Arsenal win FA Youth Cup

Eurosport - Tue, 26 May 23:50:00 2009

Arsenal won the FA Youth Cup for the first time in eight years with a 6-2 aggregate victory over Liverpool.

FOOTBALL 2008-09 FA Youth Cup - Liverpool's Lauri Dalla Valle battles for possession of the ball with Arsenal's Francis Coquelin during the second leg of the final - 0

The Gunners, leading 4-1 from the first leg, made sure of the trophy with a 2-1 second leg win at Anfield.

Sanchez Watt's first-half strike and a Liverpool own-goal ensured Arsenal's victory.

The Gunners had taken a stranglehold on the tie at the Emirates Stadium last Friday, with goals from Gilles Sunu, Jack Wilshere, Watt and Jay Emmanuel-Thomas.

However Arsenal were not content to sit back and defend their sizeable first-leg lead and Watt, collecting a cross from Emmanuel-Thomas, and sprinted past Liverpool defenders Daniel Ayala, Jack Robinson and Joe Kennedy to score in the 25th minute.

Liverpool equalised on the night when striker Lauri Dalla Valle scored in the 52nd minute but their momentum petered out in the 70th minute when Watt's shot was turned into his own net by Ayala.

PA Sport

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  1. well done the gunners for winning the youth cup against­ liverpool.

    ARSENAL ARE THE BEST TEAM EVER AND­ LIVERPOOL(OR SHALL I SAY LOSERPOOL) ARE THE SECOND­ WORST TEAM EVER FOR ME!!!! HAHAHA!!!

    From joudiahmed18, on Fri 29 May 7:18PM

  2. Cant even win a youth trophie.

    From jamie, on Thu 28 May 6:17PM

  3. well done i am not at this moment sure how many will­ make it through to our first team but do feel that the­ majority will be able to make a living out of­ Football
    Jack willshire and Henri lansbury stood out in­ the second leg i thought

    From LEX, on Thu 28 May 1:50PM

  4. Good job!! Young gunners... Do the best again and­ again!!

    From alistorhiteolaenf, on Thu 28 May 11:02AM

  5. NUMBER 8, you appear to have forgotten certain a team­ from MILAN, and it's 5 times. Now list who Man Utd­ have played over the years, are you biased or what?

    From John W, on Thu 28 May 1:52AM

  6. This squad of youth players is something special and­ plenty from England too. Arsene Wenger's youth­ policy is coming good, ofcourse it takes longer than­ buying quality players for 30 million like Berbatov oh­ sorry he is @#$%.

    From AndyPandy, on Wed 27 May 11:19PM

  7. At least United reached the final again, which is­ something I can only dream about nowadys. United played­ well below their very high standard. They will just­ have to settle for League Cup winners, Premier League­ winners, and World Club Champions winners, you have to­ say well done Manchester United for a triple winning­ season. Steven Gerrard LFC.

    From , on Wed 27 May 10:53PM

  8. I played in that lfc should of won!!!!!!!!!!!

    From BETHANY, on Wed 27 May 8:46PM

  9. I played in that lfc should of won!!!!!!!!!!!

    From BETHANY, on Wed 27 May 8:45PM

  10. When you are the world's best football club you­­ have fans all around the world, millions of them.­­ Obviously not all of them can fit into the stadium to­­ watch the game hence the reason those unlucky enough­­ not to have a ticket will watch the match wherever­ they­ prefer. But I guess you Scouser's don't­ have­ this problem.

    From Mmmm000se, on Wed 27 May 2:41PM

  11. When you are the world's best football club you­­ have fans all around the world, millions of them.­­ Obviously not all of them can fit into the stadium to­­ watch the game hence the reason those unlucky enough­­ not to have a ticket will watch the match wherever­ they­ prefer. But I guess you Scouser's don't­ have­ this problem.

    From Mmmm000se, on Wed 27 May 2:40PM
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    Eric the bin dipper: 20 years waiting to win the­ league. Liverpool great! what a joke.

    It is­ interesting to read the blurbs from the­ Scouser's­ about how great they have been in europe­ etc etc YAWN.­ Here is a list of teams they beat to win­ the European­ Cup 4­ times:
    Dresden
    Hamburg
    Crusaders
    Trabzonspor
    St­­ Etienne
    FC Zurich
    Oulun
    Aberdeen
    CSKA Sofia
    Benfica­­ (2)
    Bilboa
    Odense
    Dynamo Bucharest
    Bayern­­ Munich
    Borussia Munchen Gladbach (2)

    They beat in the­­ final:
    1977 Gladbach 3-1
    1978 Brugges 1-0
    1981­ Real­ Madrid 1-0
    1984 Roma (on pens)

    Liverpool were­­ knocked out by:

    1979 Nottm Forest 2-0 1st­ round
    1980­ Tbilisi 4-2 1st round
    1982 CSKA­ Sofia 2-1 3rd round­ (QF)
    1983 Widzew Lodz 4-3 3rd­ round (QF)
    1985 Juventus­ 1-0 5th round (F)

    When­ you study the FACTS you can­ see there is not as much­ glory as you shout about.­ FACT is you have not met many­ decent sides during the­ whole of Liverpool's entire­ European Cup history.­ There is only one greatest team­ in world football; the­ reigning English, European and­ World Champions:­ MANCHESTER UNITED. . . . read the­ blurb, these are­ FACTS!

    From Mmmm000se, on Wed 27 May 2:39PM

  13. mmoose. United's roll call on beating clubs­ include Aab Aalborg, Celtic, Villareal this year, so­ what's your stupid point!! I can tell U Liverpool­ win 57% of Champions League games, United 55%.

    From eric, on Wed 27 May 2:36PM

  14. Oh dear number 8. Probably unaware that other teams­ used to be great teams too. It may not look much to you­ but if you remember the top teams in that era they are­ a little different to the ones gracing the top today.­

    FFS - Notts Forest won it twice so obviously the­ competition must be worthless.

    From eloader, on Wed 27 May 1:55PM

  15. It is interesting to read the blurbs from the­ Scouser's about how great they have been in europe­ etc etc YAWN. Here is a list of teams they beat to win­ the European Cup 4­ times:
    Dresden
    Hamburg
    Crusaders
    Trabzonspor
    St­ Etienne
    FC Zurich
    Oulun
    Aberdeen
    CSKA Sofia
    Benfica­ (2)
    Bilboa
    Odense
    Dynamo Bucharest
    Bayern­ Munich
    Borussia Munchen Gladbach (2)

    They beat in the­ final:
    1977 Gladbach 3-1
    1978 Brugges 1-0
    1981­ Real Madrid 1-0
    1984 Roma (on pens)

    Liverpool were­ knocked out by:

    1979 Nottm Forest 2-0 1st­ round
    1980 Tbilisi 4-2 1st round
    1982 CSKA­ Sofia 2-1 3rd round (QF)
    1983 Widzew Lodz 4-3 3rd­ round (QF)
    1985 Juventus 1-0 5th round (F)

    When­ you study the FACTS you can see there is not as much­ glory as you shout about. FACT is you have not met many­ decent sides during the whole of Liverpool's entire­ European Cup history. There is only one greatest team­ in world football; the reigning English, European and­ World Champions: MANCHESTER UNITED. . . . read the­ blurb, these are FACTS!

    From Mmmm000se, on Wed 27 May 1:36PM

  16. Second again, The youth team getting used to the fact­ and preparing for a life of runners up spots when they­ progress to the senior team

    From Tim B, on Wed 27 May 11:48AM

  17. Bladkin - when has the youth team ever had anything to­ do with the champions league, and just remind me what­ Liverpool (seniors) won this year

    From Jay, on Wed 27 May 8:43AM
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    Yes - what a mighty win for the little boys - it really­ counts when you've got nothing else I suppose. Good­ luck in qualifying for the Champions League by the way.­ We'll just wait for the groups...

    From bladkin, on Wed 27 May 7:51AM

  19. LIVERPOOL LOSERS AGAIN WELL DONE ARSENAL ,, LOSERPOOL­ AGAIN HA HA

    From Chris, on Wed 27 May 7:37AM
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