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PLAYER RATINGS: Mesut Ozil our man of the match as Arsenal romp to easy FA Cup victory
EXPRESS SPORT looks at who were the heroes and villains of today's FA Cup final.
Mesut Ozil is our man of the match
ARSENAL
Szczesny - Looked worried about Benteke, even though the Belgian didn't turn up! 5/10
Bellerin - Enjoyed the freedom Villa's powder puff attack gave him. 6/10
Mertesacker - A tower of strength - again - at both ends of the pitch. 7/10
Koscielny - Nothing to do except enjoy his stroll in the park. 6/10
Monrea -l Can hardly have expected to be given the day off like this 6/10
Cazorla - Relatively quiet by his standards - but need to be anything else 6/10
Alexis Sanchez scored the goal of the game with an impressive strike
Coquelin - Bet he never expected this sort of day when he was on loan at Charlton 6/10
Ramsey -Ozil's support act on the day, but he did it well 6/10
Ozil - All the strings with one of his best displays in an Arsenal shirt 8/10
Sanchez - A great goal from a great player Villa could never cope with 7/10
Walcott -Wenger gambled on him up front and he didn't let the boss down, 7/10
Subs: Ospina, Gibbs, Gabriel, Wilshere (77 mins for Ozil), Giroud (77 mins for Walcott), Oxlade-Chamberlain (89 mins for Sanchez) Flamini.
Shay Given was Aston Villa's stand-out player
ASTON VILLA
Given - It's a given - he's still top notch even nudging 40! 7/10
Hutton - You had to feel sorry for him having to face Sanchez 5/10
Okore - Struggled, like the rest of them, to stem the tide 5/10
Vlar - Put up a fight, but just not good enough in the end 6/10
Richardson - Must have breathed a sigh of when Villa finally pulled him off 5/10
Westwood - Anonymous throughout - except when he left for Carlos Sanchez to come on. 4/10
Christian Benteke could have played his last game for Villa
Cleverley - Tried more than most, but was simply overrun in midfield 6/10
N'Zogbia - The only thing he did right was to make way for Agbonlahor 4/10
Delph - On the day Villa needed a captain he fell well short 5/10
Grealish - Poor lad froze on the big stage. Never had a chance really. 4/10
Benteke - Precious little from the big man with the big reputation 4/10
Subs: Guzan, Baker,Bacuna (67 mins for Richardson), Sinclair,Agbonlahor (52 mins for N'Zogbia),Cole, Sanchez (70 mins for Westwood).
MAN OF THE MATCH
Mesut Ozil - A real showstopper. This was the day the German playmaker finally justified that £42million price tag.