Sport 26-10-2000 Kit-Change Arsenal Stroll Over Sparta who: Arsenal what: Lead group table after convincing win over Sparta where: Highbury, LONDON when: Last night snippet: "After a stroll along Easy Street last night," says The Mirror, Arsenal cannot now be beaten in Champions` League Group B thanks to a storming 4-2 home victory against Sparta Prague. "What a difference that makes after their first two miserable years in the competition when they were eliminated at the opening stage." "Goals by Ray Parlour, Lauren and Lee Dixon put Arsenal in control," says Jon Brodkin in The Guardian, "and although Sparta Prague pulled one back, Nwankwo Kanu added a fourth early in the second half. Sparta`s spirit deserved the impressive injury-time goal added by Tomas Rosicky but they never looked likely to prevent Arsenal continuing their 100% record here this season". It was a game of "of almost unremitting incident" comments The Independent`s Steve Tongue. "Scoring twice in the opening seven minutes, and never in any any great danger, [Arsenal] nevertheless allowed Sparta 11 goal attempts by half-time and a good few afterwards". Perhaps the biggest surprise of the night was that Arsenal, who had played the first half in an all-blue strip, "appeared for the second half wearing yellow jerseys," reports The Telegraph`s Christopher Davies, "because the fourth official thought their original tops clashed with Sparta`s maroon shirts". Arsene Wenger admitted there had been some confusion from the start. "A few times we gave the ball away to Sparta players," he told The Sun. [... more]

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