Intro:

Ahmed Musa scored the winner as CSKA Moscow beat Kuban 1-0 in the Russian Premier League on Saturday (26th December).

Script:

CSKA Moscow kept the pressure on Russian Premier League leaders Zenit St. Petersburg, by overcoming Kuban 1-0 in Krasnodar on Saturday.

The hosts should have taken an early lead, but defender Igor Armas headed wide from close range.

Some brave goalkeeping denied Kuban again.

Aleksandr Belenov went down hurt after another good chance on 18 minutes.

CSKA broke the deadlock on the stroke of half-time.

Ahmed Musa was left unmarked in the area following a corner and he rightly capitalised.

After the break, Kuban pressed and almost found an equaliser in the 59th minute, but Gigel Bucur's effort came back off the bar.

Ultimately they failed to pull level.

CSKA sealing the win, which sees them move within 10 points of league leaders Zenit.