10-MAN SPARTAK Moscow failed to close the gap on Anzhi when they suffered a 2-1 defeat at the hands of minnows Saransk, after Irish international Aiden McGeady scored before being sent off.
Spartak, still without manager Valery Karpin, who is serving a three-match ban for abusing the referee in the derby with CSKA, remain fourth with 44 points from 27 matches — 13 points behind CSKA.
Spartak got off to a flying start, taking the lead in the sixth minute through McGeady, who fired the ball into the net from 12 metres after a one-two with Pavel Yakovlev.
McGeady was then sent off in the 40th minute for a foul on Vladimir Bozovic.
The hosts levelled four minutes after the restart through midfielder Andrei Pazin with Romanian forward Daniel Oprita netting the winner in the 70th minute.
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Wouldn’t be the end of the world if he missed out in fairness
Bottom line is we have better alternatives.
Thats decent from Stoke,Everton didn’t even allow Ireland to pass judgement on Coleman and McCarthy before Germany.
Don’t want to be Whelan-bashing, but we came to life when he went off in Gelsenkirchen. Instinct is to play backwards all the time. Suited Trap perfectly but hopefully we have moved on.
If gibson isn’t fit enough, think id like to see mccarthy and hendrick in the centre
Let’s hope he’s not!
Who gives à shit
Mark Hughes said he’s not ready !!! Ireland are entitled to call him up but stokes physios say he’s a couple of weeks away ….