Leeds United vs Arsenal
Who won: Arsenal 4-1
Arsenal beat Leeds United 4-1 on Sunday, January 4, 2004 at Elland Road. Goals for Leeds: Mark Viduka (8'). Goals for Arsenal: Thierry Henry (26'), Edu (33'), Robert Pires (87') and Kolo Touré (90').
Play by play
- 90'
Arsenal seemed capable of ripping into Leeds at will, and in truth they could have won by a far greater margin
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Leeds may have started well and got the lucky break, but as soon as Arsenal settled down there was only ever going to be one winner
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And there goes the final whistle
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Toure ghosted in to place the ball past Robinson, who was again left helpless by poor defending. Arsenal are rampant, Leeds are in tatters
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GOAL!!!!!
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Pires is fed in on the left, and he chips a superb ball over the top for the run of Toure...
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The game appear dead an buried down. Leeds a beaten side, Arsenal happy to pass the ball around
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Two minutes to be added on for stoppages
- 89'
A mix-up between Cole and Campbell gifts the ball to Viduka on the edge of the box. He slips on the shot and it goes well wide
- 88'
Pires has the simple task of sidefooting past Robinson. So quick, so clinical. Game over.
- 87'
GOAL!!!!!
- 86'
Henry turns Kilgallon with ease just inside the box and squares it for the onrushing Pires...
- 85'
Lennon does well to hold up Cole as he tries to break down the left
- 84'
Pires finds Henry, and a combination of Lennon and Richardson is needed to win the ball back
- 83'
Harte takes the free-kick. It's awful, and Lehmann collects
- 82'
James Milner will have to be replaced after picking up that knock, the 16-year-old Aaron Lennon comes on
- 81'
Sakho breaks forward, only to be brought down crudely by Gilberto. That's another caution
- 80'
Corner for Leeds, Milner takes but again it's headed clear by the first defender
- 79'
A treble change for Arsenal. Ray Parlour, Robert Pires and Kolo Toure are on for Freddie Ljungberg, Nwankwo Kanu and Edu
- 78'
Edu feeds Kanu on the left, and the Nigerian shows fantastic foot work to get round Richardson, to the byline but can't get the ball past Robinson. It should have been a corner, but a goal-kick is given
- 77'
Milner chases down a long ball, forcing Lehmann to come out of his area. The German is there first to clear but Milner picks up a knock in the process. He'll be okay
- 76'
Henry's flick sends Ljungberg through, he's too quick for Matteo and bursts into the box - only to hit the sidenetting with his effort
- 75'
Smith tries to find Viduka through the centre but Cole does well to read it and intercept
- 74'
Harte delivers, Lehmann flaps at it once again but gets fingertips to it. Referee Styles misses that and gives the goal-kick
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Milner finds acres of space on the right and wins a corner as Campbell puts his cross behind.