San Francisco Chronicle

Arsenal’s Wenger wins record 7th FA Cup

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Arsene Wenger’s turbulent season ended with a third FA Cup success in four seasons after Arsenal beat Chelsea 2-1 to deny the English Premier League champion a double on Saturday.

Aaron Ramsey scored the match-winner, just as in the 2014 final, restoring Arsenal’s lead in the 79th minute shortly after Diego Costa leveled for 10-man Chelsea at London’s Wembley Stadium.

Arsenal turned in the type of tenacious display lacking so often, and against a team that was so commanding in the Premier League in Antonio Conte’s first season in charge. And it might just be enough to stem the tide of protests against Wenger, the 67-year-old manager whose contract is up.

“For once I have kept my (winner’s) medal,” said Wenger, who usually gives them away to staff members, after winning a record 7th FA Cup. “So that means it’s a special night for me.”

Before the match, Prince William laid a wreath on the pitch before a minute’s silence to honor the victims of the Manchester bombing. Security was intensifie­d at the 90,000capacit­y national stadium.

Other Cups: American midfielder Christian Pulisic was pulled down by goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky midway through the second half, leading to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s tie-breaking penalty kick that lifted Borussia Dortmund over Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 in Berlin to win the German Cup. Pulisic, 18, became the youngest American to win a major domestic club trophy in Europe . ... Barcelona won the Copa del Rey in coach Luis Enrique’s final game with the club, defeating Alaves 3-1 behind goals from Lionel Messi, Neymar and Paco Alcacer . ... Paris Saint-Germain won the French Cup final, beating Angers 1-0 in Paris . ... Tom Rogic scored in the second minute of stoppage time and Celtic completed a trophy treble and finished the domestic season undefeated, beating Aberdeen 2-1 in the Scottish Cup final in Glasgow. Celtic also won the Scottish Premiershi­p and the Scottish League Cup.

Mexico loses in L.A.: Duje Cop and Fran Tudor scored first-half goals and Croatia defeated Mexico 2-1 in a friendly at the Los Angeles Coliseum. Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez scored on a header off a free kick in the 86th minute for his 47th goal with Mexico, breaking a tie with Jared Borgetti for most all-time with El Tri.

MLS highlights: Cristian Roldan scored on a header off a corner kick in the fourth minute and the host Seattle Sounders held on to beat the Portland Timbers 1-0 . ... Lamar Neagle’s penalty kick in the 61st minute lifted D.C. United to 1-0 win at the Vancouver Whitecaps . ... Kortne Ford’s goal in the 11th minute stood up and the host Colorado Rapids beat Sporting Kansas City 1-0.

SF Deltas draw at Cosmos: The Deltas remained unbeaten on the road with a 0-0 draw at the two-time defending NASL champion New York Cosmos.

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