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Lens 1–2 Arsenal: UEFA Cup, 20 April 2000
Lens and Arsenal finished 1–2 in the UEFA Cup on 20 April 2000. The match was played in the semi-finals in Lens Agglo.
2000-04-20 · Lens Agglo
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The match
Lens and Arsenal finished 1–2 in the UEFA Cup on 20 April 2000. The match was played in the semi-finals in Lens Agglo.
Arsenal won the match by 1 goal.
Goals and key incidents
Thierry Henry scored in minute 42 (Arsenal). Pascal Nouma scored in minute 72 (Lens). Nwankwo Kanu scored in minute 86 (Arsenal).
Competition and tie context
The aggregate score recorded for the two-leg tie was Lens 1–3 Arsenal.
The same sides also met on 6 April 2000, when Arsenal finished 1–0 against Lens. That is a separate match result in this competition campaign.
Venue and attendance
The UEFA match record identifies the venue as Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens Agglo.
The recorded attendance was 41,043 spectators.
The teams’ wider campaign
Lens came into this fixture after a Arsenal 1–0 Lens result on 6 April 2000 in the same competition campaign.
Arsenal came into this fixture after a Arsenal 1–0 Lens result on 6 April 2000 in the same competition campaign. Their next match in that campaign was Galatasaray 0–0 Arsenal on 17 May 2000.
Sources
Check the original record.
Open the governing body or organiser’s publication for the underlying result, decision or tournament update.