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banner Wednesday, 9 May, 2001, 15:40 GMT 16:40 UK
Arsenal's FA Cup run
Arsenal's route to the FA Cup finals
BBC Sport Online looks at Arsenal's route to the FA Cup final in Cardiff


Semi-finals

Arsenal 2-1 Tottenham

Robert Pires scores the match-winning goal
Robert Pires scores the match-winning goal
Spurs took a shock lead through Gary Doherty early on - but after that it was an unbroken tale of one-way traffic.

Patrick Vieira headed Arsenal level before half time and Robert Pires tapped in a 72nd minute winner.


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    Quarter-finals

    Arsenal 3-0 Blackburn

    Arsenal's Sylvain Wiltord
    Wiltord continued his rich vein of FA Cup form
    Arsenal eased through to the semi-finals, practically sealing their victory in the first five minutes of the game.

    Sylvain Wiltord scored in just 74 seconds and continued his record of a goal per round, in a breezy quarter-final tie for the Gunners.


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    Fifth Round

    Arsenal 3-1 Chelsea

    Thierry Henry fired Arsenal ahead
    Thierry Henry opened the Arsenal scoring
    An intense game between the two old rivals was decided by two goals from Arsenal's Sylvain Wiltord in the second half.

    Arsenal ignored an early confrontation between players to deliver a fiery performance to edge out the cup holders.

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    Fourth Round

    QPR 0-6 Arsenal

    Goal heroes Sylvain Wiltord and Robert Pires
    Goal heroes Sylvain Wiltord and Robert Pires
    Arsenal cruised past QPR and into the fifth round of the FA Cup, with two of their six goals scored by Rangers players.

    Excellent second-half strikes by Sylvain Wiltord, Robert Pires and Dennis Bergkamp sealed the win after Matthew Rose's own goal on 49 minutes had put the Gunners 3-0 up.

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    Third Round

    Carlisle United 0-1 Arsenal

    Arsenal celebrate after the winning goal
    Arsenal's first-half goal killed off lowly Carlisle
    Bottom-of-the-league Carlisle didn't quite manage to pull off a shock, though they were far from disgraced by Arsenal.

    It took 22 minutes for the Gunners to penetrate the Carlisle defence with a Sylvain Wiltord strike.




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