Manchester City 1-2 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 31 August 2003

Result

Manchester City 1-2 Arsenal

Premier League · Sunday 31 August 2003, 15:05 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester City 1-2 Arsenal: match report

Manchester City were beaten by Arsenal 1-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 31 August 2003. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Manchester City's goal came from an own goal by Laurén (10'). Arsenal scored through Sylvain Wiltord (48') and Fredrik Ljungberg (72').

Discipline: Manchester City received 4 yellow cards; Arsenal received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 4th on 7 points from 3 and Arsenal 1st on 9 points from 3. Manchester City went on to finish that season 16th with 41 points, and Arsenal 1st with 90.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Manchester City wins, 0 draws and 4 for Arsenal.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Own goal · LaurénManchester City · 1-0
  • 34'Yellow card · Ashley ColeArsenal
  • 48'Goal · Sylvain WiltordArsenal · 1-1
  • 49'Yellow card · Joey BartonManchester City
  • 56'Yellow card · David SommeilManchester City
  • 59'Yellow card · LaurénArsenal
  • 72'Goal · Fredrik LjungbergArsenal · 1-2
  • 73'Yellow card · Fredrik LjungbergArsenal
  • 74'Yellow card · Michael TarnatManchester City
  • 75'Yellow card · Danny TiattoManchester City

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Manchester City 0, draws 0, Arsenal 4.

Team news

Manchester City line-up

David Seaman, David Sommeil, Sylvain Distin, Michael Tarnat, Trevor Sinclair, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Nicolas Anelka, Antoine Sibierski, Sun Jihai, Joey Barton, Paul Bosvelt