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Spartak Moscow celebrate Victor Moses ‘remarkable’ debut

Victor Moses made his Spartak Moscow debut as Brian Idowu scored a goal in Khimki’s 3-2 defeat on Saturday.

Moses who joined the People’s Team on a season-long loan from Chelsea on Wednesday, replaced Nail Umyarov in the 55th minute for his maiden appearance in the Russian Premier League.

His introduction inspired Spartak Moscow to fight back from a goal deficit as they scored three goals within 20 minutes

Aleksandr Kokorin cancelled out Reziuan Mirzov’s opener for Khimki from the penalty spot in the 58th minute, and goals from Ezequiel Ponce and Jordan Larsson in the 63rd and 77th minutes respectively fired Spartak Moscow to a 3-1 lead.

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Towards the end of the match, Nigeria left-back Idowu reduced the deficit for the hosts with his first goal in the Russian Premier League in almost four years which dates back to his time at Amkar Perm.

The Super Eagles defender was assisted by Ivory Coast’s Mohamed Konate but his strike was not enough as the visitors took all three points from Arena Khimki.

The victory brought Spartak Moscow level on 24 points with league leaders Zenit St Petersburg after 11 matches while Khimki are unmoved in 14th spot with six points after the same number of games.

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