Russia Premier League Wrap: Spartak sink CSKA

Spartak emerged victorious from a fiery derby in the capital, Dmitri Kombarov's penalty in the 61st minute settling the game in the visitors' favour, before CSKA's Kirill Nababkin and Spartak's Sergei Parshivlyuk each saw red in the third minute of injury time.

CSKA's defeat means Zenit are the only team in the league with a 100 per cent record, although Andre Villas-Boas' men needed a 31st-minute penalty from Hulk to seal a 1-0 win over newly promoted Ufa, as they attempt to regain the title they last won in 2011-12.

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