http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rasmus-Elm-c30628 has hailed his side following their 1-1 draw against defending Russian Premier League champions, Zenit St. Petersburg, at Petrovsky stadium on Monday
CSKA Moscow retained the top-spot on the Russian Premier League table despite their latest draw against the defending champions on Monday. However, they are just 3 points away from second-placed Anzhi Makhachkala.
Rasmus Elm converted a late equalizer into the back of the net from the penalty-spot five minutes to time after Zenit’s Renat Yanbaev put the hosts in front with a low drive past http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Igor-Akinfeev-c16676.
The 24-year-old, who joined the Russian outfit after leaving http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/AZ-c38571 Alkmaar during the winter transfer window for a reportedly 8 million Euros, has refused to single out his performance in the match and credited the entire team for
putting a lot of pressure on the opponents in the dying moments of the game.
Elm hailed the team spirit, insisting that they have been rewarded for their never-say-die attitude and admitted that they are all delighted after claiming a massive point in the much anticipated game against the well organized
St. Petersburg club.
The fact that the Moscow-based club have extended their unbeaten league run to seven games from which they managed to claim 19 points pleases the Sweden International, who urged his side to fight for the league title after finding
consistency in their performances.
“In the first half, the opponent was holding the ball well and we played defensively. We started the second half much better but conceded a goal after a great combinational play of our opponent. But we keep our head down and fight
for a point and as a result we scored from the spot-kick.”
“I think we played better than Zenit and deserved the point. The opponent successfully applied pressure on counter-attacks and we failed to take our chances. And it was very difficult to defend against Zenit. I think we have much
more to offer in the remaining games," the Svenska Cupen winner was quoted as saying.
CSKA will now play the upcoming league tie against Anzhi Makhachkala at Dynamo stadium (Makhachkala) on Sunday.
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