Pellegrini hopes Russians heed lesson

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini hopes Russian football supporters will learn from the punishment handed to CSKA Moscow for the racial abuse of Yaya Toure.

CSKA must play their next Champions League home match in a partially closed stadium after their supporters were found guilty of aiming monkey chants at the City midfielder a fortnight ago.

Toure was so upset by the abuse he received at the Arena Khimki that he suggested players could boycott the 2018 World Cup in Russia if such incidences were not stamped out.