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Stadion Petrovski - St Petersburg 03/10/2012 - 18:00CET (20:00 local time)
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Zenit - Milan 2-3 - 03/10/2012 - Match page - UEFA Champions League 2013
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Milan made to work hard for victory at Zenit
AC Milan bounced back from surrendering a two-goal advantage to condemn Group C rivals FC Zenit St Petersburg to a first home defeat in UEFA competition in four years.
Unbeaten on home soil in Europe in 16 games, Zenit's proud record looked in grave danger when Urby Emanuelson and Stephan El Shaarawy put the Rossoneri two up inside 16 minutes. However, Hulk and Roman Shirokov combined either side of half-time to level the scores – until Tomáš Hubočan unwittingly turned into his own net on 75 minutes.
Match in 5
- Zenit come from two down but lose to own goal
- Zenit's first European home defeat in 17 games
- Milan's first continental away win since November 2010
- Stephan El Shaarawy scores fifth goal in four games
- Goal and assist for Zenit's Hulk
Reaction
It is a very sad evening. I have a feeling the players forgot about the importance of this game and did not take full responsibility.
Luciano Spalletti, Zenit coach
It was very tough today, we had to struggle until the very last second against a strong Zenit team.
Stephan El Shaarawy, Milan forward
Lineups
 | Zenit |  | Milan |
| 16 | Malafeev (GK) (C) | 32 | Abbiati (GK) (C) |
| 2 | Anyukov 34 | 10 | Boateng 81 |
| 4 | Criscito | 17 | Zapata |
| 6 | Lombaerts90 | 18 | Montolivo |
| 11 | Kerzhakov | 20 | Abate |
| 14 | Hubočan71 75 | 22 | Bojan Krkić52 |
| 15 | Shirokov 4987 | 25 | Bonera36 |
| 20 | Fayzulin1279 | 28 | Emanuelson1364 |
| 28 | Witsel | 34 | N. de Jong |
| 29 | Hulk45+2 | 77 | Antonini |
| 34 | Bystrov72 | 92 | El Shaarawy1640 |
Substitutes | |||
| 71 | Baburin (GK) | 1 | Amelia (GK) |
| 3 | Bruno Alves | 5 | Mexès |
| 9 | Bukharov90 | 7 | Robinho |
| 18 | Zyryanov72 | 8 | Nocerino64 |
| 24 | Luković | 11 | Pazzini52 |
| 82 | Lumb | 16 | Flamini |
| 99 | Kanunnikov79 | 76 | Yepes8185 |
Coaches | |||
| Luciano Spalletti (ITA) | Massimiliano Allegri (ITA) | ||
Referee | |||
| Felix Brych (GER) | |||
Standings
Group C
| P | Pts | ||
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| 1 |  Málaga | 2 | 6 |
| 2 |  Milan | 2 | 4 |
| 3 |  Anderlecht | 2 | 1 |
| 4 |  Zenit | 2 | 0 |
Legend:
- P: Played
- Pts: Points
Match statistics
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Minute By Minute
- 90Bukharov (in) - Lombaerts (out) (Zenit)
- 87Shirokov (Zenit) is booked.
- 85Yepes (Milan) is cautioned by the referee.
- 81Yepes (in) - Boateng (out) (Milan)
Richard van Poortvliet (@UEFAcomRichVP), Stadion Petrovski: After coming back from 2-0 down to equalise, Zenit will feel bitterly disappointed not to have earned a point. Milan started brilliantly, but in the end had the imperious Christian Abbiati to thank as they claimed victory in St Petersburg.