LONDON, KOMPAS.com – Arsenal managed to advance to the FA Cup final after beating Manchester City 2-0.
Arsenal vs Man City semifinal match takes place at Wembley Stadium on Saturday (7/18/2020) or early Sunday morning WIB.
Arsenal’s two winning goals were bought up by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang who scored in the 19th and 71th minutes.
Victory over Man City further proves that Arsenal are the king of the FA Cup.
This is Arsenal’s 21st success stepping into the final, the most notch in the history of the FA Cup.
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Not only that, Arsenal are currently still the most successful FA Cup team.
Of the previous 20 finals, Arsenal won 13 titles.
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Arsenal are temporarily ahead of a trophy from Manchester United which this season also managed to move to the FA Cup semifinals.
Man United will fight over the final ticket with Chelsea. Man United vs Chelsea match will also take place at Wembley Stadium on Sunday (07/19/2020).
Arsenal’s FA Cup king status is getting stronger because this is the sixth time the North London team has eliminated the defending FA Cup champions.
After the match against Man City, Arsenal’s coach, Mikel Arteta, could not hide his happiness.
“I am very happy and proud of the players’ struggle. It is unfortunate that we cannot celebrate this with the fans,” Arteta was quoted as saying on the BT Sport website.
“The players showed extraordinary cohesiveness in this match. They believe they can perform well, and you can see it. Congratulations for their success,” added Arteta.
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Arsenal certainly hope the memory of the 2016-2017 season can be repeated this year.
In that season, Arsenal also beat Man City in the FA Cup semi-final match with an identical score of 2-1.
However, at that time Arsenal had to struggle to win because of playing until extra time round.
After getting rid of Man City, Arsenal then successfully won the FA Cup title by beating Chelsea 2-1 at the top of the party.
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