Arsenal vs Manchester United
Final score
Arsenal and Manchester United drew 0-0 on Saturday, May 21, 2005 at Principality Stadium.
Play by play
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Arsenal have a trophy; United have nothing.
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Ronaldo cries like a girl and has to be consoled by Smith. Senderos hugs his friends and smiles; Fabregas can't really control his glee.
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Scholes looks rueful; he was the only player to miss in ten penalties. Ferguson chats to Keane; there's a lot of fury in that conversation.
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United have been robbed. They dominated from whistle to whistle and will leave with nothing. Ferguson isn't happy. He scowls, mutters something undescribeable under his breath and puts his hands to his hips.
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UNITED 4-5 ARSENAL: Vieira wins the cup for Arsenal. Carroll gets his fingers to the shot, but it's too powerful.
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UNITED 4-4 ARSENAL: Keane keeps his head and places past Lehmann. He doesn't seem very happy.
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UNITED 3-4 ARSENAL: Arsenal must have been practising. Cole slams his shot high in to the net. He celebrates by pumping his fists in an aggitated fashion.
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UNITED 3-3 ARSENAL: Rooney, all ears and neck and freckles, batters his penalty in to the roof of the net.
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UNITED 2-3 ARSENAL: Van Persie slams a left-foot shot in to the top corner. Forget Lauren's effort; this was better. Out of this world.
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UNITED 2-2 ARSENAL: Ronaldo trotts gently to the ball, and curls a right-foot shot in to the bottom corner.
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UNITED 1-2 ARSENAL: Ljungberg casually places his shot down the middle as Carroll dived. He looks relieved, as well he might.
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UNITED 1-1 ARSENAL: Lehmann sensationally saves from Scholes, the little ginger hermit.
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UNITED 1-1 ARSENAL: Lauren smashes his effort in to the top corner. Quite simply, the best penalty I've ever seen.
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UNITED 1-0 ARSENAL: Van Nistelrooy batters his penalty to Lehmann's right. Great effort.
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United will go first in the shoot-out. Lehmann seems to be in some sort of trance as he walks to the goal.
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Ferguson tries to persuade Giggs to take a spot-kick. He doesn't look to be having too much success; Giggs looks on the verge of tears.
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United should have had this game wrapped up inside 90 minutes, and also inside 120. But they didn't and now we have penalties. I love this crazy game.
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Ferguson and Wenger rally their troops and try to decide who'll take their penalties. There doesn't seem to be too many players rushing up to their managers, volunteering their services.
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FULL-TIME: Penalties! Penalties! Penalties! Penalties! Penalties! Penalties!
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OFF! Reyes is sent off for a second bookable offence after clattering Ronaldo on the half-way line. Needless, senseless, but a lot of fun.
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The tension inside the stadium is quite incredible. The atmosphere is thick and heavy, quite a lot like yoghurt.
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...Keane taps the ball to Scholes, but his shot is straight at the Arsenal wall. There will be two added minutes.
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United win yet another free-kick in a dangerous position...
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Vieira, angered by a challenge on Reyes, flies in to Rooney from behind, giving away a free-kick on the half-way line. Any semblence of order has evaporated in the last few minutes.