Leeds United - on this day: Bradley Johnson thunderbolt can't halt Arsenal in the FA Cup

The date...

January 19, 2011

The event

Arsenal took on Leeds in an FA Cup replay at Elland Road

What happened?

Leeds United welcomed Premier League side Arsenal to LS11 for a third round FA Cup replay.

The Whites had come within seconds of securing a cup shock at the Emirates just days earlier but a 90th minute Cesc Fabregas penalty denied them victory.

Robert Snodgrass had earlier converted a spot-kick in the capital for the Championship side which left the teams to meet again in West Yorkshire.

Arsene Wenger's men made the trip north and at the second attempt made lighter work of the second division Whites.

Samir Nasri opened the scoring after just five minutes but Bacary Sagna doubled the advantage 10 minutes before the interval to put the visitors in control.

Leeds midfielder Bradley Johnson, though, pulled Leeds back into the tie with a thunderbolt of an effort into the top corner from outside the box as home fans erupted.

United pushed hard but bowed out of the competition as substitute Robin Van Persie headed home in the final 20 minutes to seal Arsenal's passage.

Leeds boss Simon Grayson said post-match: "Hopefully the ambition of the players can be fulfilled here - we are not a selling club and don't need to sell anybody.

"This has whetted the appetite for players to face these sorts of teams on a weekly basis and I believe we have come out of the two games with a lot of credit."

"[On Johnson's goal] Bradley shoots like that in training and most of them end up in Wetherby but he hit that one so sweetly and it was a goal worthy of winning a match."