Man Utd: Van der Sar, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Fletcher, Carrick, Anderson (Scholes 72), Park, Rooney (Saha 71), Nani.Subs Not Used: Kuszczak, O'Shea, Tevez. Wayne Rooney delivered a virtuoso solo display as Manchester United outclassed Arsenal in the FA Cup fifth round.
Wayne Rooney is congratulated by Nani after United's opening goal, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. var w0=1;
Ljungberg, Silva, Vieira, Henry, Bergkamp. Rooney continued to terrorise the Arsenal defence and could have added to his goals tally before United made it three seven minutes before the interval. }
Arsenal won the battle of the heavyweights with an impressive FA Cup fifth round win against Manchester United at Old Trafford. And any questions over whether they were committed to what is effectively a pre-season friendly were answered within the opening 90 seconds. It was a moment laced with heavy irony as Giggs was the man whose sensational winner sunk Arsenal in the 1999 FA Cup semi-final. if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Mac')!=-1){document.write(imgN);
Michael Carrick set up Nani for a third as United turned on the style. Subs Not Used: Warmuz, Cygan. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. Arsenal: Lehmann, Lauren, Cole, Campbell, Toure, Parlour,
And the competitiveness spilled over late on when Arsenal substitute Francis Jeffers was sent off for kicking out at Phil Neville. ------------------------------------------------------------, --------------------------------------------------------------------------------. Subs: Taylor, Pires,
Yet glory ultimately belonged to the goalkeeper, though Arsenal substitute Pires and United's Eric Djemba-Djemba both went close in normal time. Kolo Toure, employed by Wenger as a makeshift centre-back alongside Sol Campbell, was handed an early lesson in the art of man-marking. Man Utd v Arsenal in pictures The game opened in explosive fashion - with three bookings inside the first seven minutes. Man Utd: Barthez, Gary Neville, Ferdinand, Brown, Silvestre,
Wayne Rooney delivered a virtuoso solo display as Manchester United outclassed Arsenal in the FA Cup fifth round. Arsenal: Lehmann, Justin Hoyte, Gallas, Toure, Traore, Eboue, Fabregas (Flamini 70), Silva, Hleb (Adebayor 70), Eduardo (Senderos 71), Bendtner.Subs Not Used: Fabianski, Clichy. But that was quickly forgotten - as was a rare missed penalty by Ruud Van Nistelrooy in the decisive shoot-out. Edu's 25-yard free-kick took a wicked deflection off David Beckham's shoulder and wrong-footed Fabien Barthez. //-->. United left Cristiano Ronaldo and Ryan Giggs out of their line-up, while Arsenal kept Emmanuel Adebayor and Mathieu Flamini on the bench - and the Gunners suffered most from the changes. if (refR.length>=252) refR=refR.substring(0,252)+"...";
Beckham (Butt 83), Scholes, Keane, Giggs (Forlan 71),
Arsenal: Seaman, Lauren, Keown, Campbell, Cole, Parlour,
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