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Zenit win Russian Premier League for 3rd straight time
St. Petersburg football club hammer Lokomotiv Moscow 6-1 to seal their 8th league title
Emre Asikci |
03.05.2021 - Update : 03.05.2021
ISTANBUL
Zenit St. Petersburg won the Russian Premier League title Sunday for the third time in a row.
"Zenit is the champion of Russia!" the league said on its official Twitter account.
The team toppled second-place Lokomotiv Moscow with a 6-1 score at Krestovsky Stadium to clinch their eighth league title.
Zenit collected 61 points, nine points ahead of Lokomotiv Moscow, with two games to spare on matchday 28.
