Akinfeev's run without a Champions League clean sheet hits 43 matches
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CSKA Moscow goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev's run of futility in the Champions League has now extended to a remarkable 43 matches.
The Russian shot-stopper came into Wednesday's clash against Tottenham having not kept a clean sheet in Europe's top competition since 2006 - a run of 42 games - and it was extended late in the opening half, when Dele Alli notched a 38th-minute goal off a Christian Eriksen cross.
Igor Akinfeev has now gone 43 consecutive Champions League games without keeping a clean sheet.
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) December 7, 2016
His last came against Arsenal in 2006. pic.twitter.com/OamZiErfyX
Akinfeev conceded another shortly after, with Harry Kane finding the net.
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