Chelsea was dealt another blow when one minute into the second half, Pulisic appeared to injure his hamstring and was forced to leave the game. Bob Pockrass gives us the looming questions for each driver left in the Cup playoffs. Please continue to respect all commenters and create constructive debates. His second yellow card came for a supposed foul on Granit Xhaka; in fact, with a planted foot on the turf, it was the Swiss international who actually made contact with the top of Kovacic’s boot. Arsenal 1979 FA Cup Final Shirt. They will battle Manchester City at Wembley – live on talkSPORT – a match they may not have relished, especially given their calamitous rain-soaked defeat in their first game after the restart. Five minutes in, Pulisic opened the scoring. A note of sorrow, too, for Pedro—suffering a bad shoulder injury in his last minute as a Chelsea player, before a departure to Roma. Use of this website (including any and all parts and components) constitutes your acceptance of these. Bob Pockrass breaks it all down, as the NASCAR season enters crunch time. Most in-form forward Christian Pulisic. Suddenly, both Arsenal and Tottenham are experiencing improved form. Create a commenting name to join the debate, There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts, There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts. A 73rd-minute red card compounded Chelsea's woes, too. With the goal, Pulisic became the first American male to score in an FA Cup final. Meanwhile, stars like Emiliano Martinez, Kieran Tierney, Granit Xhaka, Bukayo Saka, and Dani Ceballos are all impressing. A shock win over Premier League champions Liverpool, with a weakened team, has perhaps given Mikel Arteta and his men a big confidence boost ahead of their FA Cup semi-final on Saturday night. Runners-up: 7. The referee completely missed it, gave the decision based on Arsenal’s players’ reactions, and significantly reduced Chelsea’s chances of a comeback. The opening goal at Wembley was a perfect setting to reinforce that upturn in fortunes, being involved in link-up play, making a good run into the box and brilliantly weaving his way past the last challenge. What a finish!' Next stop in the Cup playoffs? Back then a blundering David Luiz cameo saw them fall to a 3-0 defeat but now they might just feel there is chance it could be a different story. Please be respectful when making a comment and adhere to our Community Guidelines. QuickView. Due to the sheer scale of this comment community, we are not able to give each post the same level of attention, but we have preserved this area in the interests of open debate. Clint Bowyer is finally stepping out of the driver's seat. Watch Aubameyang's FA Cup winner from every angle. But, over the longer term, Europa League football again might just be worth an awful lot more to them in trying to scale the heights they did previously.