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Arsenal will play Chelsea after reaching a record 20th final, an eight under Wenger, who has won the FA Cup six times.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger in his post-match said it was a great team performance.

Seconds after Pep Guardiola had substituted Sergio Agüero, Alexis Sanchez scored what proved to be the game’s victor.

“In games like this, a semi-final is like a final, you can not expect control every situation but we control most of the time“. Before he said anything I said: ‘Think carefully before you say anything’.

Sanchez’s goal against City saw him take his tally for 2016-17 to 24 goals in all competitions but Wenger concedes his star man can take a while to get going. But in this system there are quite a few players [playing] at their highest level, which is good for the whole team.

“You can be divided or united and we have shown the right response”.

“We had a hard period when the team was losing games it shouldn’t have lost and then you come to the situation where you play under pressure and need to find a way out”.

“We have a very strong overall situation and a very strong team”.

“There is no other option than we need to keep getting three points in every game to hope we can get automatic qualification for the Champions League for next season”. He’s certainly had his very public disagreements with manager Arsene Wenger, and his future at The Emirates is still quite uncertain.

“When you come to a big club you can not guarantee that [being a starter] to anybody”, said Wenger, adding that he had no regrets about missing out on Vardy, who has scored 11 league goals this term. We just have to compete in these games.

Defenders Gabriel and Rob Holding both excelled as part of Arsenal’s new look back line and Wenger praised the Brazilian for the way he helped cover for makeshift right wing-back Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

Nonetheless, the Welshman, like his manager, knows that between now and the final, they have to focus exclusively on trying to finish in the top four of the Premier League.

As reported by Goal, Koscielny said: “We were motivated and offensive”.

“We’ve gone through a very hard period, we faced some adversity that made the situation more hard from inside as well”.