Manchester United vs Arsenal
Who won: Arsenal 2-0
Arsenal beat Manchester United 2-0 on Saturday, February 15, 2003 at Old Trafford. Goals for Arsenal: Edu (34') and Sylvain Wiltord (52').
Play by play
- 90'
Full-time! Arsenal are through comfortably - they rode their luck with Giggs' miss and Edu's deflected goal, but the result never looked in doubt after Wiltord's killer second. 2-0 to the Gunners
- 90'
And that's Wiltord's last contribution - another goal at Old Trafford for the Frenchman, who is replaced by Kolo Toure
- 90'
Poor touch from Silvestre allows Keown to step in with a crunching tackle. Scholes' head drops as Arsenal break away for Wiltord to hold it up in the corner
- 90'
Seats emptying rapidly as the clock ticks down on United's FA Cup campaign - the holders are home and dry now
- 90'
Butt blazes high and wide after Cole's half-clearance from a Silvestre cross
- 89'
Silvestre fires in a shot from the left. It rebounds to Keane, but yet again, the blue shirts are there in force to block any further progress. Three minutes to be added
- 88'
Keown falls into the advertising boards after yet another tussle with Van Nistelrooy - those two won't let it lie
- 86'
Scholes, already booked, chops down Lauren. The England man is unimpressed and kicks the ball straight at Lauren, who remains writhing on the deck - but mercifully no second yellow card from ref Winter
- 85'
Barthez is out sharply to collect at Henry's feet
- 84'
Neville launches a high ball into the mixer, but Edu is there to poke clear after Keane's header back
- 83'
Beckham is replaced as Van Bronckhorst comes on for Pires
- 82'
Nicky Butt awaiting his chance to replace Beckham as Seaman comes off his line to gather a bouncing ball
- 80'
Forlan hits but it's straight at an Arsenal head. The Gunners break through Parlour and Wiltord is clean through into the box. It looks like the third but Brown is back brilliantly with a sliding challenge. Wiltord wants a penalty - but none going
- 79'
The England skipper limps off, looking concerned about his right ankle. United down to ten men for the moment, but Van Nistelrooy wins a freekick to the left of the Arsenal box meanwhile
- 78'
Beckham goes down in some pain after stretching in a challenge with Cole
- 76'
Forlan almost finds Van Nistelrooy with a sweeping ball from centre field, but the Dutchman can't control it on the run and Pires gets back to tidy up
- 75'
Silvestre overhits as Forlan chases the long pass down the left. More cheers from the visiting fans as the ball runs out of play
- 74'
Campbell gets across strongly to shield the ball from Keane - out for an Arsenal goalkick
- 73'
Forlan's first ball is hit straight at Wiltord. Arsenal break before the ball goes out of play on the right. Here comes Henry to replace the industrious Jeffers - that's all United need
- 71'
Now Giggs' day is complete as Forlan takes the field in his place. Henry warming up meanwhile
- 70'
Now Scholes bursts through midfield - striking right-footed from 25 yards, but always drifting wide off the outside of his boot
- 69'
Finally United carve something open. After Keown half clears from Silvestre's cross, Keane dinks the ball across the box. Solskjaer stoops at the far post but plants his header straight into the side-netting
- 67'
This game more-and-more resembling Arsenal's championship-cliching victory at Old Trafford last season. United all huff and puff - and the Gunners are composed and producing the better football
- 66'
United finally string together a passing movement, Beckham finding Silvestre to cross. Van Nistelrooy goes up but Keown is first to it. The ball drops to Solskjaer but Neville gets it horribly wrong on the overlap. More Gooner glee
- 65'
Lovely exchange between Wiltord and Vieira, who eventually gets forced wide by Brown's interventention