Primeira Liga Wrap: Sporting win thriller

Two goals in eight minutes from William and Islam Slimani had the Estadio Jose Alvalade hosts in good spirits, having come into the clash off a 3-0 defeat to Porto.

But as quick as Sporting Lisbon had gained their comfortable standing, they lost it as Penafiel got a significant leg up into the contest – via a red card to Sporting centre-half Tobias Figueiredo, and a goal back to veteran midfielder Bruno Braga in the 12th minute.

A brave retort from Sporting saw them fire in the winner, former Manchester United winger Nani producing it in the 70th minute – and late on, frustrations boiled over as Penafiel bemoaned their wasted chance for valuable points.

Visiting Nacional stayed two points clear of ninth-placed Rio Ave, after Marco Matias scored in the 50th minute – cancelling out Marvin Zeegelaar’s opener in the first minute after the restart.