Arsenal 1-1 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 4 January 2005

Result

Arsenal 1-1 Manchester City

Premier League · Tuesday 4 January 2005, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Arsenal 1-1 Manchester City: match report

Arsenal drew with Manchester City 1-1 in the Premier League on Tuesday 4 January 2005. The half-time score was 0-1.

Shaun Wright-Phillips opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Arsenal's goal came from Fredrik Ljungberg (75'). Manchester City scored through Shaun Wright-Phillips (31').

Discipline: Arsenal received 3 yellow cards; Manchester City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 2nd on 47 points from 21 and Manchester City 10th on 27 points from 21. Arsenal went on to finish that season 2nd with 83 points, and Manchester City 8th with 52.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Arsenal wins, 0 draws and 0 for Manchester City.

Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-W-W-W-D and Manchester City's W-D-L-W-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Goal · Shaun Wright-PhillipsManchester City · 0-1
  • 55'Yellow card · Kolo TouréArsenal
  • 60'Yellow card · Cesc FàbregasArsenal
  • 67'Yellow card · Joey BartonManchester City
  • 75'Goal · Fredrik LjungbergArsenal · 1-1
  • 84'Yellow card · Paul BosveltManchester City
  • 90'Yellow card · Philippe SenderosArsenal

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Arsenal 7, draws 0, Manchester City 0.

Team news

Manchester City line-up

Ben Thatcher, Sylvain Distin, Nedum Onuoha, Richard Dunne, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Jon Macken, David James, Robbie Fowler, Antoine Sibierski, Joey Barton, Paul Bosvelt