Game #4691
Aston Villa
Sunday, 9 December 2001


Lost
7th (-1)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥
Premier League
Arsenal
Highbury
Attendance: 38,074
🟥 9 Dec 2001, Villa 2-3 Arsenal, Highbury
Arsenal
3-2

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Dion Dublin | 21' |
🟥 9 Dec 2001, Villa 2-3 Arsenal, Highbury


MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 9 December 2001
⚽ | 21’ Goal, 1-0, Paul Merson, Assist by Dion Dublin
⚽ | 34’ Goal, 2-0, Steve Stone
🕒 | HT Arsenal 0-2 Aston Villa
🥅 | 46’ Goal, 2-1, (Arsenal), Sylvain Wiltord
🥅 | 72’ Goal, 2-2, (Arsenal), Thierry Henry
🔁 | 78’ Sub off, Gareth Barry, Sub on, Darius Vassell
🥅 | 90’+ Goal, 2-3, (Arsenal), Thierry Henry
🕒 | FT Arsenal 3-2 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Not recorded
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟥 9 Dec 2001, Villa 2-3 Arsenal, Highbury

ON THIS DAY
Sunday, 9 December 2001
Villa's wretched form continues as, despite being two goals to the good at half time, they conceded an injury time goal for the second successive game and record their sixth League game without a win under John Gregory
🟥 9 Dec 2001, Villa 2-3 Arsenal, Highbury

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Arsenal


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1997–98
🟥 9 Dec 2001, Villa 2-3 Arsenal, Highbury
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2001-02 |
Matchday | #26 |
League Game | #16 |
Manager Game | #182 |
Sunday, 9 December 2001
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🟥 9 Dec 2001, Villa 2-3 Arsenal, Highbury
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Alan Wiley | 🏴 | Staffordshire, 1995-2010
Kick off: 4.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
🕒 181 | 🟩 | 80 🟨 | 48 🟥 53 | 1.59
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 9 Dec 2001, Villa 2-3 Arsenal, Highbury

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Alan Wiley | 🏴 | Staffordshire, 1995-2010
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 24 February 2001, Villa 0-1 Derby, Pride Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

🟨 Laurén
🟨 Patrick Viera
🟨 Thierry Henry
🟨 Dennis Bergkamp
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 9 Dec 2001, Villa 2-3 Arsenal, Highbury

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Jlloyd Samuel replaces Mark Delaney.
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.39 |
Oldest Player |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 33.75 |
Youngest Player |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 | 20.71 |
🟥 9 Dec 2001, Villa 2-3 Arsenal, Highbury
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002

Aston Villa
GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 |
M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Steve Stone | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | 🔥 |
MANAGER
Arsène Wenger | 🇫🇷 |

Arsenal
GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 |
LB Ashley Cole | 🏴 |
CB Matthew Upson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Sol Campbell | 🏴 |
RB Laurén | 🇨🇲 | 🟨 |
M Patrick Viera | 🇫🇷 | 🟨 |
W Robert Pirés | 🇫🇷 |
M Freddie Ljungberg | 🇸🇪 | 🔁 |
M Ray Parlour | 🏴 |
CF Thierry Henry | 🇫🇷 | ⚽ | 🟨 | ⚽ |
F Dennis Bergkamp | 🇳🇱 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
🟥 9 Dec 2001, Villa 2-3 Arsenal, Highbury
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 CF Darius Vassell | 🏴 | for M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 78’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Matthew Upson | 🏴 | (CB Martin Keown (ex) | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Freddie Ljungberg | 🇸🇪 | (F Sylvain Wiltord | 🇫🇷 | (⚽))
🔁 | F Dennis Bergkamp | 🇳🇱 | (CF Nwankwo Kanu | 🇳🇬 |)

🟥 9 Dec 2001, Villa 2-3 Arsenal, Highbury
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Boaz Myhill | 🏴 |
RB Jonathan Bewers | 🏴 |
W David Ginola | 🇫🇷 |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Graham Stack | 🇮🇪 |
M Gilles Grimandi | 🇫🇷 |
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
🟥 9 Dec 2001, Villa 2-3 Arsenal, Highbury

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | | 79 | 55* | 14 | 5 | 32 | 18 | 29* | - | - | 9 | 1 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Boaz Myhill | 🏴 | | 6* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 9 Dec 2001, Villa 2-3 Arsenal, Highbury
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/16
Homegrown: 6/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/16
🟥 9 Dec 2001, Villa 2-3 Arsenal, Highbury
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 9 Dec 2001, Villa 2-3 Arsenal, Highbury
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



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MATCH QUOTES
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MATCH REPORTS






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