Magomed, first of all we want to ask your bit of magic, kissing Rakitskyi's head before the freekick. 

I think this is a little tradition. I am confident in Rakitskyi's skills, as are the whole team, because he is a player who is able to do such things. 

Can you count that as an assist? 

I've done it two times now. 

Does it only work once per match? 

When there is the right distance, I know it and he knows it. 

How do you rate Zenit's first half performance?

I think this is a question for you as you watched it and saw how we played. I think that we played well and did as the coaching staff asked. Lokomotiv had no chances in the first half and we had our moments. Probably us players, need to work harder on the finishing and to take our chances calmer, like the ones we had today. We had three good chances in the first half. 

Lokomotiv scored in the second half, did you expect them to play faster and more aggressively? 

That's why Lokomotiv won the league last season, they are a good team. Today they played at home and we were confident they would play well, but today we were better and deserved to win. 

Is a draw a positive result for Zenit or not? Taking away points from a competitor?

I think that a draw is a good result. It is not that good, but the main thing is that we took a point.