FORMATIONS
Champions League 2nd Group Stage 2000/2001 - 22nd November 2000 Referee
Spartak Moscow 4-1 Arsenal (Full-Time)
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They've Kicked-Off on a freezing Moscow evening where temperatures may reach -10 degrees, Arsenal are wearing their all-blue kit

There is still snow lying on the pitch, Parlour wins the ball in midfield, Arsenal break down the left, Henry shoots but his aim is well off and the ball goes for a throw-in on the far side

Henry gets into the box and Silvinho scores for Arsenal after only 75-seconds

Goal !!! Silvinho !!! Spartak Moscow 0-1 Arsenal

A great goal from Silvinho, who ran the full length of the pitch before tucking it home from an acute angle

Marcao gets a shot on target but it's an easy save for Manninger

Henry plays the ball to the edge of the box, Ljungberg almost gets onto the end of it but the Spartak keeper comes out and makes the interception

Robson comes forward, Bezrodny shoots just wide, Manninger goes down injured and he needs attention

Ananko plays the ball through midfield for Spartak, Barabnov picks it up and plays it to the edge of the box, Bezrodny runs across the face of the goal but he can't make room for a shot

Henry breaks very quickly and finds Kanu with jsut the keeper to beat, he goes one on one but shoots over the bar, though Arsenal get a corner

Vivas' cross is headed clear but falls to Parlour, he shoots and Arsenal get another corner

Silvinho's cross is headed clear by Bezrodny

Parlour gives away a free-kick in midfield

Spartak come forward, Pires manages to head back to Manninger

Henry breaks very quickly to get onto the end of Manninger's kick, Henry makes room for a shot but shoots just beyond the far post

Kanu gives the ball away in midfield

Bulatov breaks down the left, he's tackled by Luzhny and Spartak win their first corner of the game. The cross comes over and Parlour volleys the ball clear

Keown clear sthe ball from defence, Kanu goes on a run, Luzhny overlaps but the momentus breaks down

Adams brings the ball into the Spartak half but Arsenal are forced back into defence. Spartak are caught offside

15-minutes played - Belatov plays the ball to Robson, he tries to find Marcao but he's caught offside as Luzhny steps out

Spartak beat the offside trap, Manninger rushes out, Titov goes down under Manninger's challenge but Arsenal are given the goal-kick as the whole crowd scream for a penalty

Baranov crosses from the right, Keown attempts a clearance, the ball drops back to the Spartak forwards but the impetus breaks down

Ljungberg carries the ball through midfield, though he looses possession, Spartak play a long bal lforward, Adams intercepts, finds Keown and Keown passes back to Manninger

Spartak come down the left, the bal is crossed over to the right flank, Silvinho comes in with a good tackle but Spartak get a throw-in

Spartak win a free-kick just inside the Arsenal half, the ball is lofted into the Arsenal box but Manninger is there to collect it, though his throw puts his own defence under some pressure

Robson gets the ball in midifeld but he plays a stray ball straight to Vivas

Luzhny breaks down the right, he crosses into the box but it's easily dealt with by the Spartak defence

Spartak are caught offside

Kanu finds Pires, he plays it forward but Marcao intercepts, Spartak play the bal back into their own defence

Ljungberg is fouled deep inside his own area

23-minutes played

Ljungberg breaks down the flank and he's fouled, Arsenal get the free-kick, it's played short, Arsenal look for the opening but it doesn't come

Spartak get a free-kick 35-yards out to the left hand side

The ball is played into the Arsenal box, it's knocked to the edge of the box, Parlour eventually gets the ball into touch and Spartak get a throw-in

Silvinho manages a long clearance that gets the ball to the half-way line but Spartak come back at Arsenal

Arsenal try to counter but Vivas' plays a stray pass as he tries to find Thierry Henry

Spartak get forward, Marcao just fails to reach the ball, the ball eventually drops to him in the box as Silvinho's header falls straight to him, and he slips the equaliser past Manninger in the 29th minute

Goal !!! Marcao !!! Spartak Moscow 1-1 Arsenal

Robson is fouled by Parlour, Parlour receives a Yellow Card, he'll miss the next game against Bayern Munich

Spartak put a free-kick into the Arsenal area, somehow it manages to miss everybody and Arsenal are lucky to escape by giving away just a corner, as Manninger just gets a hand to Robson's header

The cross comes over and Baranov shoots just over the bar with his left, Arsenal are definately on the back-foot now

Baranov moves down the wide right he gets to the edge of the box but the move breaks down as Arsenal win a throw-in deep inside their own half

Spartak come down the right again, Baranbov squares it but it roll outs of play on the far side

Baranov puts the ball low into the Arsenal box, Marcao just fails to get onto the end of it and Arsenal get a goal-kick

Pires crosses from the left flank, Ljungberg fails to reach the ball and Spartak clear it away

Luzhny gives the ball away on the edge of the Spartak box, Kanu picks it up but Arsenal can't find a way through and Arsenal are caught offside

Silvinho finds Pires on the edge of the box but he's tackled by Kovtun just as he's about to shoot

Arsenal have a corner, Silvinho crosses and Bezrodny heads clear

Ljungberg is down injured following an off the ball incident but play continues

41-minutes played and Arsenal have a throw-in in midfield

Silvinho finds Henry, he finds Pires, he's tackled just outside the box, Ananko goes down injured as he makes the tackle but he survives

Ljungberg plays the ball into the Spartak box but Henry is caught offside

Marcao falls over and Vivas set up a quick counter-attack, Ljungberg plays a low ball into the box, Kanu gets the touch to the ball but puts it just inches wide of the post, with the keeper stranded, tangled in the back of the net

Spartak get forward, Arsenal get a goal-kick

2-minutes of first-half injury time to play

Spartak gt down the left, Marcao shoots from the edge of the box, the ball eventually falls to Robson, inside the box, he shoots just wide, a good chance missed for Spartak

HALF-TIME : Spartak Moscow 1-1 Arsenal

Second-Half Starts

Bezrodni gives the ball away in midfield and Arsenal are content to playthe ball around inside their own half

Kanu eventually plays it forward for Luzhny, he's tackled and Arsenal get a throw

Ljungberg is fouled by Bezrodny in midfield - Arsenal get a free-kick just inside the Spartak half

Robson plays the ball wide to the left but Luzhny intercepts

Henry finds Ljungberg, Pires heads goal-bound, the ball deflects off Parfionov and hits his own post - almost an own goal and the ball goes straight to Filiminov

Ljungberg is tackled by Parfinov, then Henry is caught offside

Adams clears, the ball falls to Robson, he finds Marcao with a header and he gives Spartak the lead

Goal !!! Marcao !!! Spartak Moscow 2-1 Arsenal

Henry plays a great back-heel for Silvinho, he tries a shot but just fails to connect properly with the ball

Parlour tries a shot but it's a weak effort and gores straight to the Spartak keeper

Ljungberg is fouled in midfield, Kovtun receives a Yellow Card

Pires tries a shot but it's another easy save for Filimonov

Spartak break quickly, Manninger does well to make an interception

Titov threads the ball into the Arsenal box but Marcao is caught offside

Bezrodny gives the ball away in midfield but Parlour is tackled back and Spartak re-gain possession

Kanu gets into the Spartak box but he's brushed off the ball by two defenders though Arsenal do get a throw-in

Silvinho puts the ball to the near post, Ananko heads it clear

Kanu looses the bal and his appeals for a free-kick land on deaf ears

Kovtun finds Marcao, Spartak get a free-kick 35-yards out

The free-kick is played into the box, Parlour gets it clear, Henry tries to get down the flank but only wins a throw-in

Titov plays the ball forward, Silvinho manages to cut it out, Henry gives a free-kick away in midfield

Robson finds Marcao on the edge of the Arsenal box but Tony Adams makes a good interception

Titov does well, setting Baranov down the right, he crosses into the box, a shot comes in and Manninger manages to make a save

Wiltord replaces Kanu for Arsenal in the 66th minute

Titov gets past Parlour but Robson is caught offside

Baranov shoots from just outside the box, Manninger saves, another shot comes in and again Manninger saves

68-minutes played and Arsenal get to the edge of the Spartak box before the move breaks down

Spartak get forward but Vivas does well in defence and Arsenal get forward with Wiltord down the left, there's an offside given

Lauren replaces Pires for Arsenal

Spartak get a free-kick deep inside their own half

Marcao forces a good save from Manninger as a through ball caught Keown out

75-minutes played and Arsenal get a free-kick 30-yards out as Henry is fouled by Robson, Robson receives a Yellow Card

The referee has trouble getting the wall the full 10-yards back. Silvinho strikes the free-kick, he falls over in the process, the ball goes to Henry and he shoots way way over the bar

Henry is caught offside as he shoots over the bar from the edge of the box

Wiltord gets down the left but the move breaks down, Ananko makes a long clearance upfield

Adams gives the ball away on the half-way line, Bezrodniy finds Robson, a back heel finds Titov aand Titov scores

GOAL !!! Titov !!! Spartak Moscow 3-1 Arsenal

Spartak get a free-kick 30-yards out

Marcao tries to run through the Arsenal defence but an offside is given

Spartak bat the offside trap, Robson gets into the box, he goes around Manninger and scores for a fourth Spartak goal. Some indecision from Manninger

GOAL !!! Robson !!! Spartak Moscow 4-1 Arsenal

Luzhny breaks through the centre, he just fails to find Henry, who's pulled back by Ananko, Ananko receives a Yellow Card

Arsenal have a free-kick 30-yards out as a Spartak player is injured and needs treatment. Ananko is carried off on a stretcher

Henry takes the free-kick but hits it well wide

Henry finds Wiltord in the box, he's tackled just as he's about to shoot and the ball ends up safely oin the arms of the Spartak keeper

Spartak break quickly, Manninger makes a save from a header

90-minutes played, 3-minutes of injury time to play

Bouschmanov replaces the injured Ananko

Manninger makes a save at the second attempt

FULL-TIME : Spartak Moscow 4-1 Arsenal