Game #4719
Aston Villa
Sunday, 18 August 2002
Aston Villa
0-1
Liverpool
Premier League
Liverpool
Villa Park
Attendance: 41,183
Lost
15th
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Peter Enckelman, penalty save.
MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 18 August 2002
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Ulises de la Cruz
🟨 | 14’ Booking, Alpay Özalan
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Liverpool
🥅 | 47’ Goal, 0-1, (Liverpool), John Arne Riise
🔁 | 63’ Sub off, Peter Crouch, Sub on, Marcus Allbäck
🟨 | 70’ Booking, Steve Staunton
🔁 | 76’ Sub off, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Sub on, Mustapha Hadji
💥 | 78’ Missed Penalty, (Liverpool), Michael Owen
🔁 | 84’ Sub off, Gareth Barry, Sub on, Jlloyd Samuel
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Liverpool
ON THIS DAY
Villa lose a second consecutive game but there is enough evidence of positivity - especially in the form of Peter Crouch - to compensate as right back Ulises de la Cruz made his Villa debut aged 28 after joining from Hibernian FC for £2,430,000 - described by his new boss as the "Ecuadorian David Beckham".
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Liverpool
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 2000-01
FIXTURE DETAILS
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
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Season | 2002-03 |
Matchday | #5 |
League Game | #1 |
Manager Game | #18 |
Sunday, 18 August 2002
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 2002-2003
Referee: Andy D'Urso | 🏴 | Essex, 1994-2015
Kick off: 1.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 2002-03
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 18 | 🟩 | 4 🟨 | 5 🟥 9 | 0.94
Villa Career Form:
Relegation
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Andy D'Urso | 🏴 | Essex, 1994-2015
Matches Officiated: 7
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 26 December 2001, Villa 1-2 Liverpool, Villa Park 🆘
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Alpay Özalan returns for his first start since December 2001 as Ulises de la Cruz is handed his debut and Lee Hendrie is recalled. Dion Dublin, Ian Taylor and Marcus Allbäck drop out.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.32 |
Oldest Player |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 33.60 |
Youngest Player |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | 20.38 |
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 2002-03
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
Aston Villa
GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
CB Alpay Özalan | 🇹🇷 | 🟨 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 | 🟢 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | 🔁 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
CF Peter Crouch | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Gérard Houllier | 🇫🇷 |
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_2fb25bded0134f2d975eddd73aa44dcb~mv2.gif)
Liverpool
GK Jerzy Dudek | 🇵🇱 |
LB John Arne Riise | 🇳🇴 | ⚽ |
CB Stéphane Henchoz | 🇨🇭 |
CB Sami Hyypiä | 🇫🇮 |
CB Djimi Traoré | 🇲🇱 |
RB Abel Xavier | 🇵🇹 |
M Danny Murphy | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Dietmar Hamann | 🇩🇪 | 🟨 |
M Steven Gerrard | 🏴 |
CF El-Hadji Diouf | 🇸🇳 | 🟨 | 🤡 | 🔁 |
F Michael Owen | 🏴 | 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
🔁 CF Marcus Allbäck | 🇸🇪 | for CF Peter Crouch | 🏴 | 63’ |
🔁 M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 | for M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | 76’ |
🔁 RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 | for M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 84’ |
SUBSTITUTES
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_2fb25bded0134f2d975eddd73aa44dcb~mv2.gif)
🔁 | CF El-Hadji Diouf | 🇸🇳 | (CB Jamie Carragher | 🏴 |)
🔁 | F Michael Owen | 🏴 | (CF Emile Heskey | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 |
F Michael Boulding | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_2fb25bded0134f2d975eddd73aa44dcb~mv2.gif)
GK Chris Kirkland | 🏴 |
M Bruno Cheyrou | 🇫🇷 |
M Vladimir Šmicer | 🇨🇿 |
SQUAD STATS
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Homegrown: 4/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/16
Homegrown: 5/16
SQUAD STATS
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_2fb25bded0134f2d975eddd73aa44dcb~mv2.gif)
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/13
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
Not reported
UNAVAILABLE
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_2fb25bded0134f2d975eddd73aa44dcb~mv2.gif)
Not Recorded
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
DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not reported
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
*BBC Sport*
Sunday, 18 August, 2002
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