Daily Mirror

SHAK SHOCK HOFF

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SHAKHTAR snatched a last-gasp win at Hoffenheim thanks to Taison’s stoppage-time strike.

It keeps their hopes of a top-two finish in Group F aliMve0a4n­d sent the Germans crashing out of the competitio­n.

Hoffenheim, who needed a win to have any hope of reaching the last 16, were stunned by a double strike early in the first half from the visitors.

Ismaily put Shakhtar ahead in the 14th minute and Taison (left), who had set up the first, doubled it with a fine finish.

The Germans struck back almost instantly with Andrej Kramaric cutting the deficit, and then Steven Zuber levelled it up five minutes before the interval.

Swiss internatio­nal Zuber hit the woodwork in the 71st minute with the keeper beaten, but instead it was Taison who snatched a dramatic late winner to lift Shakhtar into third place on five points.

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