Aston Villa v Arsenal, 21 December 2011

Score2-1 to Arsenal
RefereeJonathan Moss
CompetitionPremier League
VenueVilla Park
Attendance35,818

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1 Aston Villa

2 Arsenal

Manager: Arsene Wenger

Goals:

Marc Albrighton 54 G

Goals:

Robin van Persie penalty 17 P
Yossi Benayoun 87 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Brad Guzan
Defender Carlos Cuellar
Defender Richard Dunne
Defender Alan Hutton
Defender/Midfielder Marc Albrighton
Defender/Midfielder Ciaran Clark
Defender/Midfielder Stephen Warnock
Midfielder Stephen Ireland
Midfielder Charles N'Zogbia
Midfielder Stilian Petrov
Forward Gabby Agbonlahor

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny
Defender Laurent Koscielny
Defender Per Mertesacker
Defender Thomas Vermaelen
Midfielder Mikel Arteta
Midfielder Francis Coquelin
Midfielder Emmanuel Frimpong
Midfielder Aaron Ramsey
Midfielder/Forward Gervinho
Midfielder/Forward Theo Walcott
Forward Robin van Persie

Substitutions:

Barry Bannan for Stephen Ireland 45
Nathan Delfouneso for Marc Albrighton 88

Substitutions:

Tomáš Rosický for Emmanuel Frimpong 66
Andrei Arshavin for Gervinho 80
Yossi Benayoun for Aaron Ramsey 81

Cards:

Ciaran Clark 38 Y
Alan Hutton 90 Y
Alan Hutton 90 Y
Alan Hutton 90 R

Cards:

Francis Coquelin 27 Y
Per Mertesacker 45 Y
Robin van Persie 78 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Andy Marshall
Defender Derrick Williams
Defender/Centre back James M Collins
Midfielder Barry Bannan
Midfielder Fabian Delph
Midfielder/Forward Andi Weimann
Forward Nathan Delfouneso

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Manuel Almunia
Defender Sébastien Squillaci
Midfielder Yossi Benayoun
Midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Midfielder Tomáš Rosický
Forward Andrei Arshavin
Forward Marouane Chamakh

Comments:

League position: 12th

Comments:

League position: 5th The Dubious Goals Committee has ruled on the following: - Arsenal's second goal against Aston Villa on 21st December has been confirmed as a Yossi Benayoun goal.