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Sorry, this might be completely off the topic but you may find it interesting.


Squawka


53-year-old Kazuyoshi Miura today played his first competitive game of 2020 for Yokohama FC, meaning he has now played competitive football in five separate decades:

❍ 1980s
❍ 1990s
❍ 2000s
❍ 2010s
❍ 2020s

What a man.

Lineup

StatmanDave

Mason Greenwood p90 in the Europa League this season:

4.3 touches inside the box
3.3 shots (2.2 inside the box)
1.6 chances created
1.0 goal

Next Stop: Champions League.

Optajoe

9 - In all European competition, ManUtd have played more games against Austrian sides without ever losing (W8 D1) than they have vs sides from any other nation. Dominant.

Optajoe

36 - Timothy Fosu-Mensah is the 36th different player to play for Manchester United in the EuropaLeague this season - at least eight more than any other side. Variety.

Squawka


Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang standing with every other player that has scored two goals in both the semi-final and FACupFinal  of the same season in the last 30 years.

Yep, that's right.

Squawka

2018: David Luiz loses to Arsenal in the FA Cup final, playing for Chelsea.

2020: David Luiz beats Chelsea in the FA Cup final, playing for Arsenal.

And now he's part of one of London's most exclusive clubs.

Squawka


Arsenal are the first team to come from behind to win in an FA Cup Final (excl. ET) since Chelsea (vs. Everton) in 2009.

Scorer of the winning goal that day? Frank Lampard.

Squawka

Anthony Taylor's last three domestic cup finals as a referee:

2015-16 Community Shield:
Arsenal 1-0 Chelsea

2016-17 FA Cup Final:
Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea

2019-20 FACupFinal 
Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea

Squawka

Kieran Tierney has now won a trophy in every full season of his his professional career:

2015-16:
2016-17:
2017-18:
2018-19:
2019-20:

On average, he lifts a trophy every 19 games played.

Squawka

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is the first African captain in the competition's history to lift the FA Cup trophy.

Arsenal's No.14 secures Arsenal's 14th.

Optajoe

1 - Mikel Arteta is the first Arsenal manager to win a major trophy in their first season in charge of the club since George Graham in 1986-87. Natural.

Squawka

Olivier Giroud has lost a competitive game he has played at Wembley for the first time in his career (12/13 wins).

'Thank you, Arsenal'

This cup has to be renamed.

The Arsenal FA Cup

Optajoe

14 - Arsenal have won the FA Cup for the 14th time; the most of any team. They are also the first side to beat the same opponent on three separate occasions in an FA Cup final. Speciality.

Squawka

Mikel Arteta is the first person in Arsenal's history to win the FACup  as club captain and as manager.

And there were just six years between the two.

Message to chelsea

Squawka

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (4) has now scored more FA Cup goals at Wembley Stadium in the last 14 days than Frank Lampard managed in his entire career (3).

Optajoe

6 - Mateo Kovacic is the sixth player to be sent off in an FA Cup final, with each of the last two being Chelsea players (also Victor Moses v Arsenal in 2017). Orders.

Squawka

Mikel Arteta has been shown more yellow cards in FA Cup finals as a manager (1) than he received as a player (0).

Squawka

2017: Anthony Taylor sends off Victor Moses for Chelsea against Arsenal in an FA Cup Final after picking up two yellow cards

2020: Anthony Taylor sends off Mateo Kovacic for Chelsea against Arsenal in an FA Cup Final after picking up two yellow cards

History repeats itself

Optajoe

5 - Excluding home games, Aubameyang is only the fifth player to score 2+ goals in a match at Wembley Stadium in club football more than once, after Ian Wright, Bryan Robson, Ian Rush and Eric Cantona. Quintet.

Squawka

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is the first player in Arsenal history to score 2+ goals at Wembley in multiple appearances:

⚽️⚽️ vs. Man City in the semi-final
⚽️⚽️ vs. Chelsea in the FACupFinal 

What. A. Finish.

Meanwhile, it took Arsenal 56 minutes to commit their first foul

Squawka

Christian Pulisic's FACupFinal  game by numbers:

85% passing accuracy
4 take-ons completed
3 shots attempted
2 shots on target
1 goal

The most take-ons and shots among all players on the pitch prior to his substitution.

WhatAppTV:
I need a break Down of every trophy Giroud won in Wembley.

I'm surprised he has 7.

With Arsenal

FA Cup: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17

FA Community Shield: 2014, 2015, 2017



With Chelsea

FA Cup: 2017–18

StatmanDave

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been directly involved in 31 (28⚽️ & 3 A ) goals in all competitions this season, no Arsenal player has been involved in more.

Main man.

Optajoe

69 - Since making his debut for Arsenal in February 2018, Aubameyang has scored more goals in all competitions than any other Premier League player (69, one more than Mohamed Salah). Outstanding.

Squawka

Fouls committed in the first half of the FACupFinal :

Arsenal: 0
Chelsea: 9


Meanwhile the blues have had five of their players treated

Karma

Squawka


WWWWWWWWWWWWembley is my Garden."

Dr Anyikude

This pic was taken on Amara Keanu’s birthday just before Arsenal beat Chelsea 2-1 in the FA cup final on 27/05/2017.

Today is Papilo Kanu’s birthday and it’s another FA cup final against Chelsea.

Omen?

Squawka

Neither Frank Lampard nor Mikel Arteta have lost an FA Cup Final at New Wembley.

Someone will have by this evening.