Fenerbahce 1-3 Galatasaray: Visitors claim rare away win in heated Istanbul derby

Published on: 23 February 2020

Radamel Falcao scored his sixth goal in 14 games since joining Galatasaray from Monaco last summer

Eleven bookings, three red cards and home fans chanting for their coach to resign - Turkey's intercontinental derby was no quiet affair on Sunday.

Hosts Fenerbahce saw coach Ersun Yanal sent to the stands before Radamel Falcao scored a late penalty to put defending champions Galatasaray 2-1 up.

Moments later each side had a player sent off after a clash near the dugout.

Henry Onyekuru then sealed Gala's seventh straight league win and their first at their city rivals since 1999.

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The victory saw the 22-time champions, from the European side of Istanbul, go level with leaders Trabzonspor with two games in hand.

But Fener, based in the Asian side of the River Bosporus, remain sixth in the Super Lig and their fans voiced their frustration after taking just one point from their last four games.

Some seats were thrown onto the pitch after the final whistle at the Ulker Stadium, where things had started so well for Fener when Max Kruse scored an early penalty.

But Ryan Donk equalised before half-time and ex-Manchester United and Chelsea striker Falcao, 34, converted his sixth goal of the season.

Objects were thrown at the visiting players as they celebrated Falcao's goal, while Younes Belhanda and Fener's Deniz Turuc were sent off after angry scenes on the touchline before play had restarted.

Onyekuru then struck deep into the 10 minutes of stoppage time before taking his shirt off in celebration, becoming the 11th player to be booked on an eventful evening in Istanbul.

Objects were thrown at Galatasaray players as they celebrated Radamel Falcao's goal

Younes Belhanda and Deniz Turuc were sent off after a clash in the technical area

Galatasaray's Sofiane Feghouli was confronted by a Fenerbahce player after the final whistle

    Line-ups Match Stats

Line-ups

Fenerbahçe

    98Bayindir

    4IslaBooked at 57minsSubstituted forErdinçat 81'minutes

    25Marques Siqueira

    15AzizBooked at 16mins

    3Ali Kaldirim

    7TufanBooked at 36mins

    6ArslanBooked at 50minsSubstituted forTürüçat 60'minutesBooked at 84mins

    17DirarBooked at 54mins

    10Kruse

    14CigerciSubstituted forEkiciat 88'minutes

    94Muriqi

Substitutes

    2Falette

    8Ekici

    9Erdinç

    16Kadioglu

    19Sayyadmanesh

    21Zajc

    23Türüç

    28Saglam

    35Tekin

    54Ersu

Galatasaray

    1Muslera

    22Ferreira FilhoBooked at 74mins

    15DonkBooked at 68mins

    45do Nascimento Teixeira

    36Saracchi

    6SeriBooked at 58mins

    89FeghouliSubstituted forAkbabaat 90+8'minutes

    10BelhandaBooked at 84mins

    19Bayram

    70OnyekuruBooked at 90minsSubstituted forBüyükat 90+9'minutes

    9FalcaoBooked at 36minsSubstituted forCalikat 86'minutes

Substitutes

    2Ozbayrakli

    5Calik

    7Büyük

    8Inan

    14Linnes

    20Akbaba

    21Durmaz

    23Andone

    34Kocuk

    48Antalyali

Referee:

Halil Umut Meler

Match Stats

Home TeamFenerbahçeAway TeamGalatasaray

Possession

Home55%

Away45%

Shots

Home10

Away14

Shots on Target

Home4

Away7

Corners

Home6

Away4

Fouls

Home22

Away14

Source: bbc.com

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