Former UEFA Intertoto Cup winner admitted that Lokomotiv Moscow missed a decent chance to close down the gap with Zenit and praised Denis Glushakov and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Igor-Denisov-c16694.
In the latest round of Russian Premier League action, Lokomotiv Moscow suffered a 1-0 defeat against Zenit St. Petersburg at Lokomotiv stadium.
In a closely contested match, where both teams had equal chances, Zenit got in front in the 75th minute. The St. Petersburg club got the lead through http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roman-Shirokov-c31645, who scored his seventh goal of the ongoing campaign.
Though Lokomotiv had a decent chance to open up the scoring from the penalty spot in the 38th minute, they failed to close down the gap from the top after missing the penalty on Saturday.
Roman Pavlyuchenko’s miserable formed continued, as the 30-year-old striker’s cheeky attempt was saved by the opposing goalkeeper, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vyacheslav-Malafeev-c36502.
Consequently, Zenit have now extended their lead over the second placed CSKA Moscow to a massive 11 points.
The former Russian national team player, Aleksandr Mostovoi, has hailed Zenit’s performance after their latest win away from home. Mostovoi revealed that Zenit have now become the favourites to retain the league title under Luciano
Spalletti.
However, he warned the Russian outfit against complacency and urged them to win the upcoming tie against CSKA Moscow.
“Zenit have a terrific squad. They have players who have developed immense understanding because they have been playing together for quite some time. Zenit have confidence in their abilities. They have their fans behind their back
who are known for their support.” The Legends Cup winner was quoted as saying.
Mostovoi went on to praise Igor Denisov, admitting that the Russian midfielder is at his best at the moment.
“Though he cannot do some of the techniques and apparently not too bright on the pitch, Denisov is amazingly reliable and useful. I cannot Imagine Zenit without this stubborn maniac.” Mostovoi concluded.
Speaking on the Railroaders midfielder, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Denis-Glushakov-c10855, the Spanish Cup winner revealed that the former FC Nika Moscow player rejected a move to Petrovsky stadium during the winter transfer window because he probably feared losing
out on first team action.
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