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CSKA Moscow held off a second-half fightback from PSV Eindhoven to open their Champions League account with a 3-2 victory at the Arena Khimki. PSV caused one of the biggest shocks of this season's competition by beating Manchester United 2-1 at home on matchday one. But CSKA were in cruise control by the interval as they led 3-0 and they would have had an even greater advantage but for Seydou Doumbia blazing over his second penalty of the first half. Maxime Lestienne turned the tide, however, when he scored twice in eight second-half minutes, but PSV's hopes of snatching an unlikely point were dented when Santiago Arias was sent off 10 minutes from time. With Manchester United beating Wolfsburg 2-1 at Old Trafford, it means all four teams in Group B are tied on three points after the opening two rounds. PSV's problems began as early as the seventh minute when a corner struck the stationary Joshua Brenet and the ball dropped kindly for Ahmed Musa to smash home from close range. With Mario Fernandes dictating midfield matters for CSKA, it was pretty much one-way traffic and looking like a case of damage limitation for PSV. Doumbia sent a shot over after smooth link-up play between Fernandes and Zoran Tosic but CSKA's second goal arrived after 21 minutes when the same three players were involved. Tosic and Fernandes combined down the right again and the latter delivered a fine cross on the run which the unmarked Doumbia headed home. Doumbia almost had another moments later but he did put his name on the scoresheet again when PSV goalkeeper Jeroen Zoet felled Tosic and the Ivorian tucked away the penalty for his fifth goal in three games. It should have got even better for Doumbia when Arias brought down Musa just inside the penalty area a minute before half-time. But Doumbia wasted the opportunity to wrap up his hat-trick when he blazed the penalty way over the crossbar. PSV were offered hope by the fact CSKA goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev had not kept a clean sheet in 32 Champions League matches with his last shut-out coming almost nine years ago. And Akinfeev's unwanted record continued as Lestienne rewarded mounting PSV pressure on the hour when he turned home Adam Maher's pass after good work by Davy Propper. Lestienne soon crashed home a spectacular effort past Akinfeev and they poured forward in search of an equaliser. But PSV were reduced to 10 men when Arias collected a second yellow card for fouling Musa again and CSKA held on for the victory. ends
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