Arsenal 1-0 Villarreal: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 19 April 2006
Result
Arsenal 1-0 Villarreal
Champions League · Wednesday 19 April 2006, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Arsenal 1-0 Villarreal: match report
Arsenal beat Villarreal 1-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 19 April 2006. The half-time score was 1-0.
The only goal came from Kolo Touré of Arsenal in the 41st minute.
Discipline: Arsenal received no yellow cards; Villarreal received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Arsenal were 3rd on 24 points from 10 and Villarreal 6th on 21 points from 12. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Going into the match Arsenal's last five read D-W-D-W-D and Villarreal's W-L-D-D-W.
Key events
- 3'Yellow card · Cesar Arzo
- 41'Goal · Kolo Touré
- 45+1'Yellow card · Sebastián Riquelme
- 59'Yellow card · Alessio Tacchinardi
- 88'Yellow card · Guillermo Franco Farquarson
- 89'Yellow card · Quique Álvarez
Team news
Arsenal line-up
Jens Lehmann, Philippe Senderos, Emmanuel Eboué, Kolo Touré, Robert Pirès, Alexander Hleb, Cesc Fàbregas, Mathieu Flamini, Gilberto Silva, Fredrik Ljungberg, Thierry Henry
Villarreal line-up
Mariano Barbosa, Cesar Arzo, Juan Sorin, Enrique Alvarez San Juan, Javi Venta, Juan Román Riquelme, Senna, José Marí, Rodolfo Arruabarrena, Diego Forlán Corazo, Alessio Tacchinardi