Manchester City 1-3 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Thursday 4 May 2006
Result
Manchester City 1-3 Arsenal
Premier League · Thursday 4 May 2006, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
Manchester City 1-3 Arsenal: match report
Manchester City were beaten by Arsenal 1-3 in the Premier League on Thursday 4 May 2006. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Fredrik Ljungberg opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Manchester City's goal came from David Sommeil (38'). Arsenal scored through Fredrik Ljungberg (30'), José Antonio Reyes (78') and José Antonio Reyes (84').
Discipline: Manchester City received 3 yellow cards; Arsenal received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester City were 15th on 43 points from 36 and Arsenal 5th on 61 points from 36. Manchester City went on to finish that season 15th with 43 points, and Arsenal 4th with 67.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Manchester City wins, 1 draw and 8 for Arsenal.
Going into the match Manchester City's last five read L-W-L-L-L and Arsenal's W-D-W-D-L.
Key events
- 30'Goal · Fredrik Ljungberg
- 38'Goal · David Sommeil
- 40'Yellow card · Riera
- 57'Yellow card · Darius Vassell
- 63'Yellow card · Richard Dunne
- 78'Goal · José Antonio Reyes
- 84'Goal · José Antonio Reyes
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester City line-up
David Sommeil, Richard Dunne, Micah Richards, Claudio Reyna, Albert Riera, Trevor Sinclair, Darius Vassell, Georgios Samaras, David James, Joey Barton, Sun Jihai
Arsenal line-up
Jens Lehmann, Ashley Cole, Emmanuel Eboué, Kolo Touré, Alexander Hleb, Alex Song, Gilberto Silva, Robin van Persie, Fredrik Ljungberg, Thierry Henry, Sulzeer Campbell