Arsenal’s stealth bombers

Arsenal 0 Man Utd 0 (Arsenal win 5-4 on penalties)

The heavyweight clash of Manchester United and Arsenal failed to live up to its apocalyptic billing at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday, even if Jose Antonio Reyes finally ended Kevin Moran’s less than splendid isolation as the only man ever to be sent off in an FA Cup final.

Reyes’ second yellow card, which referee Rob Styles could just as easily have kept in his pocket, was the last act of 120 minutes of football that was more intriguing than incendiary, and certainly far from the blood-fest that many had predicted.