Nikola Vlasic equalises late in CSKA Moscow draw vs. Viktoria Plzen

Updated: May 17, 2023, 05:28 am

CSKA Moscow's Ivan Oblyakov, Arnor Sigurdsson and Nikola Vlasic celebrate.
CSKA Moscow's Ivan Oblyakov, Arnor Sigurdsson and Nikola Vlasic celebrate.
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CSKA Moscow salvaged a 2-2 draw with Viktoria Plzen in the Champions League on Wednesday after a penalty deep in stoppage time.

Plzen was leading on Michael Krmencik's brace before Jan Kovarik's foul gave CSKA a spot kick, which was converted by Nikola Vlasic.

Krmencik scored the opening goal from close range in the 29th minute after a header from Radim Reznik and added his second from David Limbersky's cross 12 minutes later.

CSKA came back into contention in the second half when Vlasic crossed for Fedor Chalov to score in the 49th. CSKA twice thought they had equalised in the latter stages but one effort was ruled out for offside and the other for a foul in the buildup.