club brugge and københavn save best until last published: thursday 23 october 2014, 23.39cet club brugge kv 1-1 fc københavn daniel amartey put fck ahead with just a minute remaining, but substitute víctor vázquez replied to earn the belgian side a group b point.
• fck's daniel amartey scores brilliant maiden european goal • substitute víctor vázquez salvages draw for club brugge • club brugge up to five points; københavn a point behind them • michel predu'homme's side concede first goal in group b • next games: københavn v club brugge (6 november)
club brugge kv and fc københavn saved their best until the end as two late goals gave them a point each in uefa europa league group b.
daniel amartey's 89th-minute volley looked to have won the game for the danish visitors but, three minutes later, club brugge substitute víctor vázquez struck to rescue a draw.
felipe gedoz impressed for the belgian side and was the first player to test either goalkeeper when he forced stephan andersen into a smart stop at his near post after 18 minutes, before mikael antonsson went close for the visitors with a header from pierre bengtsson's free-kick. then, just before half-time, club brugge's nicolas castillo had a goal ruled out for offside before andersen made a brilliant save from his own player, as andreas cornelius's flicked header veered towards the top corner.
københavn coach ståle solbakken had commented before the game that he would be delighted to take a draw back to denmark, and his team defended resolutely in their quest to earn it. chilean international forward castillo clipped the crossbar five minutes into the second half with a dipping free-kick from just outside the area, but club brugge rarely threatened their opponents' goal.
thus, it looked as if they were a spent force after amartey's superb volley from 20 metres put fck ahead, but two substitutes combined to earn club brugge a point, lior refaelov finding vázquez, who stroked in a low shot from the edge of the box.
