Game #4742
Aston Villa
Thursday, 26 December 2002


Lost
16th (-1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
Premier League
Manchester City
Maine Road
Attendance: 33,991
🟥 26 Dec 2002, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road
Manchester City
3-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Jlloyd Samuel | 41’ |
🟥 26 Dec 2002, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road


MATCH TIMELINE
Thursday, 26 December 2002
🥅 | 15’ Goal, 0-1, (Manchester City), Marc-Vivien Foé
🟨 | 18’ Booking, Ulises de la Cruz
⚽ | 41’ Goal, 1-1, Dion Dublin, Assist by Jlloyd Samuel
🕒 | HT Manchester City 1-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 63’ Sub off, Darius Vassell, Sub on, Juan Pablo Ángel
🔁 | 68’ Sub off, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Sub on, Öyvind Leonhardsen
🥅 | 78’ Goal, 1-2, (Manchester City), Ali Bernarbia
🥅 | 80’ Goal, 1-3, (Manchester City), Marc-Vivien Foé
🔁 | 89’ Sub off, Öyvind Leonhardsen, Sub on, Lee Hendrie
🕒 | FT Manchester City 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
🟥 26 Dec 2002, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

ON THIS DAY
Thursday, 26 December 2002
Villa lose for the 4th time in 5 in all competitions to leave them with 6 wins in 20 Premier League games under Graham Taylor as they fall to 16th in the table.
Villa lose for the 16th time in 33 League games under Graham Taylor, having won 6 top flight games this season.
Jlloyd Samuel makes his 50th start in a Villa shirt (69 Appearances) to make it W23 D19 L27, 4 Assists, 8 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Mustapha Hadji makes his 25th start in a Villa shirt (39 Appearances) to make it W14 D8 L17, 3 Goals, 2 Assists and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
🟥 26 Dec 2002, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

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
Manchester City


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1975-76
FIXTURE HISTORY
Manchester City


Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩
League 🕒 128 | 🟩 48 | 🟨 35 | 🟥 45 | ⚽ 200 | 🥅 191 |
FA Cup 🕒 7 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 4 | ⚽ 9 | 🥅 13 |
League Cup 🕒 3 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 6 | 🥅 1 |
Other 🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🥅 1 |
Away 🕒 67 | 🟩 15 | 🟨 16 | 🟥 36 | ⚽ 84 | 🥅 124 |
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅
🟥 26 Dec 2002, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2002-03 |
Matchday | #28 |
League Game | #20 |
Manager Game | #41 |
Thursday, 26 December 2002
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🟥 26 Dec 2002, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 2002-2003
Referee: Mark Halsey | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1999-2013
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 2002-2003
🕒 41 | 🟩 | 13 🟨 | 9 🟥 19 | 1.17
Villa Career Form:
Bottom 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 26 Dec 2002, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mark Halsey | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1999-2013
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Ulises de la Cruz
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 26 Dec 2002, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Ulises de la Cruz and Mark Kinsella replace Lee Hendrie and Öyvind Leonhardsen.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.88 |
Oldest Player |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 33.96 |
Youngest Player |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | 20.74 |
🟥 26 Dec 2002, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 2002-2003

Aston Villa
GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 | 🟨 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Mark Kinsella | 🇮🇪 |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | 🔁 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Kevin Keegan | 🏴 |

Manchester City
GK Peter Schmeichel (ex) | 🇩🇰 |
LB Danny Tiatto | 🇦🇺 | 🔁 |
CB Steve Howey | 🏴 |
CB Silvain Distin | 🇫🇷 |
CB Richard Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
CB Terry Hurlock | 🏴 |
M Eyal Berkovic | 🇮🇱 |
M Marc-Vivien Foé | 🇨🇲 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
W Shaun Wright-Phillips | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Shaun Goater | 🇧🇲 | 🔁 |
CF Nicolas Anelka | 🇫🇷 |
🟥 26 Dec 2002, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | for F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | 63’ |
🔁 M Öyvind Leonhardsen | 🇳🇴 | 🔁 | for M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | 68’ |
🔁 M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | for M Öyvind Leonhardsen | 🇳🇴 | 89’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | LB Danny Tiatto | 🇦🇺 | (LB Niclas Jensen | 🇩🇰 |)
🔁 | W Shaun Wright-Phillips | 🏴 | (M Ali Benarbia | 🇩🇿 | ⚽ |)
🔁 | CF Shaun Goater | 🇧🇲 | (W Darren Huckerby | 🏴 |)

🟥 26 Dec 2002, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 |
F Marcus Allbäck | 🇸🇪 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Carlo Nash | 🏴 |
CB Gerard Wiekens | 🇳🇱 |
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

🟥 26 Dec 2002, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | | 61 | 17* | 19 | 6 | 23 | 14 | 24* | - | - | 6 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 | | 25* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 26 Dec 2002, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Homegrown: 4/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/16
Homegrown: 5/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/16
🟥 26 Dec 2002, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 26 Dec 2002, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road
UNAVAILABLE

Not reported
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟥 26 Dec 2002, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road


MATCH QUOTES
🟥 26 Dec 2002, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road


MATCH REPORTS






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🟥 26 Dec 2002, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

