Lukasz Fabianski has admitted that he had to guess which way Wigan Athletic's penalty-takers were going to send their spot kicks during Arsenal's FA Cup semi-final victory over last season's winners.

The Polish goalkeeper saved efforts from Gary Caldwell and Jack Collison as the Gunners beat their Championship opponents 4-2 in the penalty shootout.

The 28-year-old told the club's website: "To be honest with you I did some homework but none of [the Wigan penalty takers] were on my list!

"The guys who stepped up to take penalties [were different] so I was just guessing. It was more intuition rather than my homework that I'd done.

"I was surprised that [Jordi] Gomez didn't step up as the first one. Then I saw Caldwell and Collison taking the penalties, so I was just guessing. I did look at YouTube and things like that, but I didn't see anything of Collison or Caldwell on there."

Arsenal will face the winner of this afternoon's match between Hull City and Sheffield United in the final.