Arsenal beat Chelsea 2-1 to win record 13th FA Cup

In the semi-final at neutral Wembley Stadium, Arsenal played against Premier League Manchester City and reached the final after a 2-1 win with goals from Nacho Monreal and Sánchez.

What followed was Arsenal dominated first half after Alexis Sanchez’s fifth minute goal and Chelsea just couldn’t recover.

Meanwhile, Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has revealed that his side were stunned by the outstanding performance of Arsenal in Saturday’s 2-1 defeat to the Gunners.

Chelsea were chasing a Premier League and FA Cup Double, but instead the double was Arsenal’s: a record 13th FA Cup success and an unprecedented seventh triumph in the competition for Wenger.

“I said last week, this team will be in contention to win the title with one or two good buys. We have played some games in quite a hostile environment and I don’t think that has been helpful”. “So, hopefully, he’ll be here next season because we owe him a lot”.

Mertesacker was enormous throughout, with his only blot – to his misfortune – coming when he stuck out his right foot to deflect Diego Costa’s shot past his own goalkeeper David Ospina for Chelsea’s 76th-minute equalizer.

Arsenal even had the luxury of a man advantage from the 68th when Victor Moses received a second yellow card for diving. He was asked if this win would be a good way to say farewell to the club that he has served so well for over 20 years.

Nevertheless, Chelsea had seemingly ensured the game would go to extra-time when Costa sent a deflected shot past Ospina in the 76th minute.

Wenger’s future is still up in the air, but there’s a time and a place for that, it’s not on the pitch seconds after he’s won a record 7th FA Cup. “We stuck in there when it looked like things were against us.It was a game full of surprises”. “You always worry in football because you don’t know what will happen next”.

Reports suggest the 67-year-old is leaning towards staying, but he refused to disclose any information about his future and said the situation would be resolved at a board meeting on Tuesday.