SHAK SHOCK HOFF
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.