{"id":26344,"date":"2018-05-09T08:13:04","date_gmt":"2018-05-09T07:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/?p=26344"},"modified":"2018-05-09T08:15:45","modified_gmt":"2018-05-09T07:15:45","slug":"fa-cup-final-chelsea-v-arsenal-womens-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/09\/fa-cup-final-chelsea-v-arsenal-womens-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"FA cup final Chelsea V Arsenal womens cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"x_tmg-amp-lead-para\">\n<div class=\"td-paragraph-padding-0\">\n<h6 style=\"clear: both;\">It will not be easy for Emma Hayes to enjoy the post-match party given she struggled to get to her feet to celebrate any of the goals, but Chelsea\u2019s manager could be heading into maternity leave by leading her side to a league and cup double while Kiran Rai managed to interview 12 players from both sides Chelsea V Arsenal and had the chance of a lifetime to take a photo with the FA cup trophy with the Chelsea team!<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h6>Hayes was many people\u2019s choice to succeed Mark Sampson as England manager when he was sacked last year, but she did not put her name forward for the role and will instead start a family.<\/h6>\n<h6>To still be at work in her condition is impressive enough, but eight months pregnant, on a sweltering day, Hayes also managed to mastermind a cup final victory, in front of a record domestic crowd for a women\u2019s game, thanks to two second-half goals from Ramona Bachmann and a wonderful solo effort from Fran Kirby.<\/h6>\n<h6>The 41-year-old had initially been expected to watch the game from the stands, but she could not allow herself to be so detached, instead taking a seat on the edge of the dugout, sipping water throughout, as Chelsea secured only their second FA Cup Final win.<\/h6>\n<h6>The league title may well follow. Hayes\u2019\u00a0side are level on points with their big rivals Manchester City the final four games in the title race will be just as tense. She will hope the twins postpone their arrival long enough to enable her to lead the team until season\u2019s climax.<\/h6>\n<h6>It was such a dominant performance from us,\u201d\u00a0said Hayes.\u00a0\u201cWhich was great, because the last thing I needed was anything too nervy. I\u2019ve not been that relaxed for a while in a final.<\/h6>\n<h6>\u201cWe\u2019ve got another important game on Wednesday night and I think my celebrations will be carried out while I\u2019m horizontal. It will probably be different for the others, but I\u2019ve got to make sure I get to Wednesday and I\u2019m able to be involved.\u201d<\/h6>\n<h6>\u201cThe goals came at the perfect time for us, but I think the quality of the goals shows the different between the two sides. I\u2019m just so pleased we\u2019ve done this in front of a record crowd.\u201d<\/h6>\n<h6>Chelsea deserved their win, the quality of their performance epitomised by England international Kirby, who was by far the best player on the pitch, her sublime third goal killing off an Arsenal comeback before it had gained any real momentum.<\/h6>\n<h6>The Gunners are English football\u2019s cup specialists, but they were overwhelmed, with Kirby at the centre of everything good about their opponent\u2019s display.<\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_gjMjHrDKc8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It will not be easy for Emma Hayes to enjoy the post-match party given she struggled to get to her feet to celebrate any of the goals, but Chelsea\u2019s manager could be heading into maternity leave by leading her side to a league and cup double while Kiran Rai managed to interview 12 players from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1225,"featured_media":26345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72,53,3,27],"tags":[1070],"class_list":["post-26344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interviews","category-latest","category-news","category-sport","tag-fa-cup-final-chelsea-v-arsenal-womens-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1225"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}