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Arsenal 4–2 Sparta Praha: UEFA Champions League, 25 October 2000
Arsenal and Sparta Praha finished 4–2 in the UEFA Champions League on 25 October 2000. The match was played in the first group stage in London.
2000-10-25 · London
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The match
Arsenal and Sparta Praha finished 4–2 in the UEFA Champions League on 25 October 2000. The match was played in the first group stage in London.
Arsenal won the match by 2 goals.
Goals and key incidents
Ray Parlour scored in minute 5 (Arsenal). Lauren scored in minute 7 (Arsenal). Lee Dixon scored in minute 35 (Arsenal).
Vladimír Labant scored a penalty in minute 40 (Sparta Praha). Nwankwo Kanu scored in minute 52 (Arsenal). Tomáš Rosický scored in minute 90 (Sparta Praha).
Competition and tie context
The same sides also met on 12 September 2000, when Sparta Praha finished 0–1 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 34,497 spectators.
The teams’ wider campaign
Arsenal came into this fixture after a Lazio 1–1 Arsenal result on 17 October 2000 in the same competition campaign. Their next match in that campaign was Shakhtar 3–0 Arsenal on 7 November 2000.
Sparta Praha came into this fixture after a Shakhtar 2–1 Sparta Praha result on 17 October 2000 in the same competition campaign. Their next match in that campaign was Sparta Praha 0–1 Lazio on 7 November 2000.
Sources
Check the original record.
Open the governing body or organiser’s publication for the underlying result, decision or tournament update.