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Arsenal warned over Sheffield United's FA Cup motivation after Nwankwo Kanu controversy

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Chris Wilder aims to end 21 years of FA Cup hurt for Sheffield United against Arsenal on Sunday. The Blades have lost their last three ties against the Gunners since 1999 – often in controversial circumstances.

Nwankwo Kanu caused outrage when he set up Marc Overmars to score from a throw-in after United had sportingly kicked the ball out of play to allow an Arsenal player to ­receive treatment.

That understandably sparked fury from the Yorkshire side and four years later the Blades were also incensed when they lost the 2003 semi-final at Old Trafford.

On that occasion ­referee Graham Poll accidentally knocked over Michael Tonge in the build-up to ­Arsenal’s winner. Wilder was at those games as a Blades fan and reckons it is time to end

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