A deflected strike from Vladimir Rykov handed Dynamo Moscow a 1-0 win at Anzhi on Sunday and third place in the Russian Premier League.
Defender Rykov took a shot from 30 yards out that took a big deflection off Christopher Samba, wrong-footing Vladimir Gabulov in the Anzhi goal and flying into the corner. It was against the run of play and Dynamo's first effort on goal on 33 minutes.
Anzhi hit the crossbar, post, and had a shot cleared off the line all in the same episode on 10 minutes, and although Guus Hiddink's side dominated for large swathes they never came that close again.
Dynamo move up to 66 points with CSKA Moscow but take their rivals' third place in the league thanks to a better win record this season.
CSKA, who lost 2-0 to runaway leaders Zenit St. Petersburg on Saturday, started the day in second place but were overhauled by Spartak Moscow, who beat Rubin Kazan 2-0 earlier Sunday.
Dynamo were Hiddink's first victims as Anzhi manager, beating them 1-0 in Moscow on March 5. But he has only picked up one win in the six games since - a 2-0 defeat of FC Kuban - and Saturday's was his third defeat.
The hosts controlled the match from the off.
Anzhi hit the post twice inside the first ten minutes, as Samuel Eto'o set up Yuri Zhirkov, whose low drive hit the upright before Odil Ahmedov headed against the crossbar and Mbark Boussoufa had his follow-up cleared off the line.
The home side dominated play, working both wings and throwing high balls into the box aimed at Samba, but none bore fruit.
Dynamo were overpowered in midfield, scoring on the one speculative effort they had all half.
Eto'o, looking more threatening than in recent games, could have equalized with the first attack of the second half but shot straight at Anton Shunin in the Dynamo goal.
The match got bogged down in midfield, and the challenges began flying in.
Igor Semshov, anonymous in Dynamo's midfield, and Anzhi striker Samuel Eto'o, who hasn't scored since November, both got bookings as tempers flared.
Late on, Alexander Samedov hit over late on for Dynamo, and Anzhi failed to convert from a free-kick in injury time despite sending up goalkeeper Gabulov. Ahmedov's drive straight at Shunin was the last action.
Earlier Sunday, Spartak Moscow went second with a 2-0 home win over Rubin Kazan, and Spartak Nalchik broke a six-game losing streak with a 3-0 victory against FC Volga.
In other games Saturday, Andrei Arshavin rounded off a 2-0 win for Zenit St. Petersburg against CSKA Moscow to take Zenit 12 points clear with five games remaining.
FC Tomsk scored their biggest win of the season with a 3-0 triumph over Terek Grozny; a Sergei Kornilenko brace gave struggling Krylya Sovetov a 2-1 comeback win over nine-man Amkar Perm; and Dan Petrescu's Kuban earned a 1-1 draw against Lokomotiv Moscow.
Krasnodar travel to Rostov on Monday.
