Spartak Moscow edged Croatian powerhouse
Dinamo Zagreb 1-0 at Maksimir Stadium with Russian international
Ivan Saenko providing the winning strike at the seventy-fifth minute from the edge of the area. The match was extremely tight with near perfect defending and very few scoring opportunities. With the victory for Michael Laudrup's side leaps to third place of Group D, three points behind
Udinese and
Tottenham. Spartak returns to UEFA Cup against
NEC Nijmegen on December 3.