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    Glossary

Go Figure - 6th January 2003

Sometimes it is interesting to see how individuals fared over a calendar year rather than a league season
Veteran Alan Shearer finished injury-hit 2001 with goals in his final four games and he has carried that form on consistently ever-since, eclipsing his younger rivals
Leading Goalscorers - Calendar 2002
Player Goals
Alan Shearer 27
Thierry Henry 19
Ruud van Nistelrooy 19
James Beattie 18
Michael Owen 17
Jimmy Hasselbaink 16
Ole Solskjaer 16
Nicholas Anelka 14
Andy Cole 14
Sylvain Wiltord 14
Jason Euell 13
Eider Gudjohnsen 13
Leading Providers - Calendar 2002
Player Assists
Thierry Henry 25
Lauren Robert 20
Nolberto Solano 20
Dennis Bergkamp 19
Ryan Giggs 17
Ole Solskjaer 15
Damien Duff 14
Paul Scholes 14
Ruud van Nistelrooy 14
Steven Gerrard 13
Danny Murphy 13
Sylvain Wiltord 13
Leading Villains - Calendar 2002
Player Cards
Tomas Repka 14
Robbie Savage 13
Aliou Cisse 11
Lee Bowyer 10
Scott Parker 10
David Unsworth 10
Rufus Brevett 9
Thomas Gravesen 9
Gavin McCann 9
Lucas Neill 9
Franck Queudrue 9
Alan Smith 9
Go Figure    1st Jan 2003
Arsenal 3–2 Chelsea
After being an early candidate for player of the year, Zola is now pointless in his last five outings
Aston Villa 2–0 Bolton Wanderers
Dublin's hundreth Premiership start makes him the tenth player to achieve the centruy mark with two clubs
Blackburn Rovers 1–0 Middlesbrough
Boro are heading for one of the largest disparities in points scored home and away. Unbeaten at the Stadium of Light, they are scoreless in their past seven trips, all of which ended in defeat
Everton 2–2 Manchester City
In spite of missing two full seasons, Schmeichel becomes the sixteenth player to reach the 300 appearances club. His 124 clean sheets places him second only to David Seaman (135)
Leeds United 2–0 Birmingham
Leeds climb to the top of the current-form table has been achieved without much help from thier two most-booked players, Bowyer and Smith The former has not played in their five-match unbeaten run, whilst the latter is pointless in seven games
Manchester United 2–1 Sunderland
United scrape home in spite of pouring in 32 shots, the most by a team this season and double their league-leading average at home. In contrast, Sunderland only muster three, confirming their reputation as the most goal-shy away team
Newcastle United 1–0 Liverpool
Newcastle's nine game winning run at home is still five shy of their premieership record. Liverpool's winless run has now reached double-digits. In only one other season have they suffered even a six game slide
Southampton 1–0 Tottenham
With more than half of his team's goals, Beattie is on track to match a standard only previously achieved by Le Tissier (1993/4), Shearer (1995/6) and Phillips (1999/00). However, he is a more one-dimensional attacking player with a rate of only one assist per seven appearances over his career
Veteran Alan Shearer finished injury-hit 2001 with goals in his final four games and he has carried that form on consistently ever eclipsing his younger rivals
Combined with his goal-scoring talents, Henry's assist total confirm that he is arguably the best front-player in the world. Arsenal, Newcastle and Man Utd provide the top six players
Repka finished the season with a flourish by being sent-off on Boxing Day but he could not match Franck Queudrue's three red cards