Real, Spartak, Anderlecht and Bayern all resume with wins

LONDON, Nov 22 (Reuters)(DS) - European champions Real Madrid
began the second phase of the Champions League with a commanding
2-0 demolition of Leeds United on Wednesday on a night when
Spartak Moscow, Bayern Munich and Anderlecht also won.
Spartak were the biggest winners, thumping Arsenal 4-1 in
Moscow at the start of what proved to be a miserable night for
the English premier league.
Goals from Brazilians Marcao (29 and 51) and Robson (82) and
Yegor Titov (77) gave Spartak victory in their Group C match
after Arsenal's Brazilian midfielder Silvinho had given them a
second minute lead.
Arsenal have now lost three and drawn one of their last four
cup and league matches having scored just once.
Real made it two defeats out of two for the premier league
when they gave David O'Leary's young Leeds team a lesson in
passing and movement at Elland Road as they easily won their
Group D match 2-0.
Fernando Hierro opened the scoring after 66 minutes with a
header with Raul adding the second two minutes later. Leeds, who
began the first phase of the tournament with a 4-0 defeat at
Barcelona, have now won only one of their last 10 matches.

SINGLE GOAL WINS
The other two matches both ended in 1-0 wins for the home
sides with Bayern beating Olympique Lyon 1-0 in Group C with a
55th minute header from Jens Jeremies. Anderlecht left it late
to beat Lazio 1-0 in Brussels in Group D, an 85th minute strike
from Canadian Tomasz Radzinski giving them a deserved success
against a Lazio side seemingly out for a draw.
Bayern had lost their last two Bundesliga games but took the
points when Jeremies' header was deflected off Lyon defender
Patrick Mueller, leaving goalkeeper Gregory Coupet stranded.
The 1999 European Cup finalists woke up after taking the
lead but were denied a second goal by a string of brilliant
Coupet saves.
Lyon came close to equalising in the 72nd minute with a
thunderous volley from defender Jeremie Brechet wich Germany
goalkeeper Oliver Kahn punched away.
Lazio's miserable night was completed when their gifted
Yugoslav midfielder Dejan Stankovic was sent off in the last
minute as they went down 1-0 to Anderlecht.
Stankovic, 22, who joined Lazio for 8.0 million pounds
($11.31 million) from Red Star Belgrade two years ago and is
tipped by current Lazio coach Sven Goran Eriksson to become one
of the best players in the world, showed anything but world
class form in the last minute.
Slovak referee Lubos Michel, who had already shown seven
yellow cards, finally produced a red for Stankovic for stamping
on Anderlecht's Belgian international midfielder Bart Goor.
The night's results left Spartak top of Group C on goal
difference from Bayern with Lyon and Arsenal on third and
fourth.
Real Madrid topped Group D on goal difference from
Anderlecht with Lazio and Leeds following behind.
The second phase of the competition began on Tuesday. In
Group A Valencia beat Sturm Graz 2-0 and Manchester United beat
Panathinaikos 3-1. In Group B Deportivo Coruna beat Paris St
Germain 3-1 and AC Milan and Galatasaray drew 2-2 in an
ill-tempered game in Milan.
English bookmaker William Hill on Wednesday listed
Manchester United as 7-2 favourites ahead of Real Madrid
(4-1),Bayern Munich and Lazio (6-1) and AC Milan (10-1).