Zenit St Petersburg's captain Anatoly Tymoschuk (R) and Igor Denisov celebrate after defeating Rangers in their UEFA Cup Final soccer match at the City of Manchester stadium in Manchester, northern England, May 14, 2008

Rangers had been accused of playing "anti-football" during a miserly run to the final built on a solid defensive foundation. The Russian side started in swift style as Andrei Arshavin, back in the side after being banned for the semifinals, fired into the side-netting after just four minutes.

Rangers quickly settled though but Zenit's Victor Fayzulin made a well-timed interception to clear Jean-Claude Darcheville's dangerous cross into the goalmouth.

Rangers showed more adventure after the break and Zenit goalkeeper Vyacheslav Malafeev pulled off a fine save with his feet to block a low Darcheville drive.

During the goalmouth melee that followed, Rangers claimed a penalty as Barry Ferguson's flick appeared to strike the arm of Denisov but the Swedish referee Peter Frojdfeldt decided to wave the match on.

The decisive moment of the match came after 72 minutes Denisov and playmaker Arshavin finally split the Rangers defense through the middle with the former sliding the ball past keeper Neil Alexander into the net from eight meters.

Smith threw on Nacho Novo, Lee McCulloch and Kris Boyd in a bid to get back into the game and Carlos Cuellar shot over as Rangers got numbers in the box from a throw in.

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