ARSENAL 1 CITY 0
FA Premier League
28th September 1992
attendance 21,504
Scorer Wright(19)
Ref J Martin
City Coton, I Brightwell, Phelan, Reid, Curle, Hill, White, Flitcroft, Quinn, Simpson, Holden – sub McMahon(72), D Brightwell(unused), Margetson(unused)
Arsenal Seaman, Dixon, Winterburn, Hillier, Bould, Adams, Jensen, Wright, Smith, Merson, Campbell – subs Limpar(75), Pates(unused), Miller(unused)
FROM THE PRESS BOX
NIGEL CLARKE WRITING IN THE DAILY MIRROR 29TH SEPTEMBER 1992
Ian Wright gave another reminder to Graham Taylor last night that he’s ready to play for England again.
The £2 5 million spitfire striker grabbed Arsenal’s winner, his sixth goal in ten games to sink City and leave Gunners boss George Graham saying: “I can’t pick the England team but Ian would always be in my side.”
… Taylor saw the dark destroyer at his devastating best as he grabbed the 18th minute goal that doomed City to their fourth match without scoring.
He pounced on Kevin Campbell’s cross and headed home to get Arsenal’s first goal at the Old North Bank end, now camouflaged by a mural.
Graham said: “He’s been with us for a year now and I’d like to think he has got better. But sometimes I would like him to slow down a bit when he’s got the ball.” Manchester City Boss Peter Reid saw his City side out-powered up front as Arsenal could have finished with far more goals than Wright’s lone effort.
Reid admitted: “We were second best. Arsenal deserved to win.”
City, for all their neat football and quickness at the back, could produce little in retaliation against the fever of Arsenal’s football as Wright and Campbell attacked them with pace and power.
As early as the 7th minute the combination worked well and keeper Tony Coton needed to be at his smartest to turn away a shot from Campbell.
Then just before half-time Arsenal swarmed all over City and but for the keeper’s heroics might have added at least two more.
Wright danced through to set up Alan Smith who just shot wide of a post.
Then Campbell drew a sprawling save from Coton before Smith again tested the goalkeeper with another effort.
Arsenal were inventive, Pacy and eager to attack at all times.
They might have had a penalty when, in the 80th minute substitute Anders Limpar beautifully slipped Campbell through only to be bundled off the ball by Keith Curle.
Limpar was booked for his protest, and Graham commented: “I felt sorry for him, I thought it was a penalty.”
Perhaps Graham can now start dreaming again of a possible title challenge, while City can only hope they can start scoring goals again soon.