Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  E whakapono ana te kaiwhakahaere o Arsenal, a Arsene Wenger, kaore e taea e tana kapa te tatari kia tiakina te hohonu me te titiro ki te patu i a Manchester United i runga i te whakaeke-a-ringa mena ka whai waahi ratou ki te eke haumaru ki nga hawhe whakamutunga o te FA Cup i te po o te Mane. Ka haere nga Gunners ki Old Trafford i muri i te rere pai i te Barclays Premier League, e whitu nga wikitoria i roto i nga keemu e waru kua pahure ake nei ka tu ratou ki te tuatoru, inaianei he tohu kei mua i a United. I te wa whakamutunga i kawea e Wenger tana taha ki Manchester i te mutunga o Hanuere, i whakaputaina e raatau he mea e whakapono ana te nuinga he whakaaturanga whakawehe-whakaaro hei patu i te taone nui 2-0. Ka whawhai a Danny Welbeck mō te pōro me Calum Chambers i a Arsenal e whakangungu ana i mua i to rātau haerenga ki Old Trafford mō te whakataetae kapu o te pō o te Mane. E whakapono ana a Arsene Wenger ka taea e tana kapa te patu i a Manchester United mā te tākaro whutupaoro whakaeke i a rātou e whai ana ki te tiaki i tō rātou taitara. Kei te pupuri a Theo Walcott i a Nacho Monreal i a Arsenal e whakangungu ana i te Ratapu i to ratou papa whakangungu o London Colney ki te whakarite mo Old Trafford. Ka rere a Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain me te pupuhi, i te mea i oati a Arsene Wenger ka whakaeke tana kapa ki te taha o Louis van Gaal United. E mea ana a Wenger e kore tana kapa e whakamātau ki te noho hohonu i a rātau e tūtaki ana ki a United i te pō o te Mane, ahakoa te angitu o tērā rautaki. Heoi anō, e mau tonu ana a Wenger i tētahi mahi whakamuri, kāore e ranea ki te whakamutu i te taha o Louis van Gaal, e haere tonu ana ki te whakaputa i ngā hua ahakoa te ngaru o ngā whakahē i runga i to rātau momo tākaro. 'I Manchester City, i eke mātou i te whāinga tuatahi, kātahi ka noho mātou i runga i te waewae paruru nā te mea me haere mai rātou, ā, kāore e taea te matapae i tēnei rā (i mua i te kēmu),' i kī a Wenger. Engari ko te mea e tino mohio ana ko nga kapa e rua ka haere mo taua mea, no reira ko te tikanga me whakaeke pai tatou me te tiaki pai. I wikitoria a Arsenal ki a City ahakoa he 35% noa iho te mana o te kapa. E mōhio ana a Wenger he nui ake te mea e mahia ana e koe ina whai koe i te pōro, i te roa o te wā e pupuri ana koe i a ia. Ka whakamātauria te kapa Gunners i a rātau e titiro ana ki te tae atu ki Wembley mō te toru o ngā wā i roto i ngā tau e rua....
Ko Arsenal te rangatira o te FA Cup ka tutaki ki a Manchester United i te Mane mo te waahi i te haurua whakamutunga. Kua whai hua a Arsene Wenger i ngā wā tata nei ki tētahi momo whutupaoro ārai ake i tāna e whakamahi ai i te nuinga o te wā. Engari e kii ana te rangatira o nga Gunners ka haere tana kapa ki te whakaeke ki a United i te po o te Mane.