The Gunners remain the only English team to lift the trophy, doing so for a second time 18 years after they became the first.

Mitov saved from Callum McGregor and Alistair Johnston to seal a 4-3 penalty shoot-out win against Celtic in the Scottish Gas Scottish Cup final.

Jimmy Thelin was proud to put “a smile on the city” after his Aberdeen side defied the odds to defeat treble-chasing Celtic 4-3 on penalties and claim the Scottish Cup for the first time in 35 years.