Good evening and welcome to Eurosport’s LIVE Champions League matchcast as Celtic travel to Spartak Moscow in an early kick-off Group G fixture.

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It's over! Celtic have found a remedy for their travel sickness and once again in Moscow they've pulled off a big result! The Bhoys win 3-2 against Spartak in their first away win in the competition since 1986.

Forrest has zipped in past two red shirts and may be able to put this beyond doubt! He cuts the ball back from the byline near the far post but Makeyev beats Hooper to it and clears.

Samaras concedes a free-kick on the halfway line to slow the game down and the hosts waste possession straight away from the desperate set-piece.

Spartak send a ball into the Celtic box and Emenike is there! Terrific last-ditch defending to outnumber the striker and deny a hat-trick!

We will have five minutes of stoppage time. Can Celtic hang on?

GOAL! SAMARAS HAS PUT CELTIC AHEAD! Lovely guided header to convert Izaguirre's cross! 2-3!!!!!

Commons flicks the ball into Hooper's path and the striker's deflected shot is held by Pesiakov.

Spartak's final sub does see Ari leave the action despite shaking off the worst of his niggle. His replacement is Aleksandr Kozlov.

Forrest overhits a through pass intended for Hooper and the keeper again claims.

Commons' corner is headed at goal by Ambrose but again Pesiakov denies the visitors, catching the attempt.

Ledley from distance! Rasping 30-yard drive tipped over the bar by Pesiakov!

Another good piece of work from Forrest on the right culminates with a floated cross which Hooper cannot get to before Bryzgalov.

Both sides have had nine attacks apiece so far as we enter the dying embers, with Spartak still ahead in possession but only with 52% now.

Ari, looking a little more spritely now, climbs on Izaguirre to end a now-rare home attack.

Joe Ledley comes on for his Champions League debut. Mulgrew the man coming off.

Handy ball from the left by Kombarov but Wilson takes it away from the hat-trick-seeking Emenike and allows Forster to catch the defensive header.

Ari is the odds-on choice to be Spartak's third and final sub. He has been favouring his hamstring for the last few minutes.

It's a good driven delivery but no black shirts are able to get a touch and prevent it leaving the danger zone as quickly as it arrived.

McGeady's game against his old employers is over as he makes way for Artem Dzyuba before we get the latest flag kick.