Bendtner guns down Leyton OrientArsenal came through an FA Cup tie that will bear no resemblance to the quarter-final, even though Leyton Orient attacked when feasible and might have scored. The encounter with Manchester United on 12 March will have the air of an entirely different tournament. Even so, this encounter had its uses. Nicklas Bendtner took a hat-trick as goals flowed for a club that will have welcomed a soothing return to action.
The one indestructible aspect of Arsène Wenger's Arsenal is its well-deserved reputation for fragility. That factor was demonstrated once more in the Carling Cup final, where the trophy went to Birmingham City. There had been no defeat against those opponents since 2005, yet fallibility flooded Arsenal minds when there was a prize at stake. The debacle provided a backdrop of sorts to this replay, but the associations with the woe of Wembley were few.
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