The Russian striker admitted that his side can get one step closer in their quest to win the league title after winning the upcoming game and commented on Lacina Traore.
In the upcoming round of Russian Premier League action, Kuban Krasnodar will play against Zenit St. Petersburg at Petrovsky stadium. The last time these two teams met in a league competition, the Meshki managed to claim a point
at home after scoring a late equalizer.
Zenit striker, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Maksim-Kanunnikov-c23221, has urged his teammates to claim all three points against the Cossacks this time around and assured the fans of meeting their expectations in the remaining matches of the ongoing season.
The Meshki will play the upcoming tie on the back of a 2-0 win against CSKA Moscow at home. Kuban, on the other hand, have failed to claim all three points since their 1-0 win against Rubin Kazan in March.
With five league matches left to play, Zenit (80 points) hold a 12-point lead over their closest rivals Spartak Moscow (68 points), who face Anzhi Makhachkala later on Sunday. However, Zenit can confirm their title credentials
before the showdown against Spartak next month.
Kanunnikov, who has been given just 6 starts this season, revealed that he has no intention to quit the Russian outfit despite lack of playing time. He expressed his desire to play the upcoming match and assured the fans of helping
Zenit retain the league title.
The promising forward revealed that Kuban had a nightmare start to the third league round, having claimed a measly 6 points in 7 outings, and they are desperate to alter the situation by winning against the St. Petersburg club.
“Kuban are a decent side, given that they have claimed points against top Russian outfits at home. They have players like Lacina Traore and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Aleksei-Ionov-c4645.” Kanunnikov was quoted as saying.
The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Tom-Tomsk-c39228 player went on to admit that the Cossacks have some decent players and singled out their prolific striker, Traore. Kanunnikov revealed that the Ivorian striker, who has scored 15 goals this season, has improved
after making a switch to Kuban from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/CFR-Cluj-c38778.
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