Sporting CP 2-3 LASK: Austrian champions come from behind for first Champions League win

LASK beat Sporting CP 3-2 at the Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon on Wednesday night, ending Sporting’s 100% start and recording the Austrian club’s first Champions League win, BBC Sport and UEFA reported. Sporting had won their first two league phase games.

Goals

• 5’ Luis Suárez scored a penalty for Sporting after referee Nick Walsh ruled that Nestory Irankunda had been tripped, BBC Sport said.
• 15’ Christoph Lang equalised with a shot into the far corner, assisted by Kasper Jørgensen.
• 63’ Saša Kalajdžić put LASK ahead on a counter-attack.
• 68’ Kryštof Daněk made it 3-1, also on the break.
• 89’ Suárez scored again from close range.

Sporting had 62% of possession and 16 shots to LASK’s 11, while LASK had seven shots on target to Sporting’s four, according to BBC Sport’s match statistics. UEFA named LASK defender Xavier Mbuyamba player of the match.

BBC Sport said LASK had lost their previous eight away games in major European competition and that this was their first away win in Europe’s top club competition. The attendance was 48,985.

Standings

Sporting have six points and LASK three, according to BBC Sport’s table. On 3 November Sporting play Shakhtar Donetsk, who host games at Stamford Bridge, and LASK host Slovan Bratislava, BBC Sport said.

See also: Wednesday’s Champions League round-up.