Lukasz Fabianski made two stops in the penalty shoot-out as Arsenal
completed a dramatic 4-2 win over holders Wigan on spot-kicks in the FA
semi-final at Wembley Stadium after a 1-1 draw over 120 minutes.
Arsene Wenger's side produced a desperately poor performance in their ongoing quest to end nine years without a trophy.They needed Pet Mertesacker's header eight minutes from time to save them after the German defender was guilty of felling Callum McManaman for the concession of the penalty that allowed Wigan to score the opening goal on 63 minutes.
Jordi Gomez planted an immaculate penalty beyond Fabianski to give Uwe Rosler's Championship side the lead, but they could not replicate that form after extra-time had failed to produce another goal with substitute Gary Caldwell and Jack Collison seeing mediocre efforts from 12 yards repelled by Fabianski.
Arsenal's best moments of the match arguably came in the shoot-out as Mikel Arteta, Kim Kallstrom, Olivier Giroud and Santi Cazorla sealed the deal for a side occupying fifth place in the Premier League
Wenger's side will face the winner of Sunday's other semi-final between Hull City and Sheffield United on May 17. They last won a trophy when they picked up the FA Cup in 2005. For Wigan, there was to be no fairytale end a year after their shock 1-0 win over Manchester City in the final.
A big congrat the gunners
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