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Hull's Huddlestone: FA Cup pressure could unsettle Arsenal

Hull City midfielder Tom Huddlestone is hoping Arsenal's trophy drought will heap pressure on them next month.

The Tigers will meet the Gunners in the FA Cup final at Wembley on May 17and Huddlestone is of the belief that the more-fancied rivals will may feel the burden of expectancy as they seek to clinch their first piece of silverware since the 2005 cup.

"It's a cup final so anything can happen, but there'll be more pressure on Arsenal to win the game," he told talkSPORT's Drivetime.

"Hopefully that pressure can play to our advantage, hopefully it unsettles them.

"We'll be giving it everything to win the game, we're all comfortable at keeping the ball and with the attacking options we have we're always going to create chances, it's just about putting them away.

"We won't have any of the pressure we had against Sheffield United, it'll all be on Arsenal.

"But a lot of the players haven't been there for the whole nine years, so it'll just be a case of two teams fighting for an amazing prize."

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