a steve marlet own goal gave arsenal a much-needed 1–0 win against fulham, ceasing their run of four defeats on 3 november 2002. another 1–0 win, this time against newcastle united moved arsenal one point behind leaders liverpool. vieira's performance in particular was plauded in "the guardian" as a "demonstration of tackling, control, awareness and movement that was exceptional even by his standards." in the north london derby on 16 november 2002, arsenal beat tottenham hotpsur 3–0 to go back at the top of the league table. the opening goal, scored by henry was later voted the goal of the season by viewers of itv's "the premiership", having picked up the ball from arsenal's side of the pitch and running past the opposition defence to shoot past goalkeeper kasey keller. at st mary's stadium, arsenal lost 3–2 to southampton; striker james beattie scored twice against an arsenal defence, who conceded three goals in total for the first time since may 2001. defender sol campbell had been sent off in the match, and was suspended for a further game, against manchester united. arsenal ended the month with a 3–1 victory over visitors aston villa; midfielder robert pires scoring for the second successive league match and henry adding a further two goals.