SPARTAK MOSCOW have suffered another huge injury blow ahead of tomorrow's Champions League clash with Celtic after keeper Andriy Dikan suffered a shoulder injury.
The Russians are already struggling after key midfielder Romulo was ruled out for eight months due to a torn cruciate ligament, and they will also be without Spanish star Jose Manuel Jurado, captain Sergei Parshivlyuk and leading striker Welliton.
Now they could be missing their Ukrainian internationalist goalkeeper Andrey Dikan.
The Spartak stopper was subbed for back-up keeper Sergei Pesyakov during the team's 3-1 win at Amkar Perm, which they played without the suspended Aiden McGeady.
Spartak boss Unai Emery is resigning himself to being without the 35-year-old keeper for tomorrow's crunch clash with Celtic.
He said: "Andriy has had a problem with his shoulder for about a year now and it flared up. He fell awkwardly and we had to replace him.
"The doctors will have a look at him, but he's looking doubtful for Celtic.
"I would stress that I am very happy with all our keepers at the club and Pesyakov did very well when he came on.
"Before this game we didn't think about Celtic because all our thoughts were on the domestic game. It is time to turn all our attentions to Celtic. This is a very big game."
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