Arsenal vs Borussia Dortmund
Who won: Arsenal 2-0
Arsenal beat Borussia Dortmund 2-0 on Tuesday, September 17, 2002 at Highbury. Goals for Arsenal: Dennis Bergkamp (62') and Freddie Ljungberg (77').
Play by play
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The Gunners must now try and end their away day blues in Eindhoven next Wednesday. Tonight PSV finished goalless with Auxerre in France
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The perfect start to Arsenal's Champions League campaign, boosted by the scoring return of Ljungberg
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Dortmund clearly came here for the goalless draw, and once Bergkamp scored their plan were scuppered
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A competent display from Arsenal, although not looking convincing they were never under pressure either
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And there goes the final whistle
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Evanilson plays a long ball over the top to Kohler, but the flag goes up for backing in by the big forward
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Toure does superby on the left, and it takes three defenders to end his fine skillful run
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Arsenal now seem happy with the 2-0 scoreline - and that will present their first clean sheet in the Champions League for two years
- 89'
Kolo Toure comes on in place of Sylvain Wiltord
- 88'
Heinrich's cross from the right is met by Reina, who play the ball back across goal. Vieira is forced to knock the ball behind. A fine cross from Heinrich that deserved better
- 87'
Evanilson controls and takes a shot from 25 yards, but Seaman gets down well, low to his right, to save. Dortmund's first shot on target in the game
- 86'
A second change for Arsenal. Pascal Cygan comes on to replace Freddie Ljungberg - a fine to action return for him
- 85'
The third corner is followed by fourth in succession. This time Frings slides the ball to Dede on the edge of the box, but his shot is way over the bar
- 84'
Frings again takes the kick and this time Gilberto heads it behind
- 83'
Frings floats in the corner from the left and Vieira heads the ball behind
- 82'
Mistake by Cole gives Evanilson the chance to cross, and Lauren is forced to head the ball behind
- 81'
Kohler is caught very late by Campbell. Free-kick to Dortmund 30-yards out. Frings shoots, but his effort flies way over the bar
- 80'
A fine move, starting with Seaman and finishing with Ljungberg. The Swede rounded Lehmann before cooly slotting the ball home. All wrapped up for the Gunners
- 79'
GOAL!!!!!
- 78'
...Wiltord's square ball finds Henry, and his first time, cushioned pass sets Ljungberg through...
- 77'
Another sweeping move by Arsenal. Seaman's long throw finds Wiltord and the Frenchman sprints forward...
- 76'
...but Henry can only fire wide of the post, it should have been 2-0 there
- 75'
A slick move from Arsenal as Vieira feeds Wiltord in down the right. Wiltord plays the first time ball in to Henry...
- 74'
It's sub central at the moment - Dortmund bring on Heiko Herrlich for Juan Ramon Fernandez
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Now a substitution by Arsenal. Bisan Lauren comes on for Oleg Luzhny
