Arsenal showed skill, control and clinical striker power at Wembley to win the club’s 12th FA Cup final with a 4 nil score-line.
Theo Walcott put the Gunners in the lead.
Chilean striker Alexis Sanchez hammered home the second.
At this stage the Aston Villa manager Tim Sherwood stood on the touch-line with his arms folded and looking like his team had been beaten.

Aston Villa MP Tim Sherwood looks on after Alexis Sanchez’s seemingly unstoppable strike to put Arsenal 2-0 ahead. Image: @AVFC
It was defender Per Mertesacker who headed in the third on 62 minutes.
This is how the match unfolded through the FA and Arsenal FC official Twitter feeds.