Arsenal 3-2 Aston Villa (Dec 8, 2001)

ARS

AVL

21'

Paul Merson

34'

Steve Stone

45'

Sylvain Wiltord

Freddie Ljungberg

45'

Martin Keown

Matthew Upson

46'

Sylvain Wiltord

67'

Dennis Bergkamp

68'

Nwankwo Kanu

Dennis Bergkamp

72'

Thierry Henry

Assist: Patrick Vieira

78'

Darius Vassell

Gareth Barry

89'

Patrick Vieira

89'

Thierry Henry

89'

Lauren

90'

Thierry Henry

Assist: Robert Pirès

0-0

Premier League Table

	Team	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	Arsenal	38	26	9	3	43	87
2	Liverpool	38	24	8	6	37	80
3	Man United	38	24	5	9	42	77
4	Newcastle	38	21	8	9	22	71
5	Leeds	38	18	12	8	16	66
6	Chelsea	38	17	13	8	28	64
7	West Ham	38	15	8	15	-9	53
8	Aston Villa	38	12	14	12	-1	50
9	Tottenham	38	14	8	16	-4	50
10	Rovers	38	12	10	16	4	46
11	Southampton	38	12	9	17	-8	45
12	Middlesbrough	38	12	9	17	-12	45
13	Fulham	38	10	14	14	-8	44
14	Charlton	38	10	14	14	-11	44
15	Everton	38	11	10	17	-12	43
16	Bolton	38	9	13	16	-18	40
17	Sunderland	38	10	10	18	-22	40
18	Ipswich	38	9	9	20	-23	36
19	Derby County	38	8	6	24	-30	30
20	Leicester	38	5	13	20	-34	28

Game Summary

Arsenal emerged victorious over Aston Villa, 3 to 2, in the Premier League on December 9, 2001.

Game Info

Premier League Matchweek 16

December 8, 2001

ARS

Lineup

AVL

13

Taylor

12

Enckelman

3

Cole

3

Wright

12

Lauren

4

Mellberg

20

Upson

45'

11

Staunton

23

Campbell

31

Samuel

4

Vieira

6

Boateng

7

Pirès

10

Merson

8

Ljungberg

45'

15

Barry

78'

15

Parlour

17

Hendrie

10

Bergkamp

68'

18

Stone

14

Henry

9

Dublin

ARS

Substitutes

AVL

5

Keown

45'

22

Vassell

78'

11

Wiltord

45'

13

Myhill

25

Kanu

68'

25

Bewers

43

Stack

8

Ángel

18

Grimandi

14

Ginola

21'

P. Merson scores a goal.

34'

S. Stone scores a goal.

45'

S. Wiltord enters the game. F. Ljungberg leaves the game.

45'

M. Keown enters the game. M. Upson leaves the game.

46'

S. Wiltord scores a goal.

67'

D. Bergkamp receives a yellow card.

68'

N. Kanu enters the game. D. Bergkamp leaves the game.

72'

T. Henry scores a goal. P. Vieira assists on the shot.

78'

D. Vassell enters the game. G. Barry leaves the game.

89'

P. Vieira receives a yellow card.

89'

T. Henry receives a yellow card.

89'

Lauren receives a yellow card.

90'

T. Henry scores a goal. R. Pirès assists on the shot.

ARS

AVL

Player	Minutes	Goals	Assists
Ashley Cole A. Cole #3	90	0	0
Dennis Bergkamp D. Bergkamp #10	68	0	0
Freddie Ljungberg F. Ljungberg #8	45	0	0
Nwankwo Kanu N. Kanu #25	22	0	0
Lauren Lauren #12	90	0	0
Martin Keown M. Keown #14	45	0	0
Matthew Upson M. Upson #15	45	0	0
Patrick Vieira P. Vieira #4	90	0	1
Ray Parlour R. Parlour #15	90	0	0
Robert Pirès R. Pirès #7	90	0	1
Sol Campbell S. Campbell #23	90	0	0
Sylvain Wiltord S. Wiltord #11	45	1	0
Thierry Henry T. Henry #14	90	2	0