We're in the last five of the FA Cup. Tonight, despite the strength of the opposition, we can reach the last four. Here are the six reasons Hull City can beat Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium tonight:-
1 - We've already won there once this season. Psychological advantage applies even to the biggest of footballing names.
2 - We've played all of the alleged 'Big Four' (how I loathe that phrase) already this season and our record is won one (Arsenal, where we also came from a goal down and even scored their goal ourselves); drawn two (Liverpool, where we went two up; and Chelsea, where we kept a clean sheet); and lost one (Manchester United, where we scored three goals).
3 - It took this club 104 years to get to Wembley for the first time. The players are 90 minutes away from making it less than one year on to get there a second time.
4 - Arsenal are still in the Champions League (how I whooped with joy when they won that shootout in Rome) and therefore will be less bothered about the FA Cup.
5 - We are far better away from home than we are at the KC; the naked eye has proved that, as well as the statistics. We'd be less confident if Arsenal were arriving at ours tonight.
6 - The entire media has ignored Hull City ever since the semi-final draw was made, prattling on with astonishing disrespect about how fabulous an Arsenal v Chelsea semi at Wembley will be.
C'mon City.
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