Game #4742
Aston Villa
Thursday, 26 December 2002
Lost
16th (-1)
Last 5: ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ
Premier League
Manchester City
Maine Road
Attendance: 33,991
Manchester City
3-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Jlloyd Samuel | 41โ |
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 2002-2003
Aston Villa
GK Peter Enckelman | ๐ซ๐ฎ |
LB Steve Staunton | ๐ฎ๐ช |
CB Olof Mellberg | ๐ธ๐ช |
RB Ulises de la Cruz | ๐ช๐จ | ๐จ |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ |
M Mustapha Hadji | ๐ฒ๐ฆ |
M Gareth Barry | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Mark Kinsella | ๐ฎ๐ช |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | ๐ฉ๐ช | ๐ |
CF Dion Dublin | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
F Darius Vassell | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ |
MANAGER
Kevin Keegan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Manchester City
GK Peter Schmeichel (ex) | ๐ฉ๐ฐ |
LB Danny Tiatto | ๐ฆ๐บ | ๐ |
CB Steve Howey | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Silvain Distin | ๐ซ๐ท |
CB Richard Dunne | ๐ฎ๐ช |
CB Terry Hurlock | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Eyal Berkovic | ๐ฎ๐ฑ |
M Marc-Vivien Foรฉ | ๐จ๐ฒ | โฝ | โฝ |
W Shaun Wright-Phillips | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ |
CF Shaun Goater | ๐ง๐ฒ | ๐ |
CF Nicolas Anelka | ๐ซ๐ท |
SUBSTITUTES
๐ CF Juan Pablo รngel | ๐จ๐ด | for F Darius Vassell | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 63โ |
๐ M รyvind Leonhardsen | ๐ณ๐ด | ๐ | for M Thomas Hitzlsperger | ๐ฉ๐ช | 68โ |
๐ M Lee Hendrie | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | for M รyvind Leonhardsen | ๐ณ๐ด | 89โ |
SUBSTITUTES
๐ | LB Danny Tiatto | ๐ฆ๐บ | (LB Niclas Jensen | ๐ฉ๐ฐ |)
๐ | W Shaun Wright-Phillips | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | (M Ali Benarbia | ๐ฉ๐ฟ | โฝ |)
๐ | CF Shaun Goater | ๐ง๐ฒ | (W Darren Huckerby | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |)
๐ฅ 26 December 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.
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