Goalkeeper scores dramatic Champions League equaliser for Lazio

Barcelona, Paris St Germain and holders Manchester City all opened their campaigns with wins.

Goalkeeper Ivan Provedel scores dramatic Champions League equaliser for Lazio — Equaliser: Lazio's Ivan Provedel earned his side a point from their first game. PA Media

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19th Sep 2023

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Lazio goalkeeper Ivan Provedel scored an equaliser deep in injury time as his side claimed a dramatic 1-1 draw with Atletico Madrid at the Stadio Olimpico.

The hosts looked to be heading for a narrow defeat in their opening UEFA Champions League Group E clash after Pablo Barrios fired the visitors into a 29th-minute lead.

But under instructions to go up for a corner in the fifth minute of added time, Provedel continued to loiter in the box before leaping to glance a Luis Alberto cross past his opposite number Ivo Grbic.

<em>Ivan Provedel, right, salvaged a point for Lazio (Andrew Medichini/AP)</em>”/></div><figcaption aria-hidden=true><em>Ivan Provedel, right, salvaged a point for Lazio (Andrew Medichini/AP)</em> <cite class=hidden></cite></figcaption></figure><p>Provedel’s goal was the sixth by a goalkeeper in the Champions League and only the second from open play, after Sinan Bolat scored for Standard Liege against AZ Alkmaar in 2009.</p><p>There was also drama in the other Group E encounter as goals from Calvin Stengs and Alireza Jahanbaksh saw Feyenoord claim a 2-0 win over Celtic, who finished the game with nine men.</p><p>Stengs’ free-kick snuck home to give the Dutch side the lead on the stroke of half-time and Brendan Rodgers’ men unravelled after the interval as both Gustaf Lagerbielke and Odin Thiago Holm saw red.</p><figure class=wp-block-image><div class=relative><img decoding=async src=https://prod.news.stv.tv/wp-content/themes/stvnews/static/images/fallback.png width=1280 height=720 srcset sizes=

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