Champions League: Lokomotiv Moscow vs Juventus review, player ratings

Douglas Costa came off the bench and scored a dramatic stoppage-time goal to give Juventus a 2-1 win in Russia away to Lokomotiv Moscow on Wednesday night, which clinched their place in the next round of the Champions League with two games to spare.

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Champions League: Lokomotiv Moscow vs Juventus match report

Juventus got off to a perfect start when Aaron Ramsey tapped in the ball in the 4th minute after Cristiano Ronaldo's powerful free-kick troubled Lokomotiv goalkeeper Guilherme. Aleksey Miranchuk levelled eight minutes later for Lokomotiv Moscow, scoring from the rebound after his own header hit the post. Guilherme did atone for his earlier mistake by making some important saves for the home side. Lokomotiv nearly went ahead in the 78th minute but Joao Mario saw his shot cleared off the line by Leonardo Bonucci with goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny caught out of his ground. The game was heading for a draw until Douglas Costa played a one-two with Gonzalo Higuain, raced into the area and nutmegged Guilherme for the winner.

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Juventus top Group D with 10 points, three ahead of Atletico Madrid who lost away to Bayer Leverkusen. Lokomotiv and Leverkusen have three points meaning Juventus have confirmed their qualification for the knockout stage of the Champions League.

Champions League: Lokomotiv Moscow vs Juventus player ratings

Lokomotiv Moscow

Guilherme: 6/10

Vladislav Ignatiev: 5.5/10

Benedikt Howedes: 6/10

Vedran Corluka: 6.5/10

Maciej Rybus: 6/10

Rifat Zhermaletdinov: 7/10

Grzegorz Krychowiak: 6/10

Dmitri Barinov: 6/10

Joao Mario: 6/10

Aleksey Miranchuk: 8.5/10

Eder: 7/10

Substitutes

Murilo Cerqueira: 6/10

Aleksandr Kolomeytsev: NA

Juventus

Wojciech Szczesny: 6.5/10

Alex Sandro: 8/10

Daniele Rugani: 7.5/10

Leonardo Bonucci: 7.5/10

Danilo: 7/10

Adrien Rabiot: 8/10

Miralem Pjanic: 7/10 

Sami Khedira: 7/10

Aaron Ramsey: 8/10

Cristiano Ronaldo: 7/10

Gonzalo Higuain: 8/10

Substitutes

Rodrigo Bentancur: 7.5/10

Douglas Costa: 7.5/10

Paulo Dybala: NA

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