Zenit shocked at home

Luciano Spalletti's Zenit St. Petersburg were shocked at home, beaten 2-0 by Rostov in the Russian Premier League. Zenit, the league leaders by 3 points had a great opportunity to open up a gap on the teams below them as they all play each other this weekend. However, a lacklustre performance has now given those teams a chance to tie Zenit at the top of the table.

Goals from Vitali Dyakov and Timofey Kalachev had Rostov up 2-0 even before half-time. Spalletti's decision to play all of his star names backfired as tiredness crept into their play. Zenit's multinational players had travelled all over the world over the last two weeks for International play.

All it means now is that we're in for a cracking weekend's football with two Moscow Derbies to look forward to.

Published by  @gersloveofsport  22 November