We’re determined to prove critics of this great club wrong

A LOT has been made about the length of time it is since Arsenal last won a trophy.
Arsenal's Mikel Arteta.Arsenal's Mikel Arteta.
Arsenal's Mikel Arteta.

So, it (winning the FA Cup) would be a great turning point. It would be something else apart from the trophy as to what it can mean to the club, to the fans, to everyone.

I have not played in a Cup final, I had an opportunity with Everton, but injured my cruciate a few weeks before.

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The history of the FA Cup in England is massive compared to Spain. I was very surprised with the atmosphere we got in the semi-final against Wigan Athletic, so I imagine how it is going to be like against Hull.

It is a great opportunity. It is great to be there. It is a big incentive to win.

I can’t sense any fear (about not having won a trophy for nine years). What I sense is a big determination.

The players can’t wait for the final to come and to be on that pitch. If it was different I would say that but it is not the case.

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If Arsenal can win then it will end this talk of the length of time and those who have called the boss a “failure”.

If you analyse everything 
Arsene Wenger has done for the club, then if he is a failure I have a different opinion.

I don’t like it when someone criticises my team-mates, the staff, the manager or the club.

I say that because I see what he does every day to look after this club.

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When they (the critics) are right maybe you can accept that everyone makes mistakes.

You can criticise the manager, whoever. But when it comes in a certain moment, and in a certain way, I don’t like it. Of course, when you win a trophy and you don’t win it is a very different matter.

With the history we have over the last nine years without any trophies at all, obviously it could be a great turning point for us to win the FA Cup final against Hull City on Saturday. That is our goal.