CSKA Moscow beats Basel 2-1 at UEFA Champions League group match

CSKA Moscow clawed back into Champions League contention with a come-from-behind 2-1 win at Basel on Tuesday.

Basel seemed set to advance from Group A alongside Manchester United with two games to spare when it led at halftime through Luca Zuffi’s clever 32nd-minute shot.

The game changed when CSKA’s fit-again playmaker Alan Dzagoev came on for the second half and sparked the visitors’ attack.

Dzagoev lifted a deft shot over Basel goalkeeper Tomas Vaclik in the 65th, and midfielder Pontus Wernbloom fired in a low shot in the 79th from outside the penalty area.

Both CSKA scorers were teed up by inadvertent ricochets off Basel captain Marek Suchy, a former Spartak Moscow defender, the Washington Post reported.