Shakhtar score twice in stoppage time in 3-3 draw at Zagreb
Soccer Football - Champions League - Group C - GNK Dinamo Zagreb v Shakhtar Donetsk - Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia - November 6, 2019 GNK Dinamo Zagreb's Marin Leovac in action with Shakhtar Donetsk's Marlos REUTERS/Antonio Bronic
ZAGREB (Reuters) - Shakhtar Donetsk scored twice in injury time, the second a penalty converted in the 98th minute, to force a dramatic 3-3 draw away to Dinamo Zagreb after both teams finished with 10 men in the Champions League on Wednesday.
Alan Patrick gave Shakhtar a 13th minute lead in the Group C game and Bruno Petkovic replied to make it 1-1 at halftime but the real drama came in the second half.
Dinamo had Nikola Moro sent off for a second bookable offence in the 73rd minute but, instead of exploiting that advantage, their Ukrainian opponents then had Marlos dismissed, also for two yellow cards, six minutes later.
Soccer Football - Champions League - Group C - GNK Dinamo Zagreb v Shakhtar Donetsk - Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia - November 6, 2019 Shakhtar Donetsk's Taison in action REUTERS/Antonio Bronic
Petkovic cleverly laid the ball off for Luka Ivanusec to put Dinamo ahead in the 83rd minute and the Croatian champions thought they had won it when Arijan Ademi tapped in Dani Olmo's cross six minutes later.
The visitors had other ideas and Junior Moraes headed in Viktor Kovalenko's cross in the third minute of stoppage time before a penalty was awarded for a foul by Kevin Theophile-Catherine on Shakhtar goalkeeper Andriy Pyatov, who had come up for a corner.
Tete converted to complete an extraordinary finish and leave the two sides level with five points from four games. Manchester City lead with 10 points and Atalanta are bottom with one.
Soccer Football - Champions League - Group C - GNK Dinamo Zagreb v Shakhtar Donetsk - Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia - November 6, 2019 Shakhtar Donetsk's Serhiy Kryvtsov in action with GNK Dinamo Zagreb's Bruno Petkovic REUTERS/Antonio Bronic
(Writing by Brian Homewood, editing by Pritha Sarkar)
Soccer Football - Champions League - Group C - GNK Dinamo Zagreb v Shakhtar Donetsk - Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia - November 6, 2019 Shakhtar Donetsk's Marlos in action with GNK Dinamo Zagreb's Nikola Moro REUTERS/Antonio BronicSoccer Football - Champions League - Group C - GNK Dinamo Zagreb v Shakhtar Donetsk - Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia - November 6, 2019 GNK Dinamo Zagreb's Bruno Petkovic scores their first goal REUTERS/Antonio BronicSoccer Football - Champions League - Group C - GNK Dinamo Zagreb v Shakhtar Donetsk - Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia - November 6, 2019 Shakhtar Donetsk's Alan Patrick celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Antonio BronicSoccer Football - Champions League - Group C - GNK Dinamo Zagreb v Shakhtar Donetsk - Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia - November 6, 2019 Shakhtar Donetsk's Alan Patrick celebrates scoring their first goal with teammates REUTERS/Antonio BronicSoccer Football - Champions League - Group C - GNK Dinamo Zagreb v Shakhtar Donetsk - Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia - November 6, 2019 GNK Dinamo Zagreb's Arijan Ademi celebrates scoring their third goal REUTERS/Antonio Bronic
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