Arsenal 2-1 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 1 February 2004

Result

Arsenal 2-1 Manchester City

Premier League · Sunday 1 February 2004, 16:05 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Arsenal 2-1 Manchester City: match report

Arsenal beat Manchester City 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 1 February 2004. The half-time score was 1-0.

Arsenal's goals came from an own goal by Michael Tarnat (37') and Thierry Henry (83'). Manchester City scored through Nicolas Anelka (89').

Discipline: Arsenal received 3 yellow cards; Manchester City received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Arsenal were 2nd on 52 points from 22 and Manchester City 15th on 23 points from 22. Arsenal went on to finish that season 1st with 90 points, and Manchester City 16th with 41.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Arsenal wins, 0 draws and 0 for Manchester City.

Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-W-D-W-W and Manchester City's D-L-D-D-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 37'Own goal · Michael TarnatArsenal · 1-0
  • 60'Yellow card · Joey BartonManchester City
  • 63'Yellow card · Ray ParlourArsenal
  • 83'Goal · Thierry HenryArsenal · 2-0
  • 84'Yellow card · Trevor SinclairManchester City
  • 89'Goal · Nicolas AnelkaManchester City · 2-1
  • 90'Red card · Nicolas AnelkaManchester City
  • 90'Yellow card · Ashley ColeArsenal
  • 90'Yellow card · Edu GasparArsenal

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Arsenal 5, draws 0, Manchester City 0.

Team news

Manchester City line-up

Sylvain Distin, Michael Tarnat, Richard Dunne, Claudio Reyna, Trevor Sinclair, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Nicolas Anelka, David James, Sun Jihai, Joey Barton, Paul Bosvelt