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The FA Cup: 1994/95–1997/98 Littlewoods Pools: The FA Cup sponsored by Littlewoods: 1998/99–2001/02 AXA: The AXA-sponsored FA Cup: 2002/03–2005/06 Bez głównego sponsora The FA Cup: 2006/07–2010/11 E.ON: The FA Cup sponsored by E.ON: 2011/12–2013/14 Budweiser: The FA Cup with Budweiser: 2014/15–2017/18 Emirates: The Emirates FA Cup Back-to-back league champions under Jose Mourinho, they'd assembled a powerful team.Just look at the midfield they put out in this Cardiff final - Claude Makelele in the holding role with Frank Lampard, Michael Ballack and Michael Essien ahead of him. This will be the third time the Blues have played the Gunners in the final, the last time coming in 2017 with a 2-1 win for the north Londoners.Things were very different back then: Antonio Conte was going for the double, while Arsène Wenger faced increased pressure to leave.
736 clubs were accepted into the tournament, and it began with the Extra Preliminary Round on 6 August 2016, and concluded with the final on 27 May 2017. Eden Hazard scored on his final game for Chelsea to kill remote hopes of an Arsenal fightbackIn Unai Emery's first season, Arsenal failed to finish inside the top four and lost a major finalEuropa League success could not save Maurizio Sarri, who was axed after a season in chargeThe painful scoreline summed up how far Arsenal had fallen behind their rivals - their performance was listless and summed up by the moody Mesut Ozil trudging off with 13 minutes to play.Chelsea claimed their fifth European title but it wasn't enough for Sarri, who never looked the right fit. The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout competition in English football, organised by and named after The Football Association (the FA). FA CUP FINAL 2017 - ARSENAL 2 CHELSEA 1. Diego Costa equalised for the 10 men with 14 minutes to play before Aaron Ramsey won itAntonio Conte won the Premier League title but failed in his bid to secure a famous doubleArsenal were declining under Arsene Wenger and 2017 proved to be his final FA Cup titleBut Arsenal didn't crumble and scored their winner through Ramsey moments later, heading home Olivier Giroud's cross after the Frenchman just came on as a substiture.Wenger, not always prone to emotion, celebrated his record seventh FA Cup triumph, with two defiant fists pumps at the final whistle.His contract was up and Arsenal had slipped from their familiar fourth place to fifth in the league. Only four players from each starting lineup are still at the respective clubs, while a full Wembley will be mirrored by an empty one. 'I don't score many like that,' Parlour admitted.Freddie Ljungberg made sure it was Arsenal's day seven minutes later, capping a mazy dribble with a similar curled finish that looked like it was going well wide until the last moment.Chelsea were bought by Roman Abramovich the following summer, massively altering the clubBy the time of this final in Cardiff, the Gunners hadn't lost domestically since December 18Arsenal couldn't exactly celebrate too hard afterwards with thoughts immediately turning to their game at Old Trafford.Indeed, Wenger admonished Parlour for trying to sneak a drink on the flight back from Cardiff to London, threatening the 'Romford Pele' with a £30,000 fine and even following him down the aisle to the back of the plane.Years later, Parlour admitted he drank 10 pints of Guinness with his brothers later that night when out of Wenger's stern gaze and struggled somewhat in training the next day.Fortunately he put in a man of the match performance in the win at Old Trafford and got away with it.In 2002, Chelsea could be described as a cosmopolitan and frequently entertaining team who prospered mainly in the cup competitions but wouldn't be described as a powerhouse.By 2007, enriched by Roman Abramovich's roubles, they were a very different proposition.
The FA Cup: 1994/95–1997/98 Littlewoods Pools: The FA Cup sponsored by Littlewoods: 1998/99–2001/02 AXA: The AXA-sponsored FA Cup: 2002/03–2005/06 Bez głównego sponsora The FA Cup: 2006/07–2010/11 E.ON: The FA Cup sponsored by E.ON: 2011/12–2013/14 Budweiser: The FA Cup with Budweiser: 2014/15–2017/18 Emirates: The Emirates FA Cup Back-to-back league champions under Jose Mourinho, they'd assembled a powerful team.Just look at the midfield they put out in this Cardiff final - Claude Makelele in the holding role with Frank Lampard, Michael Ballack and Michael Essien ahead of him. This will be the third time the Blues have played the Gunners in the final, the last time coming in 2017 with a 2-1 win for the north Londoners.Things were very different back then: Antonio Conte was going for the double, while Arsène Wenger faced increased pressure to leave.
736 clubs were accepted into the tournament, and it began with the Extra Preliminary Round on 6 August 2016, and concluded with the final on 27 May 2017. Eden Hazard scored on his final game for Chelsea to kill remote hopes of an Arsenal fightbackIn Unai Emery's first season, Arsenal failed to finish inside the top four and lost a major finalEuropa League success could not save Maurizio Sarri, who was axed after a season in chargeThe painful scoreline summed up how far Arsenal had fallen behind their rivals - their performance was listless and summed up by the moody Mesut Ozil trudging off with 13 minutes to play.Chelsea claimed their fifth European title but it wasn't enough for Sarri, who never looked the right fit. The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout competition in English football, organised by and named after The Football Association (the FA). FA CUP FINAL 2017 - ARSENAL 2 CHELSEA 1. Diego Costa equalised for the 10 men with 14 minutes to play before Aaron Ramsey won itAntonio Conte won the Premier League title but failed in his bid to secure a famous doubleArsenal were declining under Arsene Wenger and 2017 proved to be his final FA Cup titleBut Arsenal didn't crumble and scored their winner through Ramsey moments later, heading home Olivier Giroud's cross after the Frenchman just came on as a substiture.Wenger, not always prone to emotion, celebrated his record seventh FA Cup triumph, with two defiant fists pumps at the final whistle.His contract was up and Arsenal had slipped from their familiar fourth place to fifth in the league. Only four players from each starting lineup are still at the respective clubs, while a full Wembley will be mirrored by an empty one. 'I don't score many like that,' Parlour admitted.Freddie Ljungberg made sure it was Arsenal's day seven minutes later, capping a mazy dribble with a similar curled finish that looked like it was going well wide until the last moment.Chelsea were bought by Roman Abramovich the following summer, massively altering the clubBy the time of this final in Cardiff, the Gunners hadn't lost domestically since December 18Arsenal couldn't exactly celebrate too hard afterwards with thoughts immediately turning to their game at Old Trafford.Indeed, Wenger admonished Parlour for trying to sneak a drink on the flight back from Cardiff to London, threatening the 'Romford Pele' with a £30,000 fine and even following him down the aisle to the back of the plane.Years later, Parlour admitted he drank 10 pints of Guinness with his brothers later that night when out of Wenger's stern gaze and struggled somewhat in training the next day.Fortunately he put in a man of the match performance in the win at Old Trafford and got away with it.In 2002, Chelsea could be described as a cosmopolitan and frequently entertaining team who prospered mainly in the cup competitions but wouldn't be described as a powerhouse.By 2007, enriched by Roman Abramovich's roubles, they were a very different proposition.