Football: CSKA Edge Ufa To Go Top In Russia

MOSCOW, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 15th Oct, 2016 ) - Skipper Vasily Berezutsky scored the only goal as injury-hit reigning champions CSKA Moscow squeezed past visitors Ufa in the Russian Premier League on Friday.

The home win lifted the Red Army side top of the table two points ahead of city rivals Spartak, who take on last season's runners-up Rostov on Saturday, and Zenit St Petersburg, who visit Ural Yekaterinburg Sunday.

With several key players out this was a timely boost for the defending champions who host Monaco in the Champions League on Tuesday, where they are bottom of Group E behind the French club, Tottenham and Bayer Leverkusen with a point from two games.

"We expected a tough match and we were not mistaken," CSKA manager Leonid Slutsky said. "It was very important to open the scores. After the interval we were under pressure but Ufa failed to create any serious threat to our goal. I think we won deservedly tonight," Slutsky added.