Sport 18-10-2000 Arsenal Go Through To Round Two who: Arsenal what: Draw 1-1 with Lazio where: Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy when: Last night snippet: "Arsenal clinched their ticket to the second round stage of the Champions League with a heroic performance in Rome and a late late equaliser by substitute Robert Pires that stunned Lazio`s Latin American strollers," reports The Evening Standard. Supersub Pires scored an 88th-minute equaliser, his first goal for the club, after Nedved put the home team ahead in the 24th. "Pires ran on to Sylvian Wiltord`s long pass from defence and with the Lazio defence caught out, the Frenchman had a clear run at goal," recalls The Telegraph`s Christopher Davies. "He cut in from the left and, as Angelo Peruzzi came out, Pires coolly steered the ball over the goalkeeper". The game was marred, however, "by an ugly post-match fracas involving several players which could lead to censure from UEFA," reports Glenn Moore in The Independent. "This was partly provoked by an incident involving Gilles Grimandi and Diego Simeone which left the Argentinian furious and requiring six stitches". "Video replays appeared to show that Grimandi struck [Simeone] with his right hand, and certainly the Lazio player`s team-mates were incensed," says Russell Kempson in The Times. "Simeone pulled my shirt and I was just trying to push him away," Grimandi said afterwards. "I caught him with my hand, but I didn`t want to hurt him". [... more]

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