Game #4766
Aston Villa
Sunday, 14 September 2003


Lost
16th (-2)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥
Premier League
Manchester City
City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 46,687
🟥 14 Sep 2003, Villa 1-4 Manchester City, City Stadium
Manchester City
4-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Lee Hendrie | 31’ |
🟥 14 Sep 2003, Villa 1-4 Manchester City, City Stadium


MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 14 September 2003
⚽ | 31’ Goal, 1-0, Juan Pablo Ángel, Assist by Lee Hendrie
🔁 | 37’ Sub off, Olof Mellberg, Sub on Alpay Özalan
🕒 | HT Manchester City 0-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 48’ Goal, 1-1, (Manchester City, pen), Nicolas Anelka
🥅 | 50’ Goal, 1-2, (Manchester City), Michael Tarnat
🟨 | 52’ Booking, Ronny Johnsen
🔁 | 66’ Sub off, Ronny Johnsen, Sub on, Mustapha Hadji 🔴
🥅 | 68’ Goal, 1-3, (Manchester City, pen), Nicolas Anelka
🔁 | 76’ Sub off, Juan Pablo Ángel, Sub on, Dion Dublin
🥅 | 83’ Goal, 1-4, (Manchester City), Nicolas Anelka
🕒 | FT Manchester City 4-1 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
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ON THIS DAY
Sunday, 14 September 2003
Despite taking a deserved first half lead Villa are well beaten in the second half to leave them with one win in five Premier League games under David O'Leary to sit 16th in the table.
Villa's first 5 games under David O'Leary suggest the hangover from the dreadful 2002-03 campaign under Graham Taylor has not fully cleared.
Villa now have 3 losses, 1 win and a draw under David O'Leary but the apparent rejuvenation of Juan Pablo Ángel following his travails under Taylor and a more adventurous brand of football already being witnessed suggests better times may cautiously be ahead.
Midfielder Mustapha Hadji, 32, makes his 47th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (30 Starts) before moving on to RCD Espanyol on a free transfer in January 2004 and leaving with a record of W15 D11 L21, 3 Goals, 2 Assists and 5 Bookings.
Juan Pablo Ángel contributes his 30th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 52nd start (69 Appearances) to make it W26 D15 L28, 23 Goals, 7 Assists and 6 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.73 starts so far in his Villa career.
Lee Hendrie contributes his 21st assist in a Villa shirt and his first since December 2002 on his 224th appearance (174 Starts) to make it W89 D58 L77, 24 Goals, 21 Assists, 40 Bookings 3 Red Cards at a goal involvement rate of one for every 5.09 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
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DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 | 2001-03 🕒 47 | 30 (17) | ⚽ 3 | 🔥 2 | 🇺 7 | #755 |
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
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FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2003-04 |
Matchday | #5 |
League Game | #5 |
Manager Game | #5 |
Sunday, 14 September 2003
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🟥 14 Sep 2003, Villa 1-4 Manchester City, City Stadium
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 | Stoke Newington, 2003-2006
Referee: Mark Halsey | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1996-2013
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟥 1-4
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 | 2003-2006
🕒 5 | 🟩 | 1 🟨 | 1 🟥 3 | 0.80
Villa Career Form:
Relegation
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mark Halsey | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1996-2013 🆘
Matches Officiated: 12
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 3
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 11 May 03, Villa 1-3 Leeds, (a) 🆘
Cards: 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Ronny Johnsen
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Marcus Allbäck replaces Darius Vassell.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.18 |
Oldest Player |
CB Ronny Johnsen | 🇳🇴 | 34.28 |
Youngest Player |
W Peter Whittingham | 🏴 | 19.03 |
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MANAGER
David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 | 2003-2006

Aston Villa
GK Thomas Sörensen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 | 🔁 |
CB Ronny Johnsen | 🇳🇴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 |
M Gavin McCann | 🏴 |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 🔥 |
W Peter Whittingham | 🏴 |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
F Marcus Allbäck | 🇸🇪 |
MANAGER
Kevin Keegan | 🏴 |

Manchester City
GK David Seaman | 🏴 |
LB Michael Tarnat | 🇩🇪 | ⚽ |
CB David Sommeil | 🇬🇵 |
CB Silvain Distin | 🇫🇷 |
CB Jihai Sun | 🇨🇳 |
M Joey Barton | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Steve McManaman | 🏴 |
W Trevor Sinclair | 🏴 |
W Shaun Wright-Phillips | 🏴 |
CF Paulo Wanchope | 🇨🇷 | 🔁 |
CF Nicolas Anelka | 🇫🇷 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
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SUBSTITUTES

🔁 CB Alpay Özalan | 🇹🇷 | for CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 | 37’ |
🔁 M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 | 🔴 | for CB Ronny Johnsen | 🇳🇴 | 66’ |
🔁 CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | for CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | 76’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Joey Barton | 🏴 | (M Antoine Sibierski | 🇫🇷 |)
🔁 | CF Paulo Wanchope | 🇨🇷 | (M Claudio Reyna | 🇺🇸 |)

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 |
M Mark Kinsella | 🇮🇪 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Nicky Weaver | 🏴 |
CB Richard Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
CF Robbie Fowler | 🏴 |
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
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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CB Alpay Özalan | 🇹🇷 | | 68 | 2* | 0 | 0 | 26 | 18 | 24* | - | - | 17 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 | | 43* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
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SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Homegrown: 4/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/16
Homegrown: 4/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/16
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MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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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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