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Leicester: Flowers (Arphexad 105),
Taggart, Gilchrist, Elliott, Guppy (Fenton
71), Gunnlaugsson, Savage, Oakes,
Zagorakis, Heskey, Eadie (Campbell 85).
Subs Not Used: Goodwin, Jordan.
Arsenal: Seaman, Dixon, Keown,
Silvinho, Grimandi, Vieira, Parlour, Petit,
Malz (Hughes 68), Suker, Henry.
Subs Not Used: Winterburn, Manninger,
Luzhny, Barrett.
Booked: Malz.
Att: 15,235
Ref: M Riley (Leeds).
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Leicester City 6 v Arsenal 5
(after penalty shoot out)
FA Cup R4 Replay
No Pain No Gain
Peter Gilbert 19.1.99
After this match as I was driving back with my legs still trembling
with the drama I had just witnessed I heard Arsene Wenger interviewed
on the radio. He was clearly a broken man, he seemed to think
that Leicester actually wanted a penalty shoot out at the end
of two games plus extra time. Surely we would have been the last
team to have wanted such a thing having survived thus far. He
also saw only one shot on goal from Leicester all night which
came from Eadie in the first 10 mins.He obviously didn't see
the two shots from Emile that had England's ex number 1 David
Seaman scrabbling about in desperation. On the occasions when
I saw the French manager he had his head in his hands, which
is obvioulsy why he missed all the action.
I'll tell you something though I would think the sales on the
cosmetics counter in Boots have taken a rapid decline in takings
on nail varnish sales over the last few weeks in the Leicester
area, we virtually have no nails left having chewed them down
to the bone during our frenetic cup encounters.
You see Monsieur Wenger, the trouble with your team is this:
No Pain No Gain. They seem to think that sweat is beneath them,
they want to look classy. Actually Arsenal play snobs football,
they just can't hack it with the 'working classes'.That too is
how their manager comes across, snobbish, stuck up and now he
will have to tell his players to lose their dignity and start
competing rather like Leicester City. I should imagine they feel
that they have learned something from tonight, if not they will
pay the price eventually.They only have the league competition
left now.
There are interesting little facts to address after this victory
like for example, we have never before beaten Arsenal in an FA
Cup tie and Alan Birchenall was in fact the last Leicester player
to score a goal past them in this competition and that was in
the 70's when Birch. was past his best.
Leicester City mesmorised Arsenal - they met a brick wall when
they attacked us and they met a moving brick wall in the shape
of Emile Heskey when we attacked them, it was ding dong ping
pong but it took Arsenal 65 mins. to win a corner so they can't
have been that superior.
Tim Flowers made a string of fine saves in the second half from
Vierra, Suker and Keown and on the one occasion when he was beaten
Robbie Savage popped up on the line to head the ball away. Robbie
and Tim looked at each other and just laughed and it was at that
moment that I sensed another victory.
We had them, they were there for the taking.
Inevitably we went into extra time; Matt Elliott went up front
with Emile, Gunnlauggson went to left back and Savage went to
centre back. Guppy and Eadie went off and were replaced by Campbell
and Fenton who both operated in midfield.
Elliott and Heskey played a lovely one two which finished with
Emile powering in a left foot shot which was well saved by England's
no.3, such a pity his manager didn't see it. Taggart had a good
header blocked and went down injured.
In the second period of extra time Tim Flowers went off and Peguy
Arphexad came on, his first touch of the ball was when he shot
like a bullet out at Henry to dispossess him cleanly in the box.
Arsenal were now becoming desperate playing hit and hope football
or 'it an op' as Wenger probably explains it on the training
gound.
And so we went to penalties. Now I would like Monsieur Wenger
to understand that penalty shoot outs are rather like Russian
Roulette - the more you play the game the more likely you are
to blow your brains out so why we would want to play it again
I can't think. You don't think - no surely not - he's not a bad
loser is he?
Penalties
Leicester City Arsenal
1. Gunnlaughsson - scores Suker - scores
(forgetting the time he missed from 4 yards out about 40 mins
ago.)
2.Savage - scores Dixon -Peguy saves
3.Fenton - scores Hughes - scores
4. Elliott - scores Parlour - scores
5. Oakes - misses Henry - scores
(after playing a blinder all night)
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6. Campbell -scores Vierra - scores
7. Heskey - scores Grimandi - shoots
BUT PEGUY SAVES IT AND WE'VE BEATEN THEM YEEEEEEEESSSSSSSS
Now we have Chelsea away in the next round: I believe we have
a little FA Cup score to settle with them - what goes around
comes around !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can't wait !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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