Roma beat 10-man CSKA to close in on last 16

Soccer Football - Champions League - Group Stage - Group G - CSKA Moscow v AS Roma - Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia - November 7, 2018 CSKA Moscow's Arnor Sigurdsson scores their first goal REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

MOSCOW (Reuters) - AS Roma put themselves on the brink of a place in the Champions League knockout stage when Lorenzo Pellegrini's first goal in the competition gave them a 2-1 win at 10-man CSKA Moscow on Wednesday.

The game was settled in a four-minute spell in the second half when CSKA, having just made it 1-1, had Hordor Magnusson sent off and Pellegrini grabbed a fortuitous winner for the Serie A side.