Sport 01-10-2003 Champions` League Round-Up who: Celtic what: Beat Lyon 2-0 in Champions` League while Arsenal draw 0-0 away to Locomotiv Moscow where: Parkhead, GLASGOW when: Last night snippet: "There has been a lot of noise about Martin O`Neill and Celtic over the past week," says The Guardian`s Michael Walker from Parkhead, where the home side defeated visiting Lyon 2-0 in the Champions` League. "None of it, however, can compare with the volume here last night. Celtic were literally roared back into contention in Group A on a wall of sound, the scale of which would have impressed Phil Spector." "Even the players said it was as loud as they could remember," says O`Neill. But elsewhere in the competition there was disappointment for Arsenal, who were denied time and again by "annoying" Lokomotiv Moscow goalkeeper Sergey Ovchinnikov, despite what The Sun calls "a string of thunderous long-range drives" from Arsenal`s strike force and an ill-judged low shot from Robert Pires which turned out to be the vistors` "clearest chance of the night". After the game, Martin Keown broke the silence over the tussle with Ruud van Nistelrooy at Old Trafford last month and "launched an impassioned defence of his reputation," says the BBC. Facing FA charges of improper conduct and violent behaviour, the 37 year-old centre back claims that "throughout my career I`ve been a good role model for young players" but admits that his post-match confrontation with the Manchester United striker "was an unfortunate situation". [... more]

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