Jonathan Wilson: Arsenal triumphs in FA Cup final to end trophy drought

[Jonathan Wilson]

Arsene Wenger looked both delighted an exhausted. As he went up with his team to collect the FA Cup from the royal box, his tie and jacket had both gone. He was smiling, but he looked drained. As the club captain Thomas Vermaelen lifted the trophy, the lid fell off and Wenger, neat as ever, picked it up and handed it to Mikel Arteta. Significantly, Vermaelen then gave the cup to Wenger. Protocol usually dictates it passes down the line of players, but there was a recognition this was the manager's triumph more than anybody else's.

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