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Patrick Vieira’s top 5 moments for Arsenal

By Kenneth Daly

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM: Arsenal's captain Patrick Vieira holds up the Premiership trophy after Arsenal won the Premiership title and defeating Leicsester City 15 May, 2004 at Highbury in London. Arsenal defeated Leicester City 2-1 and finish the season undefeated. AFP PHOTO/JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM: Arsenal's captain Patrick Vieira holds up the Premiership trophy after Arsenal won the Premiership title and defeating Leicsester City 15 May, 2004 at Highbury in London. Arsenal defeated Leicester City 2-1 and finish the season undefeated. AFP PHOTO/JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images) /
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#3 Scores the decisive penalty to win a 10th FA Cup for Arsenal

The 120 minutes of football that preceded it may have belied the abundance of talent on the pitch, but the 2005 FA Cup final nevertheless produced plenty of drama in the penalty shootout and, once again, it was Patrick Vieira who stepped up and delivered when it mattered most.

Jens Lehmann’s excellent save to deny Paul Scholes had been the only blemish on an otherwise spotless scorecard between the sides and responsibility soon fell to Vieira to convert the winning spot-kick. After a deep breath and short run-up, our number four fired past Roy Carroll and was promptly embraced by his jubilant teammates before he later lifted the cup into the damp, afternoon sky at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium.

While no one knew at the time that it would be his final contribution in an Arsenal shirt, the joy of silverware was a fitting way to bring the curtain down and it allowed him to leave the Gunners on a high.

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