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New Gyökeres goal – but to no avail

RB Leipzig had long had Viktor Gyökeres under their radar. Then he was substituted in. The Swede's seventh goal in 2025 was still not enough for Sporting in Wednesday's Champions League match.

» Published: January 22 2025

New Gyökeres goal – but to no avail
Photo: Matthias Schrader/AP/TT

Gyökeres has not yet abandoned the plan to score goalless in 2025, seven goals in five matches so far, but this time it ended in disappointment.

The home team RB Leipzig, which until Wednesday had lost all six matches in the season's Champions League, took an important three-pointer with the 2-1 win over Sporting Lissabon.

The guests from Portugal chose, unusually, to start with Viktor Gyökeres on the bench. The Swedish goal machine was substituted in in the 55th minute, after Leipzig had taken the lead in the first half.

Twenty minutes later, he burst past a defender and blasted 1-1 into the net.

It was set for a new Gyökeres success, but this time it was another Nordic player who snatched the hero role. Yussuf Poulsen had not scored a goal since October, but now the Dane came through and scored the winning goal, 2-1, just a couple of minutes after Gyökeres' equalizer.

Despite the loss, Sporting (ten points) has good chances to advance to the Champions League playoffs, with only the eighth and final group stage match left to play.

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