Zenit St. Petersburg need to win after Spartak Moscow draw, claims Danny Miguel
In the latest round of Russian Premier League encounters, Zenit St. Petersburg drew 2-2 against Spartak Moscow at Luzhniki stadium.
Zenit midfielder Miguel Danny has admitted that the Bomzhi need to forget the draw and try to alter the situation when they take on Dinamo Moscow in the upcoming league fixture.
The Portuguese midfielder highlighted that it is a shame that the league leaders failed to win against the Moscow-based club and they should have done better to protect their lead in the second half.
The visitors conceded an early goal in the 22nd minute mark but http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Aleksandr-Kerzhakov-c4569 added another to take the lead before halftime but they failed to resist Spartak attacks and conceded a late equalizer to
finish the match on level pegging.
“It is worth noting that, in the opening of the meeting we did not look better, we need to change the situation. We took the match under control and in the second half, showed a good game. We failed to take the numerical advantage but now we need to raise
our head to prepare for the next game.” The former Sporting Lisbon player was quoted as saying.
The UEFA Super Cup winner revealed that the match official was a bit harsh in penalizing the players. His teammates Kerzhakov, Tomas Hubocan and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nicolas-Lombaerts-c27825 were booked for their respective challenges. Danny refused to comment on the sending off of
the Spartak player, Nicolas Pareja, and insisted that he did not see the foul.
Speaking instead on the quality of Kerzhakov, Danny said:
“It is worth noting Aleksandr Kerzhakov did a fantastic http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684, scoring a goal himself and providing an important assist for my goal."
The Russian Cup winner highlighted head coach http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roma-c31603 tactician despite stiff competition from Dynamo Moscow and CSKA Moscow.
CSKA Moscow drew 1-1 against Kuban Krasnodar, and the Portuguese national highlighted that Zenit have missed a chance to stretch the lead over the Koni.
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