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Game #4736

Aston Villa

Saturday, 30 November 2002

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Lost

15th (-4)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

Premier League

Arsenal

Highbury

Attendance: 38,090

🟥 30 Nov 2002, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury

Arsenal

3-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Ulises De La Cruz | 64’ |

🟥 30 Nov 2002, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 30 November 2002

🥅 | 17’ Goal, 0-1, (Arsenal), Robert Pirés
🕒 | HT Arsenal 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Lee Hendrie, Sub on, Ulises de la Cruz
🥅 | 49’ Goal, 0-2, (Arsenal), Thierry Henry
🟨 | 60’ Booking, Thomas Hitzlsperger
⚽ | 64’ Goal, 1-2, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Assist by Ulises de la Cruz
🥅 | 82’ Goal, 1-3, (Arsenal, pen), Thierry Henry
🟨 | 84’ Booking, Ian Taylor
🟨 | 90’ Booking, Dion Dublin
🕒 | FT Arsenal 3-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not reported

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

🟥 30 Nov 2002, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 30 November 2002

  • Villa lose for the first time in 6 Premier League games under Graham Taylor.

  • Villa's mini revival under Graham Taylor suffers a setback at leaders Arsenal to drop back to 15th place.

  • Ian Taylor makes his 250th start in a Villa shirt (282 Appearances) to make it W118 D76 L88, 42 Goals, 17 Assists, 53 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

  • Thomas Hitzlsperger contributes his 5th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 24th appearance (19 Starts) to make it W7 D6 L11, 2 Goals, 3 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

  • Ulises de la Cruz contributes his 1st assist in a Villa shirt on his 11th appearance (8 Starts) to make it W3 D1 L7, 2 Goals and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

  • Lee Hendrie makes his 200th appearance in a Villa shirt (154 Starts) to make it W82 D53 L65, 23 Goals, 19 Assists, 34 Bookings and 3 Red Cards at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.87 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

  • Ronny Johnsen makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt (9 Starts) to make it W5 D2 L3 and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

🟥 30 Nov 2002, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury

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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

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 2001-02

FIXTURE HISTORY

Arsenal

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Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟥 30 Nov 2002, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 2002-03 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Game | #16 |
Manager Game | #35 |
Saturday, 30 November 2002

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🟥 30 Nov 2002, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 2002-2003
Referee: Graham Barber | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Tring, 1997-2002
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2002-2003

🕒 35 | 🟩 | 11 🟨 | 9 🟥 15 | 1.20

Villa Career Form:

Bottom 8

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2002-2003

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟥 30 Nov 2002, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Graham Barber | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Tring, 1997-2004

REFEREE PROFILE

Referee: Graham Barber | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Tring, 1997-2004
🕒 18 | 🟩 7 | 🟨 5 | 🟥 6 | 🆘 : 1
🕒 18 | 🟩 39% | 🟨 28% | 🟥 33% | 🆘 : 6%
Cards 🟨 25 | 🟥 0 | 1.39 |
Penalty ⚽ 1 | 🥅 2 |
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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🟨 Thomas Hitzlsperger
🟨 Ian Taylor
🟨 Dion Dublin

CARDS

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🟨 Oleg Luzhniy
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Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟥 30 Nov 2002, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ronny Johnsen replaces Gareth Barry.

Starting XI Average Age
| 28.11 |

Oldest Player |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 34.51 |

Youngest Player |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | 20.67 |

Referee

🟥 30 Nov 2002, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury

MANAGER

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2002-2003

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Aston Villa

GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
CB Ronny Johnsen | 🇳🇴 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | 🟨 | ⚽ |
M Öyvind Leonhardsen | 🇳🇴 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Arsène Wenger | 🇫🇷 |

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Arsenal

GK Rami Shaaban | 🇸🇪 |
LB Giovanni van Bronckhorst | 🇳🇱 |
CB Pascal Cygan | 🇫🇷 |
CB Sol Campbell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Kolo Touré | 🇨🇮 | 🔁 |
RB Oleg Luzhniy | 🇺🇦 | (🟨)
M Patrick Viera | 🇫🇷 |
M Gilberto Silva | 🇧🇷 |
W Robert Pirés | 🇫🇷 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Thierry Henry | 🇫🇷 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Dennis Bergkamp | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟥 30 Nov 2002, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 | 🔥 | for M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46’ |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CB Kolo Touré | 🇨🇮 | (CB Martin Keown (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | W Robert Pirés | 🇫🇷 | (M Freddie Ljungberg | 🇸🇪 |)
🔁 | F Dennis Bergkamp | 🇳🇱 | (F Sylvain Wiltord | 🇫🇷 |)

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Substitutes

🟥 30 Nov 2002, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 |
M Mark Kinsella | 🇮🇪 |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 |
F Marcus Allbäck | 🇸🇪 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Francis Jeffers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

Squad Bios

🟥 30 Nov 2002, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Homegrown: 4/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/16
Homegrown: 4/16

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 1/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 4/16

🟥 30 Nov 2002, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not reported

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 30 Nov 2002, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury

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MATCH QUOTES

“The penalty killed off the possibility of us coming back to get a draw.” Graham Taylor.
Quotes

🟥 30 Nov 2002, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury

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MATCH REPORTS

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*BBC Sport*
Saturday, 30 November, 2002

*Rampant Henry sinks Villa* Thierry Henry completed a dream week with two more goals as Arsenal moved four points clear at the Premiership summit. Henry followed up his midweek hat-trick against Roma with two second-half strikes to add to an early opener from Robert Pires. The Gunners were forced to weather a late storm after Thomas Hitzlsperger smashed home for Villa. But a Henry penalty eight minutes from time put the pressure firmly on title rivals Liverpool and Manchester United. Arsene Wenger rested Freddie Ljungberg and Sylvain Wiltord after their Champions League exertions in Rome, and Ashley Cole missed out with an ankle injury. But the trio’s absence made little impact. It took Pires just 17 minutes to mark his first Premiership start since March with a goal, running on to Dennis Bergkamp’s defence-splitting pass and firing through Peter Enckelman’s legs. Kolo Toure looked to have doubled the lead on 34 minutes with a tap-in after Henry’s shot bounced back off the post, but his effort was ruled offside. Despite having scored just once on their travels this season, Villa still posed a threat. Darius Vassell tested keeper Rami Shabaan with an early shot and Oyvind Leonhardsen headed Olof Mellberg’s cross over the bar. Dion Dublin saw an effort trickle just past the post after Hitzlsperger’s cross caused panic in the Arsenal area. Villa boss Graham Taylor replaced Lee Hendrie with Ulises de la Cruz at half-time, switching to a 3-5-2 formation. But the visitors paid dearly for giving away a free-kick in the danger zone just four minutes after the restart. Henry stepped up from the same sort of range he had scored from in Rome, and again curled the ball into the top corner. But Villa refused to give up, and Hitzlsperger set up a nervy final 26 minutes with a superb rising drive from 25 yards. De La Cruz fired straight at Shabaan as Arsenal began to stutter. But Henry sealed the win after Steve Staunton brought down substitute Ljungberg in the area, coolly chipping the ball over Enckelman for his fifth goal of the week.
Reports

🟥 30 Nov 2002, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury

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