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The Lens players celebrate after Mickhael Debeve scored the only goal of the game, which saw Arsenal crash out with a game to play
1999 - Arsenal 0-1 RC Lens: First group stage
ARSENAL LINE-UP
Seaman, Dixon, Adams (Bould), Keown, Winterburn, Parlour, Hughes, Garde (Vivas), Overmars, Wreh (Boa Morte), Anelka
Subs: Manninger, Grimandi, Upson, Mendez
Off the back of winning the double in Arsene Wenger's first season in charge, there was hope of a strong European campaign in 1998/99.
With home games at Wembley, and a reasonable draw handing Arsenal Panathinaikos, Dynamo Kiev and RC Lens, the Gunners didn't have the hardest introduction to top-level European football under Wenger.
But the Wembley experiment went badly wrong, and a 3-1 defeat away in Kiev meant Arsenal needed to win their final two games to progress. Mickael Debeve stole in at the far post to convert a cross, and Wenger's first taste of Champions League football in north London was doomed.
A 3-1 win in Greece against Panathinaikos in the final game was a consolation, but an entirely meaningless one.
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Paul Marin -19 is one thing, 20 is a whole other matter. It gets even worse if they win the UCL. *groan*. 
05/18/2011.MU fans naah cough, but all a unuh a vomit?-Lazie 1/11/2015
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