The first F.A. Cup final in Cardiff and the game that I will remember as the Michael Owen final.

F.A. Cup Final, Saturday 12 May 2001, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff (72,500).
Arsenal 1	Ljungberg 72
Liverpool 2	Owen 83, Owen 88

Bookings: Arsenal Ljungberg (Yellow). Liverpool Hamann (Yellow).

Teams:

Arsenal: Seaman, Dixon, Keown, Adams, A.Cole, Pires, Grimandi, Vieira, Ljungberg, Wiltord, Henry.
Subs: Kanu (for Ljungberg 85), Parlour (for Wiltord 76), Lauren, Manninger.

Liverpool: Westerveld, Babbel, Henchoz, Hyypia, Carrigher, Murphy, Gerrard, Hamann, Smicer, Heskey, Owen.
Subs: Berger (for Murphy 77), McAllister (for Hamann 60), Fowler (for Smicer 77), Arphexad, Vignal.

Referee: S W Dunn (Gloucestershire)

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