Going into Sundays fixtures the Villa were the only side who could have leap-frogged Blues but their failure to beat Arsenal saw them slip to twelth place and 3 points adrift of us.
Southamptons 2-1 victory over Leeds at St. Mary's on Saturday took them one place above Blues on goal difference and sent the financially strapped Yorkshire side to rock-bottom of the table.Results On Sunday 18th January 2004 Barclaycard Premiership Aston Villa (0) 0 Arsenal (1) 2 38,380 Chelsea (0) 0 Birmingham City (0) 0 41,073
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