With many thanks to Brian Judson, without whom this feature would not be possible
Tuesday 19 February 2002
Middlesbrough v Fulham 2-1
The home side gave Carbone a debut alongside Boksic, who was making his
first start for two months. The pair combined to put the Teessiders ahead
when Boksic beat Fulham's offside trap to flick the ball over Van der Sar.
Marlet equalised for Fulham in the 56th minute when Malbranque's corner
was headed on for the unmarked Marlet to head home. Nemeth scored the
winner for the home side in the 77th minute when he scored with a low shot
after replacing Carbone as a 69th minute substitute.
Saturday 23 February 2002
Arsenal v Fulham 4-1
Lauren put the Gunners ahead after only 5 minutes when van Bronckhorst
played the ball to Henry, whose pass found Wiltord and the striker played
the ball back to the oncoming Lauren, who swept the ball home. Fulham
struck back five minutes later when Marlet was left unmarked to head home
Rufus Brevett's cross. Vieira restored Arsenal's lead in the 15th minute
when Henry anticipated a back pass from Brevett. Henry slipped the ball to
the oncoming Vieira, who rifled the ball home. Henry increased the
Gunners' lead in the 38th minute when Vieira and Wiltord swapped passes to
put Henry through, who scored easily. Henry rounded off the afternoon by
scoring Arsenal's fourth goal in the 59th minute. Pires picked out Lauren
with a magnificent pass. Lauren's header hit a post but the ball rebounded
to Henry and into the goal.
Blackburn Rovers v Ipswich Town P-P
Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur P-P
The above two matches were postponed because of the League Cup Final.
If you want to read the match report then click here
Leicester City v Derby County 0-3
This defeat has left Leicester stranded at the bottom of the table and
looking certainties for the drop. Derby never looked in trouble against
the Foxes. Kinkladze put the Rams ahead in the 53rd minute when Christie
put him through. His shot took a slight deflection off Oakes as it flew
past Walker into the net. The Rams increased their lead when Christie
received a pass from Ducrocq and the ball was then deflected into
Strupar's path. Strupar curled a shot around Walker in the 64th minute. In
injury time, Christie broke down the right wing and centred the ball to
Morris, who knocked it behind the hapless Walker.
Liverpool v Everton 1-1
The Reds were lucky to salvage a point at Anfield. They were sloppy and
almost paid the penalty. The first half was boring with scarcely any
incidents. Riise almost put Liverpool ahead deep in first half injury time
from a free-kick. Radzinski came on for Everton as a second half
substitute. Pistone played a one-two with Gemmill before surging down the
left. Radzinski was quick to react to the centre but scuffed his shot
which baffled Kirkland in the Liverpool goal and allowed Everton to take
the lead in the 52nd minute. But Liverpool fought back for Anelka to
equalise in the 72nd minute. Heskey touched the ball on to Murphy, who
played it on to Anelka, who had plenty of time to score.
Manchester United v Aston Villa 1-0
The only goal of the game was scored by van Nistleroy in the 50th minute
of the match. Before the game, Denis Law had unveiled a statue of himself
to commemorate his feat of scoring 236 goals in 409 appearances for the
Reds. The first half was best forgotten as neither side displayed much
form. Boateng lost possession of the ball whilst dribbling in his own goal
area and Keane and Solksjaer conjured up the chance for van Nistleroy to
steer the ball into the Villa goal.
Southampton v Bolton Wanderers 0-0
Paul Jones played brilliantly to deny Bolton the points. Djorkaeff and
Tofting were both denied by the Saints keeper. Delap was sent off two
minutes from the end for a second bookable offence.
West Ham United v Middlesbrough 1-0
Kanoute scored the only goal of the game in the 76th minute. Schwarzer
miscued a clearance by hoofing it straight to Labant. The ball was then
passed to Kanoute, who promptly scored, as Queuendreu and Schwarzer
desperately tried to retrieve the situation. Ehiogu was sent off for one
minute from the end of the game. West Ham had been without the suspended
Sinclair, Schemmel and di Canio. Hutchison was stretchered off shortly
before the interval after a tackle on him by Queuendreu.
Sunday 24 February 2002
Leeds United v Charlton Athletic 0-0
Leeds had Bowyer, Smith and Mills suspended as a result of past
misdemeanours. Fowler missed chances to snatch the points for the home
side when first, he smashed a shot on to an upright when it looked easier
to score. Then, he hooked a ball, in the 70th minute, and saw the ball fly
across the goalmouth just wide of the far post. Charlton could themselves
have scored when Dacourt passed to Kelly but saw Konchesky nip in. Kiely
had plenty of work to do as Charlton spent much of the game retreating
towards their own goal. They were well worth the point they took back to
the Valley.
Sunderland v Newcastle United 0-1
Newcastle scored the only goal of the North-East derby when Dabizas headed
home a free-kick from Shearer's pass after Robert had taken the free-kick
in the 64th minute. This had been Dabizas' third attempt to score during
the course of the match. The first time, Solano had put the ball across to
the far post for Dabizas to head goalwards but Sorensen blocked it with
his feet. The second time saw Sorensen push Dabizas' header on to the
crossbar. Sunderland fought hard but could not find a way back and now lie
just above the relegation zone.
Pos Pl. W. D. L. For-Ag Pts.
1 Man Utd 28 18 3 7 67- 35 57
2 Newcastle 27 17 4 6 52- 33 55
3 Arsenal 27 15 9 3 55- 31 54
4 Liverpool 28 15 8 5 45- 25 53
5 Chelsea 26 11 11 4 46- 26 44
6 Leeds 27 11 11 5 37- 29 44
7 A. Villa 27 9 11 7 32- 30 38
8 Spurs 26 10 5 11 37- 35 35
9 Fulham 27 8 11 8 27- 29 35
10 West Ham 27 9 7 11 30- 41 34
11 Charlton 27 8 10 9 30- 32 34
12 M'brough 27 8 7 12 26- 35 31
13 S'hampton 27 9 4 14 31- 41 31
14 S'derland 27 8 7 12 21- 31 31
15 Ipswich 26 8 6 12 34- 40 30
16 Everton 27 7 8 12 27- 34 29
17 Bolton 27 6 11 10 30- 42 29
18 Blackburn 26 6 7 12 32- 36 25
19 Derby 27 7 4 16 21- 43 25
20 Leicester 27 3 8 16 18- 49 17
