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7¹TORBINSKY beat a number of Espanyol players and drove an effort just beyond the far post.
10¹A pin-point pass fell to VÍCTOR ÁLVAREZ and his right foot effort floated narrowly wide.
12¹TORBINSKY made space on the right and touched the ball to DZAGOEV who fired the ball over.
21¹GOAL!! A thirty yard free-kick was expertly stroked in off the post by VÍCTOR ÁLVAREZ. (1-0 Espanyol)
27¹GOAL!! A deep cross by TORBINSKY was met by BAZHENOV who rushed in to score. (1-1)
30¹GERARD waltzed round DZAGOEV and stroked a weak shot over.
34¹A cross from VÍCTOR ÁLVAREZ left PAREJA in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
37¹GOAL!! A tackle from ARSHAVIN gave Espanyol a free-kick thirty yards out which GERARD thundered past the Spartak 'keeper. (2-1 Espanyol)
38¹RONDÓN's header was well saved by LUX.
39¹A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing Spartak 'keeper.
40¹RONDÓN's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
2²GOAL!! A strike from GERARD which RYZHIKOV was able to palm clear was deemed over the line and the ref gave the goal. (3-1 Espanyol)
4²GOAL!! A shot from BAZHENOV deflected off the boot of VÍCTOR ÁLVAREZ and rolled past the helpless Espanyol 'keeper and over the line. (3-2 Espanyol)
6²GOAL!! A shot from RONDÓN bobbled through a crowd of players and rolled past the unsighted Espanyol 'keeper. (3-3)
8²A weak shot from VERDÚ bounced agonisingly wide.
10²RONCAGLIA was put clear by JUANMI and he stepped inside the 'keeper but glanced his shot just beyond the near post.
12²RONCAGLIA snapped at a simple chance.
15²A high tackle gets DZAGOEV a yellow card.
18²RONDÓN headed just beyond the near post.
37²Uncertainty in the Spartak defence enabled VERDÚ to hammer an effort over.
42²VERDÚ booted the ball wide from just inside the area.
44²The motionless 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from MAMAEV fell just over.

 
Espanyol
 
League position: 17
Home league form: LWLW
Overall league form: LLWWLWXX
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Gérman LUX6 16 Sergei RYZHIKOV(c)
Facundo RONCAGLIA7½27 MÁRIO Figueira FERNANDES
Thomas VERMAELEN8 36 Dmitri KOMBAROV
JUANMI7½46½Pavel MAMAEV
(c)Nicolas PAREJA5½57 Ilya KUTEPOV
Fausto PINTO6½66 Evgeni MAKEEV
Ben McKENNA5½76 Nikita BAZHENOV
VÍCTOR ÁLVAREZ Delgado7½86½Alan DZAGOEV
(p)Ben SAHAR7 96½Salomón RONDÓN(p)
(f)Joan VERDÚ6½106½Dmitri TORBINSKY(f)
GERARD Moreno6 115½Andrei ARSHAVIN
Manager
Thilo LEUGERS  12  Aleksandr PRUDNIKOV
YOEL Rodríguez  13  Anton SHUNIN
Daniel TORIBIO  14  Yuri ZHIRKOV
Marco MOTTA  15  Pavel POGREBNYAK
COKE6½16  Magomed OZDOEV
 
Spartak
 
League position: 9
Away league form: WXWL
Overall league form: LWWXWLXW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Espanyol 3 Spartak 3
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 31,913, Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat, Referee: Mike Dean 5½)

Víctor Álvarez 21¹, Gerard 37¹, Gerard 2²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Bazhenov 27¹, Víctor Álvarez 4² (og), Rondón 6²
ParejaóCoke 20² 
  
 Dzagoev 15²
24
321
00
56
144
1910
23
62%38%
Man of the match: Thomas Vermaelen