Premier League 2001 2002 Arsenal Charlton

4 novembre 2001

Highbury London

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Arsenal were heavy favourites to defeat London rivals Charlton Athletic in November 2001. Despite being held to a 3-3 draw in their last home match by Blackburn Rovers, Arsene Wenger’s side were expected to have far too much for a hard-working Charlton side and fully capitalise of Manchester United’s defeat at Anfield earlier in the afternoon. What happened next remains one of the most stunning scorelines ever seen in the Premier League. Arsenal made a scintillating start, completely dominating possession and creating a host of early opportunities. Steve Brown had to hook an effort off his own goal-line from Patrick Vieira but the respite was brief. Picked out by Robert Pires, Thierry Henry ran across the front of Brown and with a left-foot shot, found the back of the net with unerring accuracy after six minutes. It was Henry’s 14th goal of the season in all competitions already and the tone looked set for the afternoon’s proceedings.

However, Charlton hadn’t read the script and produced their own clinical display of finishing that left Highbury completely stunned. Having been particularly wasteful infront of goal, Arsenal then started to present their opposition with charitable chances they weren’t going to pass up. First, Brown made amends for his lax defending on the opening Arsenal goal by steering home an equaliser from Paul Konchesky’s inch-perfect free-kick. Two minutes before the interval, Konchesky doubled his assist tally with a high delivery into the box from a similar position. Arsenal goalkeeper Richard Wright came to claim the ball but was completely indecisive and under pressure from Jason Euell, he embarrassingly fisted the ball into his own net. The look on his face afterwards said it all.

Any hope Arsenal had of producing a fightback disappeared in the opening eight minutes of the second half. From a sloppy Ashley Cole throw-in, Vieira took far too long in possession and was robbed by Jonatan Johansson. Johansson played through Claus Jensen and the Dane produced a lovely chip that found the net. His first goal of the season had astonishingly put Charlton into a 3-1 lead. The scoreline became even more staggering when the visitors went 4-1 ahead. Jensen evaded two challenges in the middle of the park and Euell exposed a high offside trap. The former Wimbledon man made no mistake to set Alan Curbishley’s side up for a famous victory. That prompted plenty of boos from the Highbury faithful. Henry did win a penalty slightly fortunately when he went down under a challenge from Mark Fish in the penalty area, despite the South African making contact with the ball. Henry doubled his tally for the afternoon on the hour mark but that was all Arsenal could ultimately muster. Charlton had produced a remarkable result against a side that would go on to win the Premier League and FA Cup double by the end of the 2001-2002 season.

Arsenal: Richard Wright, Ashley Cole (Sylvain Wiltord 68), Gilles Grimandi, Martin Keown, Lauren, Patrick Vieira, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Freddie Ljungberg, Robert Pires, Dennis Bergkamp, Thierry Henry

Charlton Athletic: Dean Kiely, Steve Brown, Mark Fish, Paul Konchesky, Chris Powell, Luke Young, Mark Kinsella, Claus Jensen (Shaun Bartlett 81), Scott Parker (Gavin Peacock 68), Jason Euell, Jonatan Johansson (John Robinson 79)