CSKA Moscow’s Leonid Slutsky satisfied with Vagner Love performance against Volga Nizhny Novgorod
CSKA Moscow head coach, Leonid Slutsky, is delighted to kick start the second round of the Russian Premier League with a win against Volga Nizhny Novgorod. The Army Men dominated the host team by scoring two goals and kept a cleen sheet at Lokomotiv stadium.
The Moscow-based club’s strike sensation, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vagner-c35793 Love, scored a brace to ensure that the Russian club extend their lead at the top. CSKA also extended their unbeaten league run to ten games as a result.
The Brazilian ace has not marked himself on the score sheet since the match against Anzhi Makhachkala, but the head coach had refused to question the 27-year-old’s capabilities.
Leonid Slutsky revealed that the UEFA Cup winning striker has been a key player for the Army Men throughout his stay at the Russian club. He went one step further by declaring that Love is as important to CSKA as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wayne-Rooney-c36736 are to Barcelona
and Manchester United respectively.
“Rooney is a key player for Manchester United and Messi is significant for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604”. Slutsky showered praise on Love.
The former Krylia Sovetov boss revealed that the Brazilian national has taken his chances well but the win was more of a team effort.
The tactician also singled out captain goal keeper, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Igor-Akinfeev-c16676, for his performance and mentioned that the shot-stopper made some excellent saves to ensure the lead.
“Yes, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wagner-c36524 scored two goals, it is certainly fine, but the whole team played very well. Akinfeev helped out the team and we deserved to win. In my opinion, we controlled the game well and it is clear by the result.” he concluded.
Having just lost the Russian Cup tier against Volgar Gazprom, the defending cup champions were eagerly awaiting the league fixture to get a victory after their shocking exit from the cup tournament.
The Muscovites have now increased their lead over second placed Zenit St. Petersburg to seven points.
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