ARS
MCIKO
GoalARS - Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang19'
HT
Substitution
8 - Ilkay Gündogan
16 - RodrigoSubstitution26 - Riyad Mahrez47 - Phil Foden66'- GoalARS - Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang71'
- Substitution19 - Nicolas Pépé28 - Joe Willock72'
- Substitution9 - Alexandre Lacazette5 - Lucas Torreira78'
- Substitution20 - Shkodran Mustafi16 - Rob Holding87'
- Substitution21 - David Silva25 - Fernandinho87'
- Substitution8 - Dani Ceballos20 - Sead Kolasinac88'
FT
Arsenal
Match stats
Manchester City
29%
Possession
71%
4
Shots
16
4
Shots (On goal)
1
2
Corners
12
1
Saves
2
4
Fouls
11
Line-ups
26
Emiliano Martínez
20
Shkodran Mustafi
23
David Luiz
3
Kieran Tierney
2
Héctor Bellerín
8
Dani Ceballos
34
Granit Xhaka
15
Ainsley Maitland-Niles
19
Nicolas Pépé
9
Alexandre Lacazette
14
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
2x
3-4-3
31
Ederson
2
Kyle Walker
50
Eric García
14
Aymeric Laporte
22
Benjamin Mendy
17
Kevin De Bruyne
8
Ilkay Gündogan
26
Riyad Mahrez
21
David Silva
7
Raheem Sterling
9
Gabriel Jesus
4-2-3-1
Team stats
Arsenal
| Goalkeepers | G | GC | SAV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Forwards | G | GA | S | FC | FW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
19', 71' | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 78' | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 72' | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Midfielders | G | GA | S | FC | FW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 88' | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Defenders | G | GA | S | FC | FW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 87' | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Substitutes | G | GA | S | FC | FW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Willock 72'(Nicolas Pépé) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 78'(Alexandre Lacazette) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87'(Shkodran Mustafi) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88'(Dani Ceballos) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Matthew Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bukayo Saka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Reiss Nelson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
Manchester City
| Goalkeepers | G | GC | SAV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Forwards | G | GA | S | FC | FW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Midfielders | G | GA | S | FC | FW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 87' | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 66' | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66' | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Defenders | G | GA | S | FC | FW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Eric García | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Substitutes | G | GA | S | FC | FW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66'(Ilkay Gündogan) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 66'(Riyad Mahrez) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87'(David Silva) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
Team Ranks
Arsenal
Match stats
Manchester City
29%
Possession
71%
4
Shots
16
4
Shots (On goal)
1
2
Corners
12
1
Saves
2
4
Fouls
11
Match stream
- 90'+8'That’s all for now. Goodbye!
- 90'+8'Focus for both these teams now switches back to the Premier League. City have second place secured, but face relegation-battling Watford next. Arsenal, meanwhile, are in the hunt for Europe, and take on Aston Villa on Tuesday.
- 90'+8'Arsenal are heading to the FA Cup final, thanks to two excellent goals from Aubameyang either side of half-time. The Gunners were rock solid at the back, and have ended City’s hopes of a treble. It's some moment for Arteta, who is congratulated by his good friend Guardiola before he celebrates with his players and staff.
- 90'+8'FULL TIME: ARSENAL 2-0 MANCHESTER CITY.
- 90'+6'It has been an excellent performance from Arsenal, and Arteta must take a lot of credit. After losing to City in the first game back after the resumption of the season, Guardiola’s former assistant has come up with the perfect game plan today – one which his players have executed brilliantly.
- 90'+3'City – for once – seem to have run out of ideas. De Bruyne has hardly had a kick in the last 10 minutes, with Foden also on the fringes since he came on. Four minutes remain.
- 90'+1'There will, however, be another seven minutes of stoppage time. Can City snatch a goal and set up a grandstand finish?
- 90'Maitland-Niles is down for Arsenal now, though it only appears to be cramp. The Gunners are stalling City at every opportunity, and Guardiola looks a beaten man down on the touchline.
- 88'Ceballos has also gone off, with Kolasinac on for Arsenal.
- 87'Guardiola, meanwhile, has brought on Fernandinho in place of Silva.
- 87'Mustafi looks to be in some discomfort and he won’t be able to continue. Holding is on in his place.
- 85'Sterling’s frustration boils over as he clatters into Mustafi, with the Arsenal defender staying down and clutching his right hamstring. He'll require some treatment.
- 83'CLOSE! Laporte tries his luck again and this time he gets much closer – his powerful strike curling a few inches wide of the right-hand post.
- 80'The frustration is clear for City, as Laporte goes for goal from long range, but his effort is a wild one which soars well off target.
- 78'Another change from Arteta. Lacazette, who has worked hard up front to no personal reward, goes off, with Torreira coming on.
- 78'More pressure from City, with De Bruyne and Foden linking up down the right. However, by the time the ball gets delivered into the box, David Luiz is again there to cut out the danger.
- 77'Aubameyang is the fourth Arsenal player to score a competitive brace at Wembley Stadium, after Reg Lewis, Charlie Nicholas and Alexis Sanchez.
- 74'Fantastic defending from David Luiz, who lunged in brilliantly to block Sterling’s goalbound shot from point-blank range. Arsenal's defence has been excellent so far.
- 72'Arteta makes a first change – Pepe, who has been excellent, making way for Willock.
- 71'It was an excellent pass from Tierney, with Aubameyang timing his run to perfect – Mendy having played the striker onside.
- 71'GOOOOAAAALLLLL!!! ARSENAL GET ANOTHER! It’s a second for Aubameyang, as he deals City a hammer blow. Pepe did brilliantly to hold play up, with Tierney then playing a pass over the top for Aubameyang, who kept his cool to slot through Ederson’s legs. Arsenal 2-0 City.
- 68'How has that not gone in?! De Bruyne thumps in a low cross which Silva – three yards out – meets, but he can only turn it wide as another chance goes begging for the holders.
- 66'Gundogan has also made way. Rodri is his replacement.
- 66'Guardiola blinks first in regards to changes. Foden has come on, replacing Mahrez.
- 65'CHANCE! No penalty is awarded, but City very nearly have their equaliser from the resulting corner. De Bruyne’s cross was flicked on by David Luiz, but Sterling can’t react quickly enough to divert it beyond Martinez.
- 63'There’s going to be a VAR check now, with Sterling claiming he was fouled by Mustafi in Arsenal’s area. No penalty was awarded but the officials are looking at it again.
- 61'CLOSE! De Bruyne goes for goal from a free-kick around 25 yards out, but it arrows into the side netting.
- 60'City keep up the pressure with another corner – Sterling looping a cross back into the area after De Bruyne’s delivery was cleared. Lacazette, though, gets back to help his defence out.
- 58'Arsenal waste a great chance to punish City on the counter, with Maitland-Niles overhitting a pass to Aubameyang. City break and win a corner, but after a bit of pinball in the area, the Gunners manage to clear their lines.
- 56'Only Aubameyang (26) has been directly involved in more goals than Pepe (17) for Arsenal in all competitions this season.
- 54'Good stop! Great goalkeeping from Martinez, who got down sharply to his left to keep out a stinging low strike from Mahrez, keeping hold at the second attempt.
- 53'Maitland-Niles does well to get the better of Walker, only for the wing-back to then drill a cross straight out of play. Moments later, Pepe has a great chance to release Lacazette, but hits his pass straight to a City defender.
- 51'There is definitely more intensity to City’s play now, with De Bruyne getting much more involved in the final third. Again, he pops up in a wide position at the edge of the area, but David Luiz clears his dangerous cross.
- 49'CLOSE! Sterling is much nearer to equalising this time, as he again combines with De Bruyne. However, the winger’s side-footed effort skims just wide of the upright.
- 45'+2'As it stands, the holders are heading out. City still harbour hopes of winning a treble this season, but they will have to improve a lot after the break – Guardiola has plenty of options at his disposal, though. Arsenal, meanwhile, will know more chances should come their way.
- 48'High and wide from Sterling, who blazes an effort way off target from inside the area after he was teed up by De Bruyne.
- 45'+2'A great first-half display from Arsenal, who lead thanks to a wonderful team move which was finished off by Aubameyang. City have had plenty of the ball, but Martinez has not had much to do in truth.
- 45'+2'HALF-TIME: ARSENAL 1-0 MANCHESTER CITY.
- 46'Kick-off! Arsenal, 45 minutes away from the FA Cup final, get the second half started.
- 45'+1'Mahrez whips in a corner which is cleared as far as De Bruyne, whose shot is flicked onto the roof of the net by Sterling. Any goal would not have counted, however, as the offside flag was up.
- 44'Poor from Maitland-Niles! Xhaka clicks through the gears to put Arsenal on the front foot, eventually laying it off to Maitland-Niles, who had made a supporting run to the left, but the wideman hits a cross-shot straight at Ederson.
- 43'There were 18 passes made in the build-up to Arsenal's opener in this game, with 10 of their 11 players being involved in the move for Aubameyang's goal.
- 40'SAVE! Another fantastic stop from Ederson, who reaches up to tip Mustafi’s header – which was set to drop in under the bar – over.
- 38'Arsenal work a move down the left, with Tierney overlapping and Maitland-Niles cutting inside. However, the latter’s pass forward is intercepted by Walker.
- 36'Aubameyang's opener was his first goal against City, in what is his seventh appearance against them for Arsenal.
- 34'Excellent goalkeeping from Ederson, who lunges off his line to prevent Lacazette getting on the end of Pepe’s cross.
- 32'De Bruyne may well be City’s chief creator, yet he is not afraid to get stuck into challenges when required, and he just bundled into Lacazette in rather robust fashion, preventing an Arsenal counter.
- 30'Now it’s City’s turn to take a risk at the back, with Ederson caught in no man’s land after charging off his line in an attempt to win the ball following a sloppy touch from De Bruyne. Fortunately for him, a defender gets back to ensure Arsenal can’t take advantage.
- 29'Bellerin’s sloppy pass allows Jesus to feed De Bruyne on the edge of the box and the playmaker immediately lets rip with a venomous shot. It looked destined for the target, but Xhaka makes a fantastic block.
- 28'Since his Arsenal debut in February 2018, the only Premier League player with more goals than Aubameyang across all competitions is Liverpool's Mohamed Salah.
- 25'There will now be a short break for the players to take in some drinks – and for the managers to give some tactical advice.
- 24'De Bruyne drives through midfield before attempting to pick out Jesus, but his run was checked by Xhaka and David Luiz is on hand to intercept the pass.
- 23'City’s last defeat against Arsenal in all competitions was in an FA Cup semi-final, with Guardiola's side throwing away a 1-0 lead to lose 2-1 in 2017, with Arsenal going on to beat Chelsea in the final.
- 21'That goal will be a shock to City’s system, though Guardiola’s side are sure to simply carry on doing what they do so well. Arsenal, though, are looking sharp.
- 19'Pepe’s cross from the right was a brilliant one, inviting Aubameyang to attack it at the far post. However, the team move prior to the goal was excellent, with Arsenal calmly playing their way out from the back and beating City’s press.
- 19'GOOOOAAAALLLLL!!! ARSENAL TAKE THE LEAD! That is a quite excellent goal from the Gunners, as Aubameyang meets Pepe’s precise cross and prods home off the inside of the upright. Arsenal 1-0 City!
- 17'CHANCE! That was a huge opportunity for Arsenal, as David Luiz plays a fine pass through City’s lines, releasing Aubameyang. He sets himself before getting a shot off, only to send it straight at Ederson, with Laporte then on hand to clear.
- 15'The replays suggested it was extremely close, with Mendy having been level with Lacazette. However, the decision to disallow the goal stands.
- 14'Lacazette has put the ball in the back of the net, but the offside flag goes up. The Frenchman coolly rounded Ederson before slotting home, but there will be a VAR check.
- 13'Arsenal have lost their last seven meetings with City in all competitions, by an aggregate score of 2-20. Only against Leeds United have the Gunners ever lost more consecutive matches in their history.
- 10'Off the line! City keep up the pressure, with a looped cross finding Mahrez at the back post. He directs his header back towards goal, but Xhaka is on hand to intervene.
- 9'Arsenal get lucky! Mustafi gets caught in possession in the area, with Sterling taking over. However, he just can’t work the ball to Silva, and the Gunners clear their lines.
- 8'Silva is actually playing in a more advanced role, as a traditional number 10, with Gundogan and De Bruyne sitting deep and orchestrating City’s play.
- 6'Aubameyang is featuring for Arsenal for the first time in the FA Cup this season. The Gunners will have to hope their top scorer is at his best if they are to progress today.
- 4'CLOSE! Very nearly an opener for City, as Sterling gets in down the left and drills a low cross into the six-yard box. Silva connected with it, but Tierney was on hand to make the block.
- 3'Arsenal have progressed from nine of their last 12 FA Cup semi-final ties, losing out in 1999, 2004 and 2009.
- 1'KICK-OFF! City get proceedings underway at Wembley.
- -The teams are out and kick-off is coming up momentarily.
- -Guardiola also makes five changes, with Foden, Bernardo Silva, Fernandinho, Stones and Otamendi making way. Mahrez, Sterling, De Bruyne, Laporte and Garcia start.
- -MANCHESTER CITY SUBSTITUTES: Oleksandr Zinchenko, Scott Carson, Phil Foden, Joao Cancelo, John Stones, Nicolas Otamendi, Bernardo Silva, Rodri, Fernandinho.
- -MANCHESTER CITY (4-3-3): Ederson; Kyle Walker, Eric Garcia, Aymeric Laporte, Benjamin Mendy; Kevin De Bruyne, Ilkay Gundogan, David Silva; Riyad Mahrez, Gabriel Jesus, Raheem Sterling.
- -Five changes in total from Arteta compared to the side which started against Liverpool. Nelson, who scored in that win, Cedric Soares, Holding, Torreira and Saka all drop out, with Aubameyang, Bellerin, Mustafi, Ceballos and Maitland-Niles coming in.
- -ARSENAL SUBSTITUTES: Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Lucas Torreira, Matthew Smith, Matt Macey, Sead Kolasinac, Reiss Nelson, Bukayo Saka, Rob Holding, Joe Willock.
- -ARSENAL (3-4-3): Emiliano Martinez; Shkodran Mustafi, David Luiz, Kieran Tierney; Hector Bellerin, Dani Ceballos, Granit Xhaka, Ainsley Maitland-Niles; Nicolas Pepe, Alexandre Lacazette, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
- -City, meanwhile, are aiming to defend the trophy they won last season. Pep Guardiola’s side have already beaten Arsenal twice this season – winning 3-0 both home and away in the league.
- -Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal side head into this clash at Wembley on the back of a morale-boosting win over Premier League champions Liverpool last time out. The Gunners have beaten Leeds United, Bournemouth, Portsmouth and Sheffield United en route to the last four.
- -Hello and welcome to live coverage of the FA Cup semi-final between Arsenal and Manchester City.
- 88'Substitution - In20 - Sead Kolasinac
Substitution - Out8 - Dani CeballosCeballos has also gone off, with Kolasinac on for Arsenal. - 87'Substitution - In25 - FernandinhoSubstitution - Out21 - David SilvaGuardiola, meanwhile, has brought on Fernandinho in place of Silva.
- 87'Substitution - In16 - Rob HoldingSubstitution - Out20 - Shkodran MustafiMustafi looks to be in some discomfort and he won’t be able to continue. Holding is on in his place.
- 78'Substitution - In5 - Lucas TorreiraSubstitution - Out9 - Alexandre LacazetteAnother change from Arteta. Lacazette, who has worked hard up front to no personal reward, goes off, with Torreira coming on.
- 72'Substitution - In28 - Joe WillockSubstitution - Out19 - Nicolas PépéArteta makes a first change – Pepe, who has been excellent, making way for Willock.
- 71'Goal14 - Pierre-Emerick AubameyangGoal! Arsenal 2, Manchester City 0. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kieran Tierney.
- 66'Substitution - In47 - Phil FodenSubstitution - Out26 - Riyad MahrezGundogan has also made way. Rodri is his replacement.
- 66'Substitution - In16 - RodrigoSubstitution - Out8 - Ilkay GündoganGuardiola blinks first in regards to changes. Foden has come on, replacing Mahrez.
- 19'Goal14 - Pierre-Emerick AubameyangGoal! Arsenal 1, Manchester City 0. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nicolas Pépé with a cross.
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