Arsenal 3-0 Sheffield United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 23 September 2006
Result
Arsenal 3-0 Sheffield United
Premier League · Saturday 23 September 2006, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Arsenal 3-0 Sheffield United: match report
Arsenal won against Sheffield United 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 23 September 2006. The half-time score was 0-0.
William Gallas opened the scoring in the 65th minute. Arsenal's goals came from William Gallas (65'), an own goal by Phil Jagielka (69') and Thierry Henry (80'). Sheffield United did not score.
Discipline: Arsenal received 2 yellow cards; Sheffield United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Arsenal were 11th on 5 points from 4 and Sheffield United 20th on 2 points from 5. Arsenal went on to finish that season 4th with 68 points, and Sheffield United 18th with 38.
Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-D-L-D and Sheffield United's L-D-L-L-D.
Key events
- 30'Yellow card · Cesc Fàbregas
- 48'Yellow card · Rob Hulse
- 62'Yellow card · Emmanuel Eboué
- 65'Goal · William Gallas
- 69'Own goal · Phil Jagielka
- 80'Goal · Thierry Henry
Team news
Arsenal line-up
Jens Lehmann, Kolo Touré, William Gallas, Johan Djourou, Emmanuel Eboué, Cesc Fàbregas, Tomáš Rosický, Gilberto Silva, Emmanuel Adebayor, Fredrik Ljungberg, Thierry Henry
Sheffield United line-up
Ian Bennett, Claude Davis, Phil Jagielka, David Sommeil, Chris Armstrong, Alan Wright, Keith Gillespie, Mikele Leigertwood, Rob Hulse, Colin Kazim-Richards, Derek Geary