Arsenal 3–2 Shakhtar: UEFA Champions League, 20 September 2000

The match

Arsenal and Shakhtar finished 3–2 in the UEFA Champions League on 20 September 2000. The match was played in the first group stage in London.

Arsenal won the match by 1 goal.

Goals and key incidents

Aleksei Bakharev scored in minute 26 (Shakhtar). Andriy Vorobey scored in minute 29 (Shakhtar). Sylvain Wiltord scored a penalty in minute 45 (Arsenal).

Martin Keown scored in minute 85 (Arsenal). Martin Keown scored in minute 90 (Arsenal).

Serhiy Popov was sent off in minute 45.

Competition and tie context

The same sides also met on 7 November 2000, when Shakhtar finished 3–0 against Arsenal. That is a separate match result in this competition campaign.

The fixture was played in Group B of the first group stage. The match result belongs to this stage of the competition in the 2000/01 season.

Venue and attendance

The UEFA match record identifies the venue as Highbury, London.

The recorded attendance was 33,922 spectators.

The teams’ wider campaign

Arsenal came into this fixture after a Sparta Praha 0–1 Arsenal result on 12 September 2000 in the same competition campaign. Their next match in that campaign was Arsenal 2–0 Lazio on 27 September 2000.

Shakhtar came into this fixture after a Shakhtar 0–3 Lazio result on 12 September 2000 in the same competition campaign. Their next match in that campaign was Sparta Praha 3–2 Shakhtar on 27 September 2000.