Antwerp 2 Shakhtar Donetsk 3 - Highlights
Toby Alderweireld dramatically missed a late penalty as Shakhtar picked up a huge win at Antwerp
Toby Alderweireld missed a stoppage time penalty Belgian champions Antwerp squandered a two-goal lead to lose its first Champions League home game 3-2 to Shakhtar Donetsk on Wednesday.
Club captain Alderweireld was given a great chance to equalize when Taras Stepanenko was penalized for a handball in the penalty area in the sixth minute of injury time.
But Alderweireld — who scored Antwerp’s last-minute goal to clinch the Belgian league title last season — swept his spot kick to the left of the post and wide, leaving Shakhtar to celebrate a morale-boosting 3-2 win.
Arbnor Muja fired Antwerp ahead in the third minute and Michel-Ange Balikwisha swept in the home team’s second in the 33rd after a shaky start from Shakhtar. However the visitors stepped it up in the second half.
Georgiy Sudakov struck the crossbar and Yehor Nazaryna had a shot saved by Jean Butez, who had to react to keep out the rebound, then Sikan headed in Shakhtar’s first in the 48th.
Yaroslav Rakytskyy equalized with a deflected free kick in the 71st, and Sikan completed the comeback five minutes later after a mistake from the otherwise impressive Butez.