Man City 3-1 Aston Villa (Dec 25, 2002)

MCI

AVL

16'

Marc-Vivien Foé

Assist: Shaun Goater

41'

Dion Dublin

Assist: Jlloyd Samuel

45'

Niclas Jensen

Danny Tiatto

63'

Juan Ángel

Darius Vassell

64'

Ali Benarbia

Shaun Wright-Phillips

68'

Øyvind Leonhardsen

Thomas Hitzlsperger

72'

Darren Huckerby

Shaun Goater

78'

Ali Benarbia

Assist: Nicolas Anelka

80'

Marc-Vivien Foé

Assist: Ali Benarbia

89'

Lee Hendrie

Øyvind Leonhardsen

89'

Ulises de la Cruz

0-0

Premier League Table

	Team	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	Man United	38	25	8	5	40	83
2	Arsenal	38	23	9	6	43	78
3	Newcastle	38	21	6	11	15	69
4	Chelsea	38	19	10	9	30	67
5	Liverpool	38	18	10	10	20	64
6	Rovers	38	16	12	10	9	60
7	Everton	38	17	8	13	-1	59
8	Southampton	38	13	13	12	-3	52
9	Man City	38	15	6	17	-7	51
10	Tottenham	38	14	8	16	-11	50
11	Middlesbrough	38	13	10	15	4	49
12	Charlton	38	14	7	17	-11	49
13	Birmingham	38	13	9	16	-8	48
14	Fulham	38	13	9	16	-9	48
15	Leeds	38	14	5	19	1	47
16	Aston Villa	38	12	9	17	-5	45
17	Bolton	38	10	14	14	-10	44
18	West Ham	38	10	12	16	-17	42
19	West Brom	38	6	8	24	-36	26
20	Sunderland	38	4	7	27	-44	19

Game Summary

Manchester City emerged victorious over Aston Villa, 3 to 1, in the Premier League on December 26, 2002.

Game Info

Premier League Matchweek 20

December 25, 2002

MCI

Lineup

AVL

1

Schmeichel

1

Enckelman

5

Distin

4

Mellberg

22

Dunne

11

Staunton

24

Howey

15

de la Cruz

6

Horlock

21

Samuel

14

Berkovic

6

Barry

19

Tiatto

45'

12

Hitzlsperger

68'

23

Foé

20

Hadji

29

Wright-Phillips

64'

26

Kinsella

10

Goater

72'

9

Dublin

39

Anelka

10

Vassell

63'

MCI

Substitutes

AVL

3

Jensen

45'

8

Ángel

63'

8

Benarbia

64'

28

Leonhardsen

68'

89'

7

Huckerby

72'

17

Hendrie

89'

20

Nash

13

Postma

4

Wiekens

14

Allbäck

16'

M. Foé scores a goal. S. Goater assists on the shot.

41'

D. Dublin scores a goal. J. Samuel assists on the shot.

45'

N. Jensen enters the game. D. Tiatto leaves the game.

63'

J. Ángel enters the game. D. Vassell leaves the game.

64'

A. Benarbia enters the game. S. Wright-Phillips leaves the game.

68'

Ø. Leonhardsen enters the game. T. Hitzlsperger leaves the game.

72'

D. Huckerby enters the game. S. Goater leaves the game.

78'

A. Benarbia scores a goal. N. Anelka assists on the shot.

80'

M. Foé scores a goal. A. Benarbia assists on the shot.

89'

L. Hendrie enters the game. Ø. Leonhardsen leaves the game.

89'

U. de la Cruz receives a yellow card.

MCI

AVL

Player	Minutes	Goals	Assists
Ali Benarbia A. Benarbia	26	1	1
Danny Tiatto D. Tiatto #19	45	0	0
Darren Huckerby D. Huckerby #7	18	0	0
Eyal Berkovic E. Berkovic #29	90	0	0
Kevin Horlock K. Horlock #6	90	0	0
Marc-Vivien Foé M. Foé	90	2	0
Niclas Jensen N. Jensen	45	0	0
Nicolas Anelka N. Anelka #39	90	0	1
Richard Dunne R. Dunne #22	90	0	0
Shaun Goater S. Goater #10	72	0	1
Shaun Wright-Phillips S. Wright-Phillips #29	64	0	0
Steve Howey S. Howey #6	90	0	0
Sylvain Distin S. Distin #5	90	0	0