Arsenal reached the FA Cup final by ending second-tier Wigans impressive title defence in a penalty shootout at Wembley Stadium, making up for the disappointment of dropping out of the Premier Leagues top four earlier Saturday. After needing an 82nd-minute goal by Per Mertesacker to force extra time at 1-1, Arsenal won the shootout 4-2 to keep alive its chances of capturing a first piece of major silverware since 2005. "We have been struggling in recent weeks but you have to deal with that," said Arsenal midfielder Kim Kallstrom, who scored the second of Arsenals four straight successful penalties. "Hopefully, its a great boost of confidence for the rest of the season." Hull plays Sheffield United in the second semifinal on Sunday. When Jordi Gomez put Wigan ahead from the penalty spot in the 63rd, it threatened to be a disastrous day for Arsenal, which was replaced in fourth spot in the league by Everton thanks to its 1-0 win at bottom-placed Sunderland. While Sunderland looks doomed -- seven points from safety with six games left -- the race to avoid the other two relegation spots heated up after huge wins for Fulham and Cardiff, who stayed in the bottom three but closed the gap to their rivals. Third-bottom Fulham beat fourth-bottom Norwich 1-0 and next-to-last Cardiff surprisingly won 1-0 at Southampton, while Aston Villa is only four points from the bottom three after losing 1-0 at Crystal Palace thanks to in-form Jason Puncheons goal. Just eight points separates the nine teams above Sunderland. Sixth-place Tottenham came from 3-0 down after 31 minutes to draw 3-3 at West Bromwich Albion thanks to Christian Eriksens injury-time equalizer, although two dropped points dents the visitors already faint hopes of Champions League football next season. Newcastles slump accelerated with a 1-0 home loss to Stoke in the days other game. It was an emotionally charged day in English football, with every league and cup match starting seven minutes later than originally scheduled to mark the 25th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster, in which 96 Liverpool fans died in a crush in the stands during an FA Cup semifinal against Nottingham Forest. That fateful match was abandoned after six minutes, and there was a minutes silence around the countrys football grounds before kickoffs on Saturday. At Wembley, 96 seats remained empty near the halfway line for the Wigan-Arsenal match, with just a Liverpool scarf draped over each of them. Wigan -- looking to become the first team in 34 years to win the FA Cup while playing in the second tier -- again rose to the big occasion, like it did in beating Manchester City in last years final and again in this seasons quarterfinals. Another shock was on when Gomez converted from the spot after Mertesacker brought down Callum McManaman. Only then did Arsenal start to look energized and the Germany defender redeemed himself by heading in the equalizer just as Arsenal fans were starting to despair. Wigan was always up against it in the shootout after Gary Caldwell and Jack Collison had the teams first two attempts saved by Lukasz Fabianski. And Mikel Arteta, Kallstrom, Olivier Giroud and Santi Cazorla made no mistake to give Arsenal the chance to win an 11th FA Cup. Arsenals other task in the final month of the season is overhauling Everton in the league, with the Merseyside club continuing its fine run of results to climb two points above Wengers side. Evertons display at Sunderland wasnt as fulsome as in the 3-0 win over Arsenal last weekend, but the team passed up a string of good chances -- two of which fell to Steven Naismith -- before Sunderland defender Wes Brown unwittingly turned Gerard Deulofeus cross past goalkeeper Vito Mannone. 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SIMONS ISLAND, Ga.WASHINGTON - Instead of celebrating his stature as the leading scorer in Washington Capitals history, Alex Ovechkin was forced to talk about another deflating loss.Although Ovechkin raised his career point total to 827 with a pair of assists, it wasnt enough to prevent the Capitals from absorbing their fifth consecutive defeat, 4-3 in overtime to the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night.Sean Monahan scored the winning goal for Calgary at 4:17 of the extra period after Ovechkin lost control of the puck in the Flames end of the ice.No question about the effort, Ovechkin said. Everybody played hard, but sometimes luck is not on your side. In overtime, I think we had some pretty good chances — and they get one off of my stick and it goes in.Washington is winless since beating Calgary on Oct. 25.I thought we played a really strong game, Capitals coach Barry Trotz said. The only thing Im disappointed with is the outcome.Ovechkin moved atop the franchise scoring list when his shot from the left point was deflected by Nicklas Backstrom through the legs of goalie Jonas Hiller at 10:18 of the first period.That broke a tie with Peter Bondra, who stood and cheered from the owners box as Ovechkin raised his arms in triumph.Bondra needed 961 games to reach 825 points; Ovechkin was playing in his 691st game.I am happy for Alex. It is well-deserved, Bondra said after the second period. It was a matter of time, actually.Bondra intended to go into the locker room to congratulate Ovechkin, but that gesture of sportsmanship will have to wait.We need to win tonight, he said, because if we lose the game I definitely wont go and will probably postpone it until the next game or until they win.The Flames, on the other hand, relished a victory in which they held the Capitals scoreless over the final 30 minutes.We stuck with it and got a huge two points, coach Bob Hartley said.Calgary tied it at 14:50 of the third period when a clearing atttempt of a shot by Markus Granlund went off the skate of Washingtons Troy Brouwer and into the net.ddddddddddddEarlier, Washingtons Marcus Johansson charged into the Calgary zone and fired the puck off the back boards. The ricochet bounced off Millers skate and into the net to make it 2-all.We got a lucky goal, they got a lucky goal, Trotz said.The Capitals outshot Calgary 13-10 in a first period highlighted by Ovechkins record-breaking assist.Minutes after inadvertently diving into his bench while trying to apply a check, the Flames Lance Bouma stuffed in the rebound of a shot by Kris Russell at 9:09.Backstrom tied it with his third goal of the season. But the focus was on Ovechkin, who skated in front of his bench to exchange high-fives down the line, an exercise usually reserved for the goal scorer.Moments after Ovechkin reached the milestone, the scoreboard showed a montage of his memorable moments in a Capitals uniform. As the sellout crowd chanted Ovie! Ovie! he waved to acknowledge the ovation.The 29-year-old Ovechkin, a native of Moscow, has 428 goals and 399 assists. He has eight goals and nine assists in 10 career games against Calgary.The Flames regained the lead at 11:20 of the second period on Mark Giordanos team-leading sixth goal. Giordano gained possession in the left circle, deked Tom Wilson and moved inside before beating Holtby with a backhander.Johanssons fluke goal followed. Ovechkin added his second assist came at 14:23 of the second period, when Joel Ward scored during a two-man advantage to make it 3-2.NOTES: Capitals D Karl Alzner played in his 306th consecutive game, tying Dale Hunter for the fifth-longest streak in franchise history. ... Capitals C Brooks Laich missed a seventh straight game with an injured shoulder. ... Hiller has won six of his last seven starts, the exception a loss in a shootout. ... Calgary has outscored the opposition 17-7 in the third period. China Jerseys Wholesale Stitched Jerseys Jerseys NFL Cheap Wholesale Stitched Jerseys Cheap Jerseys From China Stitched NFL Jerseys NFL Jerseys China ' ' '