Arsenal 3 - 1 Aston Villa
Arsenal are dangerous on the break and Robert Pires fires home a low shot to put them in front after 17 mins
The home side are unlucky not to be two-up when Kolo Toure has a valid effort ruled out for offside
Thierry Henry curls home an unstoppable free-kick conceded by Villa substitute Ulises de la Cruz
Deputising in the Arsenal goal again, Rami Shaaban shouts encouragement to his defence
A flyer from Tomas Hitzlsperger (right) in the 64th minute puts a more adventurous Villa back in the game
Henry converts a penalty, after Freddie Ljungberg was brought down, to see Arsenal go four points clear
Saturday, 30 November, 2002, 16:04 GMT 
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