Meanwhile in Russia, the 'eventful' October continues.
All 4 top teams (Zenit, Krasnodar, Rostov and Spartak) suffered pretty unexpected losses, allowing CSKA and Lokomotiv to jump to the 3rd and 4th places respectively. Chalov has reinforced his scoring lead, having scored the 8th goal, and Loko are on the winning rails now with 3 straight victories. Cream rises to the top.
After 3rd straight home loss to a very beatable team (this time it's Arsenal, who had only won 1 game before), Spartak has sacked Massimo Carrera, who led them to the 1st championship title in 16 years just the season before last.
Obviously Kokorin and Mamaev behind the bars are the undisputed drama of the fall, but with Glushakov/Kombarov Instagram drama and now this controversial firing Spartak are doing their best trying to keep up.