Manchester City 1-2 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 31 August 2003
Result
Manchester City 1-2 Arsenal
Premier League · Sunday 31 August 2003, 15:05 UTC · half-time 1-0
Manchester City 1-2 Arsenal: match report
Manchester City were beaten by Arsenal 1-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 31 August 2003. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Manchester City's goal came from an own goal by Laurén (10'). Arsenal scored through Sylvain Wiltord (48') and Fredrik Ljungberg (72').
Discipline: Manchester City received 4 yellow cards; Arsenal received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester City were 4th on 7 points from 3 and Arsenal 1st on 9 points from 3. Manchester City went on to finish that season 16th with 41 points, and Arsenal 1st with 90.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Manchester City wins, 0 draws and 4 for Arsenal.
Going into the match Manchester City's last five read W-D-W and Arsenal's W-W-W.
Key events
- 10'Own goal · Laurén
- 34'Yellow card · Ashley Cole
- 48'Goal · Sylvain Wiltord
- 49'Yellow card · Joey Barton
- 56'Yellow card · David Sommeil
- 59'Yellow card · Laurén
- 72'Goal · Fredrik Ljungberg
- 73'Yellow card · Fredrik Ljungberg
- 74'Yellow card · Michael Tarnat
- 75'Yellow card · Danny Tiatto
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester City line-up
David Seaman, David Sommeil, Sylvain Distin, Michael Tarnat, Trevor Sinclair, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Nicolas Anelka, Antoine Sibierski, Sun Jihai, Joey Barton, Paul Bosvelt