Arsenal youth coach Steve Bould was full of praise for Manchester City after victory in their FA Youth Cup semifinal.

Bould told arsenal.com: "We said at half time that we really ought to try and step it up a bit and I thought James Shea was actually our best player tonight - you wouldn't normally believe that on a 4-1 result. I thought he was fabulous.

"The back five were probably our best players tonight. Going forward we weren't great, other than scoring four goals - I know it sounds ridiculous! I thought our back four were the best unit of the night. Craig Eastmond has been steady all year and what he lacks in a bit of pace he makes up for in nous. He very rarely gets done and I thought him, and the rest of the back four, were fabulous."