:52:28. > :52:32.timing of a run. Very much like Mr Lampard getting in the Boxall the

:52:33. > :52:37.time, on the end of things. Chelsea -- Getting in the box all the time,

:52:38. > :52:41.on the end of things. Aaron Ramsey has won an FA Cup Final for Arsenal

:52:42. > :52:45.before, in extra time three years ago. Let's get it right. It's more

:52:46. > :52:51.than they deserve. I came here like most today thinking Chelsea would

:52:52. > :52:55.roll them over. They've shown spirit and guts. Chelsea haven't quite been

:52:56. > :53:03.at it. But they've still had to play well. And put the miles in, show

:53:04. > :53:32.quality, break play up. Chelsea not down yet.

:53:33. > :53:44.You can't sit off, you've got a man extra.

:53:45. > :54:01.Willian was held back. Free kick Chelsea. Card out again. It's Xhaka.

:54:02. > :54:07.Willian always Goes on his right side there. Overdo it. Show him

:54:08. > :54:15.inside. Got every right to be tired, by the way. The energy they've put

:54:16. > :54:17.in, the Arsenal players. If they get pegged back again, they'll only have

:54:18. > :54:33.themselves to blame. Couldn't quite get the direction.

:54:34. > :54:37.But he got the freedom. He did. Set plays is a great advantage when

:54:38. > :54:42.you've got a man down. You can even it up by throwing one extra and

:54:43. > :54:46.leaving at the back and taking a risk. You've still got to stay with

:54:47. > :54:51.your men, if you're the team with the extra man.

:54:52. > :55:03.It's going to take a big effort from Chelsea now, huge effort.

:55:04. > :55:14.Chelsea have been down it ten for 13, 14 minutes now. Arsenal change.

:55:15. > :55:24.Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is going to leave the field and be replaced by

:55:25. > :55:29.Francis Coquelin. He can be really pleased with his performance in a

:55:30. > :55:41.very unusual position, Oxlade-Chamberlain. I thought he was

:55:42. > :55:44.terrific. So do they. High fives on the substitutes' seats. I don't

:55:45. > :56:01.think we can call them benches any more.

:56:02. > :56:10.Free kick Chelsea. Another card coming. Francis Coquelin's first

:56:11. > :56:18.contribution to the game. That seemed a tad harsh. Eager to win the

:56:19. > :56:22.ball back for his team, extra man. Should be pressing all over the

:56:23. > :56:23.pitch when you've got an extra man. Hard to, do granted, when you've

:56:24. > :57:02.been working so hard for 83 minutes. Cess Fabregas was coming into a

:57:03. > :57:18.decent position. He pokes it passed David Luiz!

:57:19. > :57:28.Nearly one of the great FA Cup final goals! Steered wide by the flying

:57:29. > :57:31.Spanish full-back. He went into overdrive. I thought he had overrun

:57:32. > :57:44.that. Unlucky. The man who beat the Arsenal 40

:57:45. > :57:56.metre sprint record, once held by Theo Walcott and Thierry Henry. What

:57:57. > :58:00.is your time? Are you still going? I'm out of breath doing this, you

:58:01. > :58:13.know that? I was going to say, could you finish that long?

:58:14. > :58:52.Trying something, and it was working, up to a point. You don't

:58:53. > :58:56.need to. Willian has been fouled. Free kick for Chelsea and they have

:58:57. > :59:08.got on with it very quickly. Willian will realise that and get up and go.

:59:09. > :59:19.Diego Costa barges in! Straight against the chest of Ospina. That

:59:20. > :59:24.might have just kept the club for Arsenal. Mertesacker makes a strange

:59:25. > :59:31.decision. Seems sensible now, but let him have it. Scared of giving a

:59:32. > :59:43.penalty away. Good save. Percentage decision, really, as a defender.

:59:44. > :59:52.Whacked away by Monreal. In animated fashion, urging everyone of his

:59:53. > :59:58.team-mates to get out of the penalty area. He is another one, he has been

:59:59. > :59:59.absolutely superb. Talk about stepping up when you need your

:00:00. > :00:12.experienced players. Ozil checks, hits the post! That was

:00:13. > :00:19.the chance to seal it once and for all for the Gunners. How calm was

:00:20. > :00:25.he, there? He has done everything right. But the last bit of it, hit

:00:26. > :00:45.the post. Waits for him, beautiful shot, gives him the eyes. A trudge

:00:46. > :00:51.to the corner flag, every step cheered by Arsenal. Chelsea have

:00:52. > :01:01.thrown on Batshuayi. Diego Costa has gone off.

:01:02. > :01:07.Chelsea's throwing. It shows you why the FA Cup is, for me, still one of

:01:08. > :01:13.the best club competitions in the world. You can never predict. I was

:01:14. > :01:16.here watching Wigan beating Manchester City in the last minute.

:01:17. > :01:20.Today, I couldn't see this performance coming. I was a bit like

:01:21. > :01:25.Iain Wright, even at half-time, you were thinking, can they hang on?

:01:26. > :01:46.They have actually just been, for the whole game, to a man, superb.

:01:47. > :01:54.Able to put one across, but Ospina will catch it and hold it for as

:01:55. > :02:00.long as he possibly can. No, he won't, he will fire one forward.

:02:01. > :02:08.Azpilicueta, reserves of energy to fend off Alexis Sanchez. A couple of

:02:09. > :02:15.Arsenal boys telling beat goalkeeper not to do that again.

:02:16. > :02:32.It was nearly a brilliant pass, but there was no need.

:02:33. > :02:34.Arsenal are staying tightly packed in the middle. That is a good

:02:35. > :02:51.challenge. His compatriot Marcos Alonso makes

:02:52. > :02:57.sure he can't go any further. Going to the fans, asking them to make

:02:58. > :03:09.some noise. When he got close to them earlier in the season, he got

:03:10. > :03:11.an ear full. Football is like that. Quality can come and go, sometimes

:03:12. > :03:28.you play well, sometimes you don't. That was a great block. Azpilicueta

:03:29. > :03:34.flung himself in the way. Another super challenge from Nacho Monreal.

:03:35. > :03:38.End to end, to end the final. Chelsea's ten have four minutes to

:03:39. > :03:41.find another leveller. When you think about what Mertesacker has

:03:42. > :03:51.done, it is nothing short of remarkable.

:03:52. > :03:56.This time, Ospina will hold it. Talking about Mertesacker not

:03:57. > :03:59.starting a game all season and putting in a performance like this,

:04:00. > :04:11.incredible. The young man next to him, Holding, Monreal, not really

:04:12. > :04:17.his normal position. Batshuayi, to Keely into Alexis Sanchez. Arsenal

:04:18. > :04:22.free kick. Every of those, the seconds tick by and Arsenal move

:04:23. > :04:24.closer to winning the FA Cup final. There is my Man of the Match. Not

:04:25. > :04:39.the most difficult one today. He is in, and it's going to roll

:04:40. > :04:42.wide. I have been eulogising about a lot of the Arsenal players because

:04:43. > :04:46.they have played so well. But Sanchez has been on a different

:04:47. > :04:53.level. He is the one that has won the FA Cup. He is the difference.

:04:54. > :05:01.Always the difference. Absolutely vital, if they can keep the lead.

:05:02. > :05:05.Cahill cannot keep that in. Some Chelsea fans are heading for home.

:05:06. > :05:09.They have had a seasonal celebration. They have only lost

:05:10. > :05:12.five Premier League games. One of those was at Arsenal, it was the

:05:13. > :05:15.catalyst for the 13 game winning run that followed, that led them to the

:05:16. > :05:26.title. The irony! They should stay and clap the team.

:05:27. > :05:42.They've had a great season. Today is not their day. Not yet.

:05:43. > :05:49.Turned it inside to Ramsey, took too long to think about it.

:05:50. > :06:04.Arsenal are going to take off your Man of the Match, Alexis Sanchez.

:06:05. > :06:08.Having scored the first goal, inside five minutes, and set the tone for

:06:09. > :06:14.an Arsenal performance that has their fans absolutely delighted. He

:06:15. > :06:21.has been one of my favourite players for a long, long time. I'm glad he's

:06:22. > :06:24.got his plaudits and applause, I should say, a standing ovation, if

:06:25. > :06:28.it is his last Arsenal game. I'm amazed they have taken him off. If

:06:29. > :06:29.Chelsea did sneak one in the last minute for two, you want him on the

:06:30. > :06:40.pitch. Mohamed Elneny is on, with

:06:41. > :06:50.instructions to set and hold what they have.

:06:51. > :07:10.Coquelin, to carry it into the corner and carry Arsenal home.

:07:11. > :07:17.Bellerin showed too much of that to David Luiz. Holding launches the

:07:18. > :07:22.ball forward, and Courtois is out there to meet it. He will have to go

:07:23. > :07:24.early and long, and decisive. That is four minutes of injury time.

:07:25. > :07:49.Another one, won by Monreal. What is he doing!? That was for the

:07:50. > :07:57.cup, but it is Arsenal's FA Cup anyway. A small smile on the face of

:07:58. > :08:04.Arsene Wenger. A sporting handshake from the manager of the champions,

:08:05. > :08:08.Antonio Conte. Arsenal have saved one of their best performances of

:08:09. > :08:13.the entire season until last. Against all odds. Per Mertesacker is

:08:14. > :08:21.once again and FA Cup winning captain. Stant

:08:22. > :08:27.after all the trials and tribulations we have seen and heard

:08:28. > :08:30.about Arsenal Football Club all season long, when it really mattered

:08:31. > :08:37.at the very end, the Gunners have something left in their armoury. For

:08:38. > :08:44.Arsene Wenger, it is an outright record. His seventh FA Cup triumph

:08:45. > :08:51.as a manager. It beats the record of George Ramsey, the Aston Villa

:08:52. > :08:59.manager, which has stood for so long. Now it is Arsene Wenger's.

:09:00. > :09:03.Arsenal after top of the FA Cup tree, with 13 successes, in the

:09:04. > :09:10.world's oldest and greatest FA Cup competition. Danny, from the early

:09:11. > :09:14.stages it was apparent it could be Arsenal's day? It was a pleasure to

:09:15. > :09:18.be here and witness a huge shock, in many ways. I know we have mentioned

:09:19. > :09:22.a lot of individuals. But the team performance today, which we have not

:09:23. > :09:25.said too often about this Arsenal team, a really good team

:09:26. > :09:29.performance. Everybody working for each other for 90 minutes. No

:09:30. > :09:36.Chelsea Dobell, just Arsenal delight. 2-1. -- double.

:09:37. > :09:45.Arsenal are hardly a minnow, but it seemed that way today. So many

:09:46. > :09:50.people expected Chelsea to go and complete the double. Arsenal have

:09:51. > :09:57.won the FA Cup for a record-breaking 13th time.

:09:58. > :10:06.No 44 Chelsea. Still no major win in a final as a manager for Antonio

:10:07. > :10:12.Conte. What a stunning final it was. A fantastic game. Arsenal thoroughly

:10:13. > :10:15.deserved to win. They were a yard quicker, a yard sharper than every

:10:16. > :10:19.single Chelsea player through the game. I know Danny gave Sanchez Man

:10:20. > :10:24.of the Match, that man I just saw there, Mertesacker, has not played a

:10:25. > :10:33.game, 90 minutes, all season. He played today and was absolutely

:10:34. > :10:39.magnificent. Iain, you are chuffed, Arsenal triumphed against the odds.

:10:40. > :10:42.He has been very brave, Ospina, Mertesacker, he has come in and

:10:43. > :10:45.answer the critics. The way they played, I know people say Chelsea

:10:46. > :10:50.did not play as well as they could, but nobody before this game fancied

:10:51. > :10:54.Arsenal. I didn't fancy them. I thought it was more heart than head,

:10:55. > :11:04.like you said. But they've done it. I rarely have seen Arsene Wenger so

:11:05. > :11:08.enthused. But you can see why? Yes, it is a huge thing. It will be

:11:09. > :11:14.interesting to see what he does now. He looks like a young kid, which is

:11:15. > :11:18.good to see. He has been under such pressure. We can hear from the

:11:19. > :11:25.matchwinner, the second time he has scored a winner in our FA Cup final.

:11:26. > :11:30.The matchwinner, you have done it again. Before the game, everybody

:11:31. > :11:34.was saying Chelsea were the favourites. But you have won it,

:11:35. > :11:40.your manager has won the seventh FA Cup, you've got the winner again? I

:11:41. > :11:44.can't describe it. It's been an up-and-down season. To finish with

:11:45. > :11:48.an FA Cup, it has to be a successful season to win silverware. To get the

:11:49. > :11:53.winner again, I don't know, I love this competition. I love playing

:11:54. > :11:57.here. I am delighted. The boys deserve it and I am happy for the

:11:58. > :12:02.manager, for him to get another FA Cup. We are delighted.

:12:03. > :12:07.An early goal, ten men in the second half for Chelsea. They make it

:12:08. > :12:10.1-16789 Olivier Giroud got the ball to your left side here. What did you

:12:11. > :12:18.think, get the ball in the middle and I'll be there? Of course, that's

:12:19. > :12:22.my game. I love to make late runs in the box. I think he knew I would be

:12:23. > :12:25.there and put it on a plate for me to score the winner. You mention

:12:26. > :12:28.nice words there about your manager, Arsene Wenger. Do you want him to

:12:29. > :12:32.stay, do you think he'll stay at the club? Of course, I do. He's been

:12:33. > :12:38.fantastic for me. Fantastic for these players. He deserves this.

:12:39. > :12:43.You've seen that, we changed the formation and we've had a lot of

:12:44. > :12:46.success with it. Fair play to him. He's changed the system and it's

:12:47. > :12:51.paid off. Hopefully he'll be here next season. Because we owe him a

:12:52. > :12:55.lot. Aaron, I'll let you celebrate. Let's bring in Danny Welbeck.

:12:56. > :12:58.Congratulations, your manager said I were a big -- you were a big match

:12:59. > :13:03.player. What about the performance of the team today? A great

:13:04. > :13:07.performance. We stuck in there, obviously, when they equalised and

:13:08. > :13:11.it looked like things were a bit against us, but we dug deep and

:13:12. > :13:15.Rambo got that goal and he's won us the final. Were you worried at 1-1,

:13:16. > :13:19.be honest? You always worry in football. You never know what can

:13:20. > :13:23.happen next. Obviously it's a game full of surprises. We dug deep. We

:13:24. > :13:27.got the FA Cup once more. Aaron had lovely words for the manager wanting

:13:28. > :13:35.him to stay, thinking he can build again. Is that echoed throughout the

:13:36. > :13:41.team? Yeah, definitely. Obviously it's not for us to make the

:13:42. > :13:44.decision. He makes the decisions as well as the people higher up in the

:13:45. > :13:50.club. I can't really comment on that. Go and celebrate with the

:13:51. > :13:54.fans. Congratulations. There is Arsene Wenger. I suppose it

:13:55. > :13:58.begs the question again, we've been asking it for weeks and weeks, I

:13:59. > :14:02.guess we find out on Monday. Does it make it an easy decision to stay or

:14:03. > :14:07.to go? It's a good time to leave, isn't it, with winning, but it

:14:08. > :14:11.probably motivates him to do better next season. Maybe so, I think them

:14:12. > :14:16.not being in the top four will be something that he'll be very

:14:17. > :14:20.disappointed about. Like people are saying at the start glosses over, it

:14:21. > :14:23.a win is a win against a Chelsea side who were brilliant this season.

:14:24. > :14:28.They didn't play their best today. Arsenal took full advantage and

:14:29. > :14:31.played as well as they had to play to beat the Chelsea side. There it

:14:32. > :14:37.is, most FA Cup wins for a man in charge of the club. Things have

:14:38. > :14:41.changed over the years. He has taken over from George Ramsey at the top

:14:42. > :14:45.of the leaderboard. A word on Chelsea, not at their best, one of

:14:46. > :14:48.those days? One of those days. A game too far. They've been the

:14:49. > :14:52.dominant team in the Premier League this year. Can you look at the two

:14:53. > :14:56.weeks that they've had since they've won the title, have they took their

:14:57. > :14:59.foot off the pedal. I don't think. So if you turn up at the final not

:15:00. > :15:03.at it completely and not on your game, at this level, you're going to

:15:04. > :15:09.struggle to win games. We've all played in games where there's a

:15:10. > :15:13.lethargic feel to the performance. It's hard to shake off. It was 29

:15:14. > :15:17.minutes before the first effort for them on target. Arsenal started the

:15:18. > :15:21.game with real intent. Chelsea were too slow. They couldn't pick it up.

:15:22. > :15:25.Arsenal deserve all the credit because they've been under huge

:15:26. > :15:27.pressure. The manager's under huge pressure. They've put in one hell of

:15:28. > :15:33.a performance for their football club today. Andy Taylor going up.

:15:34. > :15:36.Obviously a key decision in the red card, which was right. None of us

:15:37. > :15:40.want to see diving in football. Excellent decision there. Maybe the

:15:41. > :15:44.first goal, handball we thought possibly. But overall he had a

:15:45. > :15:49.decent afternoon. Brilliant I thought. Really controlled the game

:15:50. > :15:51.well. It was a pivotal moment. When the referee blew the whistle, I

:15:52. > :15:55.thought he'd given the penalty. He done well. He spotted that

:15:56. > :15:59.brilliantly. It was the perfect decision to make. It was a great

:16:00. > :16:02.decision because diving has been a huge subject in our game over the

:16:03. > :16:06.last few months. For him to make that call in a game of this size and

:16:07. > :16:09.get it absolutely right, it was the correct decision because it was

:16:10. > :16:13.cheating. It was a brave decision. Yeah, he tried to cheat. He tried to

:16:14. > :16:21.cona penalty for his team. The referee got it absolutely right. We

:16:22. > :16:26.can hear with the man of the moment, Dan walker has got Arsene Wenger.

:16:27. > :16:32.We are going to make our way off the pitch. Arsene, thank you for letting

:16:33. > :16:35.us grab you for a few words. Talk us through the game from your

:16:36. > :16:38.perspective. You said it wasn't about your winning seven FA Cups,

:16:39. > :16:43.you said it was about the team. What about the team performance? We had

:16:44. > :16:52.an outstanding performance from the first minute onwards. This team has

:16:53. > :16:59.suffered and united and responded. I said last week which team would win

:17:00. > :17:06.the Championship with one or two goodbyes and keep them together. I

:17:07. > :17:09.think we are in a good way. They showed strength, unity and we played

:17:10. > :17:19.spectacular football today again. Did you feel it was a gamble, we

:17:20. > :17:23.talked about you had only played your fit defenders. Were you

:17:24. > :17:28.worried? Of course. Per Mertesacker has not played one game. You trust

:17:29. > :17:31.their intelligence and experience. The player has over 100 caps for

:17:32. > :17:35.Germany. He did very well today. What does it mean to you,

:17:36. > :17:41.individually now to be the only manager who's won seven of these

:17:42. > :17:45.things? I'm very proud because you see what kind of time you have when

:17:46. > :17:49.you want to win one, you have to go through the rounds. If nobody has

:17:50. > :17:53.done it before, you know, I'm proud for having done two things what have

:17:54. > :17:57.not been done is one the Championship without losing a game

:17:58. > :18:01.and win seven FA Cups. It's not easy, believe me. Very quickly, two

:18:02. > :18:06.more questions: What now for you? Everybody wants to know, will you be

:18:07. > :18:13.at this club next season? I have always been very clear on that. We

:18:14. > :18:16.have a vote meeting on Tuesday and I think, Wednesday, Thursday, it will

:18:17. > :18:19.all be clear. Do you want to be here next season? I have always been

:18:20. > :18:25.clear on that. Thank you. Let me enjoy the night. Congratulations.

:18:26. > :18:31.Enjoy it, thank you. Thanks for your time.

:18:32. > :18:38.Good try, Dan. He did his best. He wasn't giving way on that one. You

:18:39. > :18:41.can't even read him! You look at him what he's saying, you can't read

:18:42. > :18:45.what Arsene Wenger is going to do. You can certainly read that he's

:18:46. > :18:49.hugely chuffed with that victory. So he should be. He's put a lot of

:18:50. > :18:52.faith in his team. They have let him down over the years. In certain

:18:53. > :18:56.games they show what they are capable of. This was another one of

:18:57. > :18:59.those games. He deserves a lot of credit for turning that team out

:19:00. > :19:02.today and that team giving him that performance. He had suspensions,

:19:03. > :19:06.injuries. He went in with three at the back against a team that have

:19:07. > :19:10.played three at the back very, very well for the vast majority of the

:19:11. > :19:17.season. And they thoroughly deserve the trophy today. He still divides

:19:18. > :19:20.opinion amongst Arsenal fans. Well, this will just paper over the

:19:21. > :19:24.cracks? I think the imperfectessive thing about the team performance

:19:25. > :19:31.today was off the ball. We know they've got quality on the ball. Off

:19:32. > :19:36.the ball, they way they pressed. It looked organisationed. The question

:19:37. > :19:41.is - can they reproduce that week in, week out next season. This group

:19:42. > :19:45.of players, whether or not under Arsene Wenger. They need to produce

:19:46. > :19:50.it regularly. Arsene Wenger is going up the steps. It's that moment to

:19:51. > :20:00.receive the trophy. His team will be behind him. Let's rejoin Guy mobery.

:20:01. > :20:05.-- Mowbray. Thank you, gayery. -- Gary. We still don't know what the

:20:06. > :20:11.future holds for the Arsenal manager. He's certainly made his

:20:12. > :20:22.mark on history. Now, is the end near? He's certainly done it his

:20:23. > :20:25.way. Arsene Wenger, who is upset with some of the treatment he's

:20:26. > :20:30.received from some supporters through the season. Says, quite

:20:31. > :20:34.rightly, he deserves respect and hasn't always got. It he's got the

:20:35. > :20:40.respect and love of every Gunners supporter here tonight.

:20:41. > :20:44.What a report his team have when they get to the FA Cup Final.

:20:45. > :20:49.They've now won their last six Cup Finals that they've played in, from

:20:50. > :20:58.2002 in Cardiff, against Chelsea, to 2017 at Wembley. Another line stood

:20:59. > :21:05.out from that interview, when he said one or two goodbyes he meant

:21:06. > :21:13.good purchases, not goodbyes, not yet any way.

:21:14. > :21:20.Arsene Wenger makes the walk past his FA Cup for a record seventh

:21:21. > :21:25.time, a man who has Masterminded cup success for his club. Every one of

:21:26. > :21:29.the players, who are about to receive their medals and get the

:21:30. > :21:32.chance to lift the cup high in the air, have played a quite brilliant

:21:33. > :21:39.part in what Arsenal have done today. Alexis Sanchez, Man of the

:21:40. > :21:46.Match. Nacho Monreal quite brilliant in defence. Rob Holding likewise on

:21:47. > :21:52.the other side. Surely, he will be the name that is spoken most by

:21:53. > :22:02.Arsenal fans tonight. The BFG, they have different versions. What a day

:22:03. > :22:06.he's had, starting a game for the first time all season, ruled out

:22:07. > :22:09.with a knee injury. 37 minutes against Everton last Sunday, enough

:22:10. > :22:15.to get him back in the groove to lead Arsenal to this. One of the

:22:16. > :22:22.nicest men in the game. Nobody would begrudge him it. Per Mertesacker is

:22:23. > :22:29.an FA Cup winning captain again for Arsenal. His is the FA Cup story of

:22:30. > :22:33.the day, in many ways. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge will

:22:34. > :22:36.pass the cup to Laurent Koscielny, the regular captain and Per

:22:37. > :22:41.Mertesacker, the oldest cup competition in the world, no team

:22:42. > :22:45.has won it more than Arsenal! For a record 13th time. Arsenal, FA Cup

:22:46. > :23:00.winners. There it is, Arsenal celebrating,

:23:01. > :23:06.Arsene Wenger celebrating. Congratulations to Arsenal Football

:23:07. > :23:10.Club once again, FA Cup winners for a record 13th time. Overall they

:23:11. > :23:14.deserved it, Alan. Absolutely. I don't think anyone can argue with

:23:15. > :23:17.that. They were much the better team. They should have scored three

:23:18. > :23:21.or four goals in the first half. They should have scored another two

:23:22. > :23:25.or three in the second half, particularly when Chelsea had the,

:23:26. > :23:29.were down to ten men in the end, the chances they had. They showed great

:23:30. > :23:33.character coming back when Chelsea got their goal. Absolutely they

:23:34. > :23:37.thoroughly deserve. It -- deserve it. Frank, a word on Chelsea,

:23:38. > :23:41.overall, a fabulous season, one game's not going to completely spoil

:23:42. > :23:45.that, but FA Cups are awful to lose. It won't feel like a fabulous season

:23:46. > :23:49.tonight. In reflection it will be. They need to go away and appreciate

:23:50. > :23:51.the season they've had, from where they were at the start of the

:23:52. > :23:56.season, they would have taken the start of the season without a doubt.

:23:57. > :24:00.When you get this close to the double, it leaves a slightly bad

:24:01. > :24:05.taste now. They should take a lot from this year and build for next

:24:06. > :24:07.year. Ian has broken a record this evening, 15 minutes now with a smile

:24:08. > :24:11.on his face. LAUGHTER

:24:12. > :24:15.I'm proud of them. I am. You wouldn't have found too many Arsenal

:24:16. > :24:18.fans last night, when you consider who was missing, through suspension

:24:19. > :24:21.and injury, who would have said Arsenal would have won today? No-one

:24:22. > :24:25.was expecting Chelsea to be as poor as they were. You have to take

:24:26. > :24:31.advantage of that. It all started with a terrific beginning from

:24:32. > :24:34.Arsenal and a Sanchez goal, with obviously, a bit controversial,

:24:35. > :24:38.handball we felt. Yeah, we all felt it was handball. The referee had a

:24:39. > :24:44.very good view of it. The linesman flagged for offside. Of course, that

:24:45. > :24:49.wasn't correct. But that is handball. The ref has a good view. A

:24:50. > :24:54.very good finish from sarchl sank. -- Sanchez. Two hands by the looks

:24:55. > :24:57.of it. They started very well. In a final, when you start and get your

:24:58. > :25:01.nose in front at that point, it really changes the dynamics of the

:25:02. > :25:07.game. It gives them confidence. They carried on playing the way they

:25:08. > :25:11.started. Chelsea with Hazard, he's been brilliant all season. He didn't

:25:12. > :25:15.play today. When the day is going against you, you need someone to get

:25:16. > :25:19.you going. He didn't do that today. Sanchez Sergeant is a fantastic

:25:20. > :25:23.player. Chelsea came out better in the second half. Once they were down

:25:24. > :25:26.to ten men. That was his first yellow, Victor Moses then a blatant

:25:27. > :25:30.dive. Only himself to blame. We don't want to see that kind of

:25:31. > :25:34.rubbish. He doesn't seen make an attempt for the ball,

:25:35. > :25:38.Oxlade-Chamberlain. It's cheating. He's expecting something. In the end

:25:39. > :25:42.he's gone down with nothing. The referee deserves huge credit for

:25:43. > :25:49.that. He got it spot on. That will carry a ban for next season. I'd

:25:50. > :25:54.have thought. So -- thought so. Then against the odds really, wasn't it,

:25:55. > :25:59.that back came Chelsea. Diego Costa managed to get on the act. You

:26:00. > :26:03.wouldn't have expected this, Chelsea down to ten men. You always knew

:26:04. > :26:07.they had a threat. The threat came. Willian comes on, sub, a decent ball

:26:08. > :26:12.in the area. Costa does well, shows strength and balance. His hits it,

:26:13. > :26:18.keeper has to save it. -- mis-hits it. He should be palming that wide.

:26:19. > :26:23.He made one or two decent saves in the game. He had a couple that went

:26:24. > :26:29.straight at him and you ride your luck. That one I was petrified. I

:26:30. > :26:33.think we timed it something like 22 seconds from kickoff Ian and it was,

:26:34. > :26:38.they were back in front. When Giroud came on, I was thinking oh, he's

:26:39. > :26:43.taken off Danny. I was thinking, oh, my gosh. Then, he's come on and made

:26:44. > :26:49.a brilliant run here. He's stretching them. Great run here.

:26:50. > :26:52.That ball there, not sure we're going to see Danny Welbeck do that.

:26:53. > :26:57.Arsene Wenger he's done it again, pulled something out. Loved the one

:26:58. > :27:00.from Ramsey here. When you get the other side, Kante switches off and

:27:01. > :27:06.it's too late to get back in. Ramsey does what he can do. I remember your

:27:07. > :27:10.celebration was "Oh, my gosh!" What I like about Ramsey, he gets a lot

:27:11. > :27:13.of stick, but he never hides. Always shows up for the ball, always plays

:27:14. > :27:17.the way he believes he should. Delighted for him. Seven times.

:27:18. > :27:23.Arsene Wenger. That's some achievement. Unbelievable. There he

:27:24. > :27:29.is with Ruud Gullit. He won the cup, of course, as a manager as well for

:27:30. > :27:34.Chelsea. Way back when, having a good conversation. I wonder if Ruud

:27:35. > :27:36.Gullit knows what he's going to say! Everyone's been asking that question

:27:37. > :27:41.for a long time now. These celebrations will go on and on. Just

:27:42. > :27:43.looking at this there, Sanchez is just as important, a different

:27:44. > :27:47.question, but he's very important. He will set a marker down. If he

:27:48. > :27:51.stays and commits to the club, they might be able to bring other players

:27:52. > :27:55.round him. If he leaves, how do you replace that? Absolutely. They'll

:27:56. > :28:00.continue on the pitch. They're having their conversation. We've got

:28:01. > :28:03.to bring you the result of the goal of the FA Cup tournament. I think

:28:04. > :28:12.one goal from each round was selected. Matic led the vote and it

:28:13. > :28:16.seems that the guys in the studio agree. It's hard not to. A

:28:17. > :28:19.sensational goal in the semifinal against Tottenham. Brilliant strike.

:28:20. > :28:25.Super strike. Keeper's got no chance. Brilliant goal. There were

:28:26. > :28:33.some good goals. You liked one of them particularly. I think his name

:28:34. > :28:38.was Julian something, really rotund little fella, really great strike.

:28:39. > :28:42.You're thrilled Ian? I am. It's been a tough season. A very tough season.

:28:43. > :28:45.I think it's going to be a tough summer. But that gives the fans

:28:46. > :28:49.something to smile about. Does it make up for the season? I don't

:28:50. > :28:53.think it will, but I feel that just like Chelsea have won the league and

:28:54. > :28:57.they'll be on a downer now. Arsenal have won the cup, after a poor

:28:58. > :29:01.season by their standards. Winning the league is ultimately what the

:29:02. > :29:04.team sets out to do at the start of the season. That's what it's all

:29:05. > :29:07.about. That's what Chelsea have to get back into their heads. Very

:29:08. > :29:10.positive season for them generally. They've been fantastic all year.

:29:11. > :29:14.They didn't play well today. They have to take what they've done this

:29:15. > :29:18.season and take it forward. What it was was a cracking final. A

:29:19. > :29:25.brilliant game. Really enjoyed it, end to end from start to finish. The

:29:26. > :29:33.best team won it. Definitely. No-one can argue with that. That team

:29:34. > :29:36.was... Arsenal, al! You deserve the final line. Ian, thank you very

:29:37. > :29:39.much, Frank, I know it wasn't the greatest day for your team. Alan,

:29:40. > :29:47.thank you very much indeed. That's from us. As Ramsey helps Wenger beat

:29:48. > :30:02.Ramsey's record. Wenger in? He'll be out tonight, though. Goodbye.

:30:03. > :30:57.COMMENTATOR: What a cool finish. It's a great chance and it's a

:30:58. > :31:11.cracking goal! Would you believe it? Sutton United they've done it again.

:31:12. > :31:26.An absolute beauty. Oh, brilliant goal!

:31:27. > :31:36.Sanchez has it. Sanchez has scored. # This is the moment

:31:37. > :31:40.# Until I came to love you COMMENTATOR: Sanchez is in to score.

:31:41. > :31:50.The flag is up though. It is 1-0 to around. -- Arsenal. Arsenal against

:31:51. > :31:53.all odds.