Roberto Mancini comfortably won the Italian derby of Russia, as his Zenit St Petersburg crushed Massimo Carrera’s Spartak Moscow 5-1.
Aleksandr Kokorin broke the deadlock after 36 minutes, followed by Aleksandr Erokhin on the stroke of half-time.
Another Italian, Domenico Criscito, got the third goal when nodding in a corner from ex-Roma midfielder Leandro Paredes.
Roberto Mancini comfortably won the Italian derby of Russia, as his Zenit St Petersburg crushed Massimo Carrera’s Spartak Moscow 5-1.
Aleksandr Kokorin broke the deadlock after 36 minutes, followed by Aleksandr Erokhin on the stroke of half-time.
Another Italian, Domenico Criscito, got the third goal when nodding in a corner from ex-Roma midfielder Leandro Paredes.
Daler Kuzayev completed a classic counter-attack and, after Champions of Russia Spartak got one back from a penalty with Quincy Promes, Goalkeeper Artem Rebrov accidentally bundled a Criscito cross into his own net for 5-1.