Spartak Moskva 4–1 Arsenal: UEFA Champions League, 22 November 2000

The match

Spartak Moskva and Arsenal finished 4–1 in the UEFA Champions League on 22 November 2000. The match was played in the second group stage in Moscow.

Spartak Moskva won the match by 3 goals.

Goals and key incidents

Sylvinho scored in minute 2 (Arsenal). Marcão scored in minute 29 (Spartak Moskva). Marcão scored in minute 50 (Spartak Moskva).

Yegor Titov scored in minute 77 (Spartak Moskva). Robson scored in minute 82 (Spartak Moskva).

Competition and tie context

The fixture was played in Group C of the second 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 Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow.

The recorded attendance was 74,000 spectators.

The teams’ wider campaign

Spartak Moskva came into this fixture after a Spartak Moskva 1–0 Real Madrid result on 7 November 2000 in the same competition campaign. Their next match in that campaign was Lyon 3–0 Spartak Moskva on 5 December 2000.

Arsenal came into this fixture after a Shakhtar 3–0 Arsenal result on 7 November 2000 in the same competition campaign. Their next match in that campaign was Arsenal 2–2 Bayern München on 5 December 2000.