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Robson hat-trick leads Spartak past Torpedo 4-2

MOSCOW, July 4 (Reuters)(DS) - Brazilian Luis Robson scored a rare hat-trick
to lead Russian champions Spartak Moscow to a 4-2 win over city rivals
Torpedo in an exciting premier division derby on Tuesday.
The 25-year-old striker, who only scored a handful of goals in his
first two full seasons in Russia, now has seven this season after finding
the net four times in the last two games.
Robson opened the scoring after 12 minutes, hammering home from close
range after a mix-up among Torpedo defenders in the penalty box.
Vitaly Litvinov equalised for Torpedo 10 minutes later after a nice
through ball from Sergei Kormiltsev, who was signed from Ukrainian champions
Dynamo Kiev just two days ago.
But 30 seconds later Yegor Titov put Spartak back in front, beating
Ukraine international goalkeeper Valery Vorobyev with a long-range shot
for his league leading tenth goal of the season.
Then Titov found Robson unmarked in the box seven minutes after the
break and he struck again for a 3-1 Spartak lead.
Torpedo defender Vyacheslav Dayev pulled another goal back with a powerful
header from a corner in the 61st minute, but Robson restored Spartak's
two-goal cushion in the last minute to grab his first premier division
hat-trick.
It was Spartak's second win over Torpedo in the last two weeks after
they crushed their city rivals 3-0 on June 18.
The win moved Spartak on to 40 points from 16 matches, leaving them
eight points clear of Lokomotiv Moscow who have a game in hand.
The game had been brought forward two months to ease a heavy autumn
schedule for Spartak who start their Champions League campaign in September.