5 things we learned as Arsenal shock Man City in FA Cup semi-final

Arsenal produced a mammoth performance to beat Manchester City 2-0 in the FA Cup semi-final on Saturday.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang slid in the opening goal with a brilliant, outside-of-the-boot finish after 18 minutes, having earlier squandered a one-on-one chance.

City had half-chances through Raheem Sterling and Kevin de Bruyne, and a long-range strike from Aymeric Laporte, but often their hopes of scoring were short-lived as Arsenal got bodies in the way to clear their lines repetitively.

Aubameyang then sealed the game with a second goal on the breakaway, took book the Gunners’ spot in the final.

Here are five things we learned from the semi-final at Wembley.

Defensive errors

Both teams want to play out from the back, but the first half was an exhibition in how not to do so.

Shkodran Mustafi almost gifted Raheem Sterling a goal when losing the ball inside his own area just eight minutes in, which Hector Bellerin played a blind pass across his own penalty area which saw Kevin De Bruyne strike at goal.

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