Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain hoping to make it third time lucky in final

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has been forced to grow accustomed to injury-induced disappointment throughout a career littered with enforced absences.

But none have hurt quite so much as 2014 when a three-week lay-off at the end of the season was enough for Arsene Wenger to leave the England international out of his FA Cup final squad.

That day, the fit-again Oxlade-Chamberlain pleaded with his manager to change his mind and include him but the Frenchman’s decision had been made.