Arsenal 2-0 Birmingham (Aug 17, 2002)

ARS

BIR

9'

Thierry Henry

23'

Sylvain Wiltord

Assist: Dennis Bergkamp

31'

Gilberto Silva

Dennis Bergkamp

60'

Darren Carter

Olivier Tébily

71'

Stan Lazaridis

Geoff Horsfield

74'

Aliou Cissé

76'

Jérémie Aliadière

Sylvain Wiltord

86'

Kolo Touré

Edu Gaspar

89'

Darren Purse

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

Arsenal emerged victorious over Birmingham City, 2 to 0, in the Premier League on August 18, 2002.

Game Info

Premier League Matchweek 1

August 17, 2002

ARS

Lineup

BIR

1

Seaman

18

Vaesen

3

Cole

2

Kenna

5

Keown

3

Grainger

12

Lauren

5

Purse

23

Campbell

6

Cissé

4

Vieira

12

Cunningham

15

Parlour

26

Tébily

60'

17

Gaspar

86'

10

Hughes

10

Bergkamp

31'

22

Johnson

11

Wiltord

76'

9

Horsfield

71'

14

Henry

14

John

ARS

Substitutes

BIR

19

Silva

31'

24

Carter

60'

30

Aliadière

76'

11

Lazaridis

71'

28

Touré

86'

1

Bennett

13

Taylor

17

Johnson

22

Luzhnyi

16

Mooney

9'

T. Henry scores a goal.

23'

S. Wiltord scores a goal. D. Bergkamp assists on the shot.

31'

G. Silva enters the game. D. Bergkamp leaves the game.

60'

D. Carter enters the game. O. Tébily leaves the game.

71'

S. Lazaridis enters the game. G. Horsfield leaves the game.

74'

A. Cissé receives a double yellow card. Red card.

76'

J. Aliadière enters the game. S. Wiltord leaves the game.

86'

K. Touré enters the game. E. Gaspar leaves the game.

89'

D. Purse receives a yellow card.

ARS

BIR

Player	Minutes	Goals	Assists
Ashley Cole A. Cole #3	90	0	0
Dennis Bergkamp D. Bergkamp #10	31	0	1
Edu Gaspar E. Gaspar #17	86	0	0
Gilberto Silva G. Silva #19	59	0	0
Jérémie Aliadière J. Aliadière #11	14	0	0
Kolo Touré K. Touré #28	4	0	0
Lauren Lauren #12	90	0	0
Martin Keown M. Keown #14	90	0	0
Patrick Vieira P. Vieira #4	90	0	0
Ray Parlour R. Parlour #15	90	0	0
Sol Campbell S. Campbell #23	90	0	0
Sylvain Wiltord S. Wiltord #11	76	1	0
Thierry Henry T. Henry #14	90	1	0