MotM - FA: Arsenal vs Manchester United | 21/05/05

[thierrys_girl]

Arsenal 0 - Man Utd 0
5-4 penalties

WOOHOOO, we won the cup. We weathered the storm and kept our nerve up until the shoot out. A great save from Lehmann set up a victory that was guanteed by Patrick Vieira on our 5th spot kick.

Who was our MOTM?

MY MOTM: Lehmann, kept us in the game and saved the ginger ones penalty.

CLOSES: Monday

tg

 

[Legend#1]

Jens

Best performance in an Arsenal jersey.. i'm very proud in him.

 

[Ally]

Jens, Jens, Jens, Jens, Jens. ;D

I am so unbelievably proud of him and would be astonished if there's anything other than 100% of the vote his way.

That man won us the FA Cup today. And I absolutely love him to bits.

 

[Mark]

It's been said many times already: JENS. The rest of the team were pretty terrible but the crazy German saved us and this will always be remembered as his finest hour, or two hours rather :wink:

 

[Henry IV]

Jens Lehmann

 

[kel varnsen]

lehmann. toure and senderos did ok today, the rest were sh*te...

 

[Guns and Arses]

It was a game of 10 mancs against 1 gunner, and Jens Lehmann beat all of them ;D

 

[godfather]

Lehmann，cant think the rest

 

[Aussie]

Jens Lehmann

I have been his harshest critic. However with that display i take everything back i have ever said about him. What a legend.

 

[quattro]

the mad one.

 

[Canuck]

Well I'm glad it's unanimous so far.
Lehmann all the way. Great reaction save on Rooney, superb save on Scholes. Did well on corners too for the most part and only made one real error that I noticed.

Let's be thankful than ManUre are still having the same problem that has plagued them all season. Poor finishing!

Attacking we were abysmal. Though I think the match shows how far defensivley we've come since the middle of the season. Though they still have some work to do over the summer if we want to challenge for the league title next time.

Big nod to Toure, Phil, Freddie (fantastic save on the line!) Though that Cole made a couple good defensive saves but was horrible going forward.

For all of the admiration we've been giving Lauren lately, he was a major dissapointment today. Ronaldo had him beat almost every time! Though he pretty much made up for it with his penalty shot! :mrgreen:

Hurray for the Gunners! FA CUP WINNERS!
Bring on Chelski in the Charity Shield! :wink:

 

[leongsh]

Jens Lehmann, who else. He kept us in the game and made some really good saves with the penalty save during the shootout to give us the advantage.

If anything, Arsenal winning the 2005 FA Cup is mostly down to Jens Lehmann coming up trumps when it mattered. Thanks Mad Jens.

 

[Gunner4Eva]

Definately Jens Lehmann. How on earth the man of the match was named before the game even finished is beyond me.

Clearly Jens kept us in the game, and should've deserved the Man of the Match accolade. Wayne Rooney my ass!

Lets hope Jens stays on for next season, as I have always hoped for. I'd miss the crazy German if he left. :cry:

 

[teitzo]

I say Lauren.
Nah Kiddin, Lehmann of course. Did you see when Lehmann got taken out by Rooney i think it was, he did like a 360 flib and landed on his side, then just got up and walked back to goals!! Cristiano Ronaldo would have lied down dead then and there!!!

 

[omdtm]

Lehmann, it was his best perfomance ever wearing Arsenal's jersey!

 

[Double_H]

i belive he is getting a starting spot next season

 

[sienna]

Lehmann of course! He won us the game and was solid.

 

[KingReyes]

Another easy one, Jens of course.

 

[clockwork orange]

Jens was outstanding (apart from his 1 error). Of the starting field players Vieira was by far the best (though he couldn't manage to put his fellow players in the right position). Freddy & RVP did well too especially since they came on in a team which was positionally outplayed.

 

[clockwork orange]

lehmann. toure and senderos did ok today, the rest were sh*te...

beg to differ on Toure & Senderos. They both failed to give the fullbacks any sort of cover.