Premiership · Matchday 13

Arsenal v Manchester United

3–1

Sunday 25th November 2001 · Highbury · Att: 38,174

Manchester United lost 1–3 to Arsenal at Highbury on Sunday 25th November 2001 in the Premiership. Paul Scholes (14') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
13' Laurent Blanc
14' Paul Scholes 0–1
Half Time
49' Freddie Ljungberg 1–1
57' Phillip Neville for Silvestre
58' Dwight Yorke for Veron
68' Fabien Barthez
68' Matt Upson
73' Freddie Ljungberg
76' David Beckham
78' Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer for van Nistlerooy
80' Thierry Henry 2–1
85' Thierry Henry 3–1
Full Time 3–1

Match Facts

Paul Scholes' 2nd goal of 2001-2002, and his 71st for United.

Starting XI

Player

1 Fabien Barthez

2 Gary Neville

4 Juan Sebastian Veron

6 Laurent Blanc

7 David Beckham

10 Ruud van Nistelrooy

18 Paul Scholes 14'

Substitutes

57' for Silvestre

58' for Veron

78' for van Nistlerooy

Arsenal Lineup

Starting XI

3 Ashley Cole D

4 Patrick Vieira M

7 Robert Pires M

8 Freddie Ljungberg M ⚽

12 Lauren M

13 Stuart Taylor G

14 Thierry Henry F ⚽⚽

15 Ray Parlour M

20 Matt Upson D

23 Sol Campbell D

25 Kanu F

Substitutes

10 Dennis Bergkamp on

11 Sylvain Wiltord

16 Giovanni van Bronckhorst

18 Gilles Grimandi on

43 Graham Stack

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Managers

MUFC

Alex Ferguson

Manchester United

OPP

Arsene Wenger

Arsenal

Match Information

Man Utd Arsenal

Possession

100%

Shots

Shots on Target

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

United vs Arsenal History

Meeting 183 of 245

245

Played

100

Won

Drawn

Lost

368

Goals For

349

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 13th October 1894. After this match United had played Arsenal 183 times: 74W 38D 71L.

1 Oct 2000 L 0–1 PL 25 Feb 2001 W 6–1 PL 5 Nov 2001 L 0–4 LC

25 Nov 2001 L 1–3 This match

8 May 2002 L 0–1 PL 7 Dec 2002 W 2–0 PL 15 Feb 2003 L 0–2 FAC

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	117	66	30	21	211	104	56.4
Away	117	31	21	65	146	230	26.5
Neutral	11	3	4	4	11	15	27.3

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Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via ESPN where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →