Arsenal vs Valencia
Final score
Arsenal and Valencia drew 0-0 on Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at Highbury.
Play by play
- 90'
The final whistle goes - it's been a drab and depressing affair and finishes befittingly goalless. Wrap up warm, now
- 90'
Henry fires in a late cross - again Valencia clear - Cygan plays it back in, but it's straight at the first defender
- 90'
More drama in those few seconds than in the whole of the rest of the match, pretty much
- 90'
Straight to the other end - Carew hooks in an acrobatic shot with Seaman looking uncertain, and Sol Campbell hooks it off the line
- 90'
Kanu is denied by Palop - the Arsenal man hooks the ball back towards Wiltord, who miscues it towards goal and sees the effort scrambled off the line...
- 89'
Cole crosses, but it's poor once again. Just a few seconds or normal time are left...
- 88'
Aurelio does well to keep the ball away from snapping Gunners midfielders, but to no avail - the offside flag goes up
- 87'
Then great pace from Carew gives him a difficult shooting chance - he hits it cleanly, but it swings wide of the target
- 87'
Valencia, defending deep, clear it with no problems at all and now they'll make another change. Baraja is off, and Fabio Aurelio is on
- 86'
...and it's given away. More frustration for the home supporters, but here's Bergkamp with a cross...
- 85'
Arsenal attack again, with time running out at Highbury. It's Wiltord...
- 84'
Carboni hits it well - but wide of Seaman's far post
- 83'
Baraja wins a dangerous free-kick, 25 yards out and central...
- 82'
And Torres gets it clear. It will be a major surprise if this doesn't finish 0-0... Kanu, though, comes on for Pires in a last-ditch move to boost the attack
- 81'
Parlour switches play to Cole on the left - back it goes to Parlour. Cole takes over again...
- 80'
Just for a second, it looks as though Bergkamp has got clear - but the flag goes up and those hopes are dashed
- 79'
Aimar goes off and Carlos Marchena replaces him as Valencia elect to make a switch
- 79'
It causes a major scramble, but Valencia just about get it clear with Campbell looking to take advantage
- 78'
Sylvain Wiltord replaces Ljungberg - and now the flag-kick can be taken...
- 77'
It's a good run, and he forces a corner - but a change is afoot before it can be taken
- 76'
Still the same formula so far, and Ashley Cole looks to make the break for the Highbury side...
- 75'
Lauren fires in a cross, and Albelda clears. Arsenal could be considering another change...
- 74'
Aimar's free-kick is terrible, and the Gunners clear their lines with contemptuous ease
- 74'
Parlour's booked - a foul on Torres, who is limping heavily after all that
- 73'
Can Wenger's men take advantage of their numerical superiority. They have just over 15 minutes in which to do that...
