CSKA Moscow will not be disqualified from this season’s Champions League despite two of their players failing drugs tests.

Uefa announced last night that Russian defenders Alexei Berezutsky and Sergei Ignashevich have been provisionally suspended from all games after testing positive for a banned stimulant in the wake of their 3-3 draw with Manchester United.

However, the substance in question is on a list of “non-specified” stimulants, meaning therefore that potential disqualification penalties will not be invoked.

Had CSKA been thrown out, Wolfsburg, 3-1 losers at home to United last night, could have earned a place in the hat for the last 16 draw on December 18th