Game #4697
Aston Villa
Sunday, 6 January 2002


Lost
3rd Round
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥
FA Cup
Manchester United
Villa Park
Attendance: 38,444
🟥 6 Jan 2002, Villa 2-3 United, Villa Park.
Aston Villa
2-3

Manchester United

Assist(s) | Paul Merson | 51' |
🟥 6 Jan 2002, Villa 2-3 United, Villa Park.


MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 6 January 2002
🟨 | 21’ Booking, Darius Vassell
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Manchester United
⚽ | 51’ Goal, 1-0, Ian Taylor, Assist by Paul Merson
⚽ | 53’ Goal, 2-0, Own Goal, Phil Neville
🥅 | 77’ Goal, 2-1, (Manchester United), Ole Gunnar Solskjær
🥅 | 80’ Goal, 2-2, (Manchester United), Ruud Van Nistelrooy
🥅 | 82’ Goal, 2-3, (Manchester United), Ruud Van Nistelrooy
🔁 | 86’ Sub off, George Boateng, Sub on, Gareth Barry
🔁 | 86’ Sub off, Alan Wright, Sub on, Steve Stone
🔁 | 86’ Sub off, Paul Merson, Sub on, Mustapha Hadji
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-3 Manchester United
Match Statistics
Not recorded
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟥 6 Jan 2002, Villa 2-3 United, Villa Park.

ON THIS DAY
Sunday, 6 January 2002
Villa lose in the FA Cup third round against Manchester United despite being two goals to the good with 13' left to play as the victors celebrate like they've won the League, Cup and Champions League treble on one night.
Villa go two goals up only to lose as heartbreak in the FA Cup causes seismic reactions around Villa Park.
Peter Schmeichel concedes 3 goals for the 5th time this season on his 26th appearance and is now without a clean sheet in 9 games to make it W11 D7 L8, 1 Goal, 30 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.15 goals per game and 9 Clean Sheets (35%) so far in his Villa career.
Paul Merson makes his 135th appearance in a Villa shirt (119 Starts) to make it W50 D43 L42, 18 Goals, 22 Assists, 7 Bookings and 1 Red Card at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.38 games played so far in his Villa career.
🟥 6 Jan 2002, Villa 2-3 United, Villa Park.

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Manchester United


European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 2000-01
🟥 6 Jan 2002, Villa 2-3 United, Villa Park.
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2001-02 |
Matchday | #32 |
Manager Game | #188 |
Sunday, 6 January 2002
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🟥 6 Jan 2002, Villa 2-3 United, Villa Park.
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Graham Poll | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1994-2006
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
🕒 187 | 🟩 | 81 🟨 | 50 🟥 56 | 1.57
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 6 Jan 2002, Villa 2-3 United, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Graham Poll | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1994-2006
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Darius Vassell
CARDS

🟨 Laurent Blanc
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 6 Jan 2002, Villa 2-3 United, Villa Park.

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
George Boateng, Paul Merson and Juan Pablo Ángel return for Dion Dublin, Steve Stone and Hassan Kachloul.
Starting XI Average Age
| 28.44 |
Oldest Player |
GK Peter Schmeichel | 🇩🇰 | 38.16 |
Youngest Player |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 | 20.79 |
🟥 6 Jan 2002, Villa 2-3 United, Villa Park.
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002

Aston Villa
GK Peter Schmeichel | 🇩🇰 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 |
MANAGER
Alex Ferguson | 🏴 |

Manchester United
GK Roy Carroll | 🇬🇧 |
RB Gary Neville | 🏴 |
RB Phil Neville | 🏴 |
CB Laurent Blanc | 🇫🇷 | 🟨 |
LB Mikaël Silvestre | 🇫🇷 |
M Juan Sebastián Verón | 🇦🇷 |
M Nicky Butt | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Roy Keane | 🇮🇪 |
M Paul Scholes | 🏴 |
W David Beckham | 🏴 |
CF Ole Gunnar Solskjær | 🇳🇴 | ⚽ |
🟥 6 Jan 2002, Villa 2-3 United, Villa Park.
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | for M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 |86’ |
🔁 M Steve Stone | 🏴 | for LB Alan Wright | 🏴 | 86’ |
🔁 M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 | for M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 86’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Nicky Butt | 🏴 | (M Luke Chadwick | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Luke Chadwick | 🏴 | (CF Ruud van Nistelrooy | 🇳🇱 | ⚽ | ⚽ |)

🟥 6 Jan 2002, Villa 2-3 United, Villa Park.
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Raimond Van Der Gouw | 🇳🇱 |
CB John O'Shea | 🇮🇪 |
M Michael Stewart | 🏴 |
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

🟥 6 Jan 2002, Villa 2-3 United, Villa Park.
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | | 133 | 11* | 4 | 2 | 55 | 39 | 39* | - | - | 14 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 | | 94* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 6 Jan 2002, Villa 2-3 United, Villa Park.
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/16
Homegrown: 4/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/16
🟥 6 Jan 2002, Villa 2-3 United, Villa Park.
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 6 Jan 2002, Villa 2-3 United, Villa Park.
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟥 6 Jan 2002, Villa 2-3 United, Villa Park.


MATCH QUOTES
🟥 6 Jan 2002, Villa 2-3 United, Villa Park.


MATCH REPORTS



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*The Guardian*
Monday, 7 January, 2002
🟥 6 Jan 2002, Villa 2-3 United, Villa Park.

