Arsenal 1-0 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 22 October 2005

Result

Arsenal 1-0 Manchester City

Premier League · Saturday 22 October 2005, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Arsenal 1-0 Manchester City: match report

Arsenal won against Manchester City 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 22 October 2005. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Robert Pirès of Arsenal in the 61st minute, from the penalty spot.

Discipline: Arsenal received 3 yellow cards; Manchester City received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 9th on 13 points from 8 and Manchester City 4th on 17 points from 9. Arsenal went on to finish that season 4th with 67 points, and Manchester City 15th with 43.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Arsenal wins, 1 draw and 0 for Manchester City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Yellow card · Joey BartonManchester City
  • 36'Yellow card · Darius VassellManchester City
  • 47'Yellow card · Danny MillsManchester City
  • 47'Yellow card · Robert PirèsArsenal
  • 61'Penalty goal · Robert PirèsArsenal · 1-0
  • 63'Yellow card · Gaël ClichyArsenal
  • 64'Yellow card · K. MusampaManchester City
  • 76'Yellow card · David SommeilManchester City
  • 82'Yellow card · Dennis BergkampArsenal

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Arsenal 7, draws 1, Manchester City 0.

Team news

Arsenal line-up

Jens Lehmann, Laurén, Pascal Cygan, Gaël Clichy, Kolo Touré, Robert Pirès, Cesc Fàbregas, Mathieu Flamini, Gilberto Silva, Dennis Bergkamp, Thierry Henry

Manchester City line-up

David Sommeil, Sylvain Distin, Danny Mills, Stephen Jordan, Claudio Reyna, Antoine Sibierski, Kizito Kiki Musampa, Stephen Ireland, Darius Vassell, David James, Joey Barton