In my opinion, while both sides played cautious football, Manchester United had the more clearer chances to finish off the game and have the FA cup trophy written with their names on it but full credit to Michael Essien who time and time again denied them with last min tackles, no doubt deserving to be the man of the match. I'll bet my last dollar anytime that he will win player of the year or at least African player on the year someday. He is the only player other than John Terry and Petr Cech that I ever will respect in Chelsea. Compared to his fella African counterpart Drogba, a man with stature of 1.9m height frame and at least 80kg, Drogba falls down to ground easier than Kate Moss would if she had been pushed. A few seasons ago Jens Lehnman was my vote of wanker of the year but no doubt in recent years Drogba has been the absolute unanimous choice for wanker of the year.

Rooney had a storm of a game especially when he single handedly ran past the chelsea defenders with ease before last min ditch tackles prevented him from scoring. Just like two years ago when Man Utd played much better football than Arsenal and still lost, they were left to rue their chances when they conceded a sucker punch from Drogba but there is no shame in the way they played and they can hold their chins up high. Another day will come.