CSKA Moscow 2-1 Wolfsburg

CSKA Moscow recovered from a goal down to beat Wolfsburg 2-1 at the Luzhniki Stadium in their Champions League clash and close the gap on the German side in Group B.

Two second half strikes were enough for the Russian side to overhaul the visitors and draw level with the German champions on seven points, albeit with a poorer goal difference.
The hosts dominated possession in a very one-sided first half in Moscow, but somehow it was the German side who held the lead at half-time courtesy of Edin Dzeko's 19th-minute strike.
But an imperious header from Tomas Necid restored parity for Leonid Slutsky's side in the 58th minute, and eight minutes later the comeback was complete as Milos Krasic (pictured) unfurled a screamer from 25 yards to clinch victory for the hosts.
For all CSKA's build-up play, the Russian side lacked conviction in the final third of the field in the first half and Wolfsburg possessed a clinical striker in the form of the Bosnian Dzeko, who capitalised on his opportunity to claim the opener.
The warning signs were there: Obafemi Martins was an able strike partner and the Nigerian found Zvjezdan Misimovic out on the left, whose pinpoint cross found Dzeko in the 12th minute, but the striker's header sailed over the bar from inside the penalty area.
By the far the most inventive player on show was Milos Krasic, and the CSKA midfielder made his presence known in the 18th minute with an incisive run down the right before his low shot was deflected narrowly wide by Ricardo Costa.
But at the other end, the prolific Bosnian made the hosts pay as he showed his class with an exquisite strike past the diving Igor Akinfeev into the far corner after Martins slipped a precise pass beyond Sergei Ignashevich's lunge.

Krasic produced another superb run and devilish delivery from the right on the half-hour mark, but none of his team mates anticipated the cross to make the run to the back post and the opening was wasted.
Alan Dzagoev should have equalised from close range in the 41st minute as he swivelled superbly to shake off Alexander Madlung, but his instinctive shot was straight at Diego Benaglio.
Dzagoev then turned provider on the stroke of half-time as he turned Schafer but his cut back to the onrushing Tomas Necid culminated in the opportunity being squandered as the forward dallyied on the ball and was dispossessed by Costa.
The second half began in a similar fashion as the hosts pressed forward incessantly before Wolfsburg countered, and Martins had a goal chalked off in the 53rd minute as CSKA were handed a reprieve.
The Nigerian stole in to tap the ball home from close range, but Dzeko was in an offside position and was judged to be interfering with play.
But the hosts finally made their pressure tell as Eugeni Aldonin clipped a delightful ball across the Wolfsburg penalty area to Necid, whose towering header found the bottom corner of Benaglio's net.
Eight minutes later, CSKA had completed their recovery as Krasic picked the ball up on the edge of the Wolfsburg box and unleashed a venomous shot from 25 yards which flew unerringly into the far corner to put the Russian side in the ascendancy.
Wolfsburg coach Armin Veh replaced Martins just before the goal and his side lacked pace in the final third of the field thereafter as Dzeko looked increasingly isolated in attack.
Despite the visitors staging a late rally, it was CSKA striker Alan Dzagoev who had the final two clear-cut chances with the first a glorious chance: the forward stole in at the back post to latch on to Aldonin's pass from close range, but Benaglio saved well with his legs.
The forward then fired a fierce shot from the edge of the penalty area but was again denied by Benaglio, who kept Wolfsburg in the contest until the end with a superb tip round the post in the final minute.
The visitors launched a barrage of attacks late on, but CSKA defended obdurately to close out victory and seal a crucial victory over their Group B rivals.