Arsenal vs Chelsea
Who won: Arsenal 2-0
Arsenal beat Chelsea 2-0 on Saturday, May 4, 2002 at Principality Stadium. Goals for Arsenal: Ray Parlour (70') and Freddie Ljungberg (80').
Play by play
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Great goals by Parlour and Ljungberg - and a wonderful moment for the Highbury club
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Vieira has the ball - and the final whistle goes! Arsenal have put last year's heartbreak behind them to win the FA Cup, and now stand on the brink of another double
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Frustration boils over for Chelsea's Gudjohnsen, who hacks down Parlour and gets a yellow card for his troubles
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Chelsea win a free-kick as Keown comes on for Wiltord. Both get a great ovation from Arsenal's supporters
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The Gunners fans are in full voice, and manager Wenger looks set to bring Martin Keown on for the dying seconds
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Three minutes of stoppage time to be played...
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We're into the final minute: Desailly is on the ball, but Kanu gets there and wins a throw-in for his side
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No - Zenden gets it clear, but goalscorer Parlour comes snapping in to make sure the Blues can't create any danger
- 88'
Kanu wins a corner for the Gunners - can they crown what will surely be victory with a late third?
- 87'
That looks beyond them as Zenden fails to keep the ball in and watches it drift away for an Arsenal goal-kick
- 86'
Substitute Zenden wants to keep things going - he wins another throw, but the minutes are ticking away and Chelsea need to do something exceptional
- 85'
It's crossed in and cleared as far as Lampard who shoots - wide
- 84'
Lauren does well to stop Gudjohnsen as he looks to cross, but Chelsea keep the ball...
- 83'
Maybe not - Gudjohnsen shoots and Seaman holds on at his far post
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Desailly comes charging forward in an effort to galvanise his side, but they look a spent force now
- 82'
Chelsea have a throw near the Gunners area - they can't make anything of it and have under ten minutes in which to mount an improbable rescue act
- 81'
A change for Arsenal - Kanu is coming on and Thierry Henry makes way
- 80'
The Gunners, however, do score seconds later - Ljungberg beats Terry to the ball and, from the corner of the area, curls home a magnificent shot. It's 2-0!
- 79'
Cole bursts through for Arsenal - he's crowded out and Henry smashes in a shot which Cudicini stops superbly. Parlour, on the follow-up, can only steer the ball high and wide
- 78'
Meanwhile, his side have looked shell-shocked since that goal went in and have failed to muster any sort of cohesive move since
- 77'
Melchiot goes off and Boudewijn Zenden comes on as Claudio Ranieri looks to add some more pace for the closing stages
- 76'
Thierry Henry and Chelsea's John Terry are booked after a brief flare-up
- 75'
Arsenal enjoying a spell of possession inside the Chelsea half: can they get the second goal that would surely put it beyond doubt?
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...and from it, he wins a free-kick midway inside the Chelsea half
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Ljungberg chases down the left - he wins a throw...