AS Roma vs Arsenal
Who won: Arsenal 3-1
Arsenal beat AS Roma 3-1 on Wednesday, November 27, 2002 at Olimpico. Goals for AS Roma: Antonio Cassano (4'). Goals for Arsenal: Thierry Henry (6', 70', 75').
Play by play
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Martin Keown completed his return to fitness when he came on as a sub for the final two minutes - making one of his typical goal saving challenges.
You didn't miss too much. Batistuta made another terrible challenge and Candela made a valiant, but ultimately futile, attempt to get Roma back in the game.
- 90'
Sorry about the lack of commentray for the final minutes of the match. We had a few technical problems.
- 78'
Batistuta clatters Gilberto with a late, high challenge and gets booked.
- 77'
Arsenal make a change and Van Bronckhorst replaces Pires.
- 76'
3-1. An amazing scoreline in Rome and Arsenal are going someway to justifying their 'best in Europe' tag.
- 75'
.....Henry hits it over the wall and curls it into the top corner. GOAL!!!!!!
- 74'
Henry, looking for his hat-trick, will strike it......
- 73'
Emerson gets booked and Arsenal have a freekick on the edge of the box.
- 72'
Batistuta's first contribution is a thundering strike from the edge of the box, which forces a save from Shaaban.
- 71'
Roma need a goal themselves now and 'Batigol' Batistuta replaces Lima.
- 70'
Arsenal finally find a way through and its a defensive mistake.
- 69'
...Henry collects his own knock down and hammers the ball past Antonioli from eight yards. GOAL!!!!
- 68'
Ljungberg chips the ball into box and Henry challenges for a the header with Panucci. The ball drops in the box and Roma are slow to react....
- 67'
Pires takes the corner and Emerson heads the ball clear.
- 66'
Wiltord beats one roma defender only to run into another in the shape of Candela. Arsenal win a corner.
- 65'
Montella gets a 'welcome to the game' tackle from Vieira and the striker lies pole-axed on the floor holding his chest.
- 64'
Roma make another change. The goalscorer Cassano is replaced by Montella.
- 63'
...No says the ref. A let off for the Gunners.
- 62'
Guigou has only Shaaban to beat and the keeper brings him down in the box. Surely a penalty this time......
- 61'
Campbell slips and Totti feeds the ball through to Guigou.
- 61'
Candela makes a small mistake and Henry manages to knick the ball into the air. Zabina covers for his fellow defender and heads clear.
- 60'
Henry probes the Roma defence. There is still no way through and the ball ends up with the Gunners back four.
- 59'
Guigou has virtually an entire pitch of space but decides to check his forward run and Arsenal regain their shape.
