Arsenal vs AS Roma
Final score
Arsenal and AS Roma drew 1-1 on Tuesday, March 11, 2003 at Highbury. Goals for Arsenal: Patrick Vieira (12'). Goals for AS Roma: Antonio Cassano (45'+2').
Play by play
- 95'
Arsenal had a hatful of chances to win this game, but paid the penalty for a lapse right at the end of the first half. Now they must go to Valencia and produce the goods
- 95'
And there goes the final whistle
- 94'
Pires crosses from the right, but Kanu can only flick his header wide of the target
- 94'
Montella finds space and gets to the edge of the box, but can only fire wide
- 94'
Pires finds Henry just inside the box. Henry loos up for a team-mate, but then over-runs the ball and it's a goal-kick
- 93'
Up the other end and a corner to Roma. Candela takes but Vieira is there to head clear
- 92'
Kanu wins a corner off Panucci. Pires takes from the left and Keown gets there, but the contact is minimal and Pelizzoli falls on top of the ball
- 91'
Foul by Vieira on Cafu, free-kick to Roma
- 90'
Four minutes to be added on for stoppages
- 89'
Arsenal running out of time now, unable to break down the 10-men of Roma
- 88'
Nwankwo Kanu comes on in place of Lauren
- 87'
Ljungberg's cross is straight into the arms of Pelizzoli
- 86'
Cafu again finds space on the right wing, but this time his cross is shameful - goal-kick
- 85'
It's an open game now, both sides looking for a winning goal
- 84'
...Montella somehow heads over the bar from six yards with the goal at his mercy. The striker was totally unmarked - a terrible miss
- 83'
Arsenal are caught napping. Cafu sprints down the right flank and plays a superb cross to the far post where an unmarked Montella is waiting...
- 82'
Jeffers tries to combine with Pires, but the Frenchman can't control the ball
- 81'
Van Bronckhorsts comes forward on the left flank then wastes a fine crossing opportunity with a pitifully deep ball
- 80'
Henry looks for Ljungberg in the box but a defender gets a boot in to thwart the move
- 79'
Gilberto turns and tries a 25-yard effort but again the shot goes wide of the target
- 78'
Vieira finds Pires on the edge of the box, he turns and fires a shot well high and wide
- 77'
Pires, Ljungberg and Jeffers link up well and Ljugberg burst onto the ball. He gets to it ahead of Pelizzoli, but the keeper manages to block the shot. Ljungberg is then given offside as the ball is played back into the box
- 76'
Arsenal are strugling to create opportunities now - will they have to settle for a point?
- 75'
Henry plays a fine ball into the path of Ljungberg but the Swede just can't latch on to the pass
- 74'
Montella is penalised for hand-ball in centre field
