See if you feature in these Mansfield Town crowd pics from the sold-out FA Cup tie against Arsenal

The FA Cup journey is finally over for Stags after a gripping 2-1 defeat to Arsenal.

Mansfield pushed the 14 time winners, who had made nine changes, all the way before being undone by Eberechi Eze’s 66th minute.

But Stags came out of the defeat with their heads held very high after contributing to an enthralling FA Cup classic as they contested an FA Cup fifth round game for the first time in 51 years.

"I thought the effort the players gave was absolutely incredible. We wanted to make it a proper cup tie and make it uncomfortable for Arsenal. I thought we did that.

"We're very proud. We said to the lads, if we do concede - don't concede a second one. Then it becomes a bit too easy. That didn't happen today. We could have done it. But I think everyone else enjoyed it."

Mansfield’s battling efferts also drew the praises of Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta.

“I think that game exemplifies the history of the FA Cup, the difficulty of that and the beauty of that,” he said. “First of all, because they made it really hard so big credit to the team and the way they played.”

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