Epic second-half comeback win powers Rubin into top four

Arsenal Tula 2-4 Rubin Kazan
Saturday 8 May, Arsenal Stadium

Goals: Arsenal - Khlusevich (25), Djordjevic (32); Rubin - Despotovic (pen 52), Makarov (59), Starfeldt (66), Kostyukov (89)
Sent off: Arsenal - Sergey Tkachev (52)
Man of the Match: Djordje Despotovic (Rubin) 

A stunning 14-minute burst completely turned the game in Rubin's favour, having gone 2-0 down after the first half. Sergey Tkachev was sent off as Djordje Despotovic converted the resultant penalty, before Denis Makarov and Carl Starfeldt completed the comeback. 

Relegation battlers Arsenal had gone into the break in charge after Daniil Khlusevich and Luka Djordjevic had put them well in charge. Within 20 minutes of the restart Rubin were in front, before Mikhail Kostyukov added the icing on the cake in the last two minutes. 

Arsenal stay 13th on 23 points, while Rubin go back up to fourth on 52 points.

Next RPL fixtures: Sunday 16 May - Rubin Kazan vs Rotor Volgograd; FC Ufa vs Arsenal Tula