Arsenal 2-1 Leicester (Aug 6, 1999)

ARS

LEI

18'

Gerry Taggart

Steve Walsh

43'

Ian Marshall

Emile Heskey

45'

Thierry Henry

Freddie Ljungberg

57'

Tony Cottee

Assist: Steve Guppy

64'

Marc Overmars

Ray Parlour

65'

Dennis Bergkamp

89'

Sylvinho

Dennis Bergkamp

89'

Frank Sinclair

89'

Matt Elliott

89'

Gilles Grimandi

90'

Frank Sinclair (OG)

90'

Sylvinho

0-0

Premier League Table

	Team	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	Man United	38	28	7	3	52	91
2	Arsenal	38	22	7	9	30	73
3	Leeds	38	21	6	11	15	69
4	Liverpool	38	19	10	9	21	67
5	Chelsea	38	18	11	9	19	65
6	Aston Villa	38	15	13	10	11	58
7	Sunderland	38	16	10	12	1	58
8	Leicester	38	16	7	15	0	55
9	West Ham	38	15	10	13	-1	55
10	Tottenham	38	15	8	15	8	53
11	Newcastle	38	14	10	14	9	52
12	Middlesbrough	38	14	10	14	-6	52
13	Everton	38	12	14	12	10	50
14	Coventry	38	12	8	18	-7	44
15	Southampton	38	12	8	18	-17	44
16	Derby County	38	9	11	18	-13	38
17	Bradford City	38	9	9	20	-30	36
18	Wimbledon	38	7	12	19	-28	33
19	Sheffield Wed	38	8	7	23	-32	31
20	Watford	38	6	6	26	-42	24

Game Summary

Arsenal emerged victorious over Leicester City, 2 to 1, in the Premier League on August 7, 1999.

Game Info

Premier League Matchweek 1

August 6, 1999

ARS

Lineup

LEI

13

Manninger

1

Flowers

2

Dixon

3

Sinclair

3

Winterburn

5

Walsh

18'

5

Keown

18

Elliott

18

Grimandi

24

Impey

4

Vieira

6

Izzet

8

Ljungberg

45'

7

Lennon

15

Parlour

64'

11

Guppy

17

Petit

14

Savage

10

Bergkamp

89'

9

Heskey

43'

25

Kanu

27

Cottee

ARS

Substitutes

LEI

14

Henry

45'

4

Taggart

18'

11

Overmars

64'

20

Marshall

43'

16

Sylvinho

89'

22

Arphexad

24

Lukic

29

Oakes

20

Upson

37

Zagorakis

18'

G. Taggart enters the game. S. Walsh leaves the game.

43'

I. Marshall enters the game. E. Heskey leaves the game.

45'

T. Henry enters the game. F. Ljungberg leaves the game.

57'

T. Cottee scores a goal. S. Guppy assists on the shot.

64'

M. Overmars enters the game. R. Parlour leaves the game.

65'

D. Bergkamp scores a goal.

89'

Sylvinho enters the game. D. Bergkamp leaves the game.

89'

F. Sinclair receives a yellow card.

89'

M. Elliott receives a yellow card.

89'

G. Grimandi receives a yellow card.

90'

F. Sinclair scores an own goal.

90'

Sylvinho receives a yellow card.

ARS

LEI

Player	Minutes	Goals
Dennis Bergkamp D. Bergkamp #10	89	1
Emmanuel Petit E. Petit	90	0
Freddie Ljungberg F. Ljungberg #8	45	0
Gilles Grimandi G. Grimandi #18	90	0
Nwankwo Kanu N. Kanu #25	90	0
Lee Dixon L. Dixon #2	90	0
Marc Overmars M. Overmars #11	26	0
Martin Keown M. Keown #14	90	0
Nigel Winterburn N. Winterburn #3	90	0
Patrick Vieira P. Vieira #4	90	0
Ray Parlour R. Parlour #15	64	0
Sylvinho Sylvinho	1	0
Thierry Henry T. Henry #14	45	0