Fenerbahçe squander 2-0 lead in Champions League

Fenerbahçe drew 2-2 at home to Slavia Prague on Tuesday after taking a 2-0 lead. The result offered no revenge for last week's 6-0 defeat to Aston Villa and no boost ahead of next Monday's Turkish showdown with Galatasaray.

With a curling finish into the top-left corner, Oguz Aydin gave the home side a dream start. Mason Greenwood then fired home from close range after good work from Nélson Semedo. But Nathan Aké went off with a knee injury after just under 20 minutes.

Slavia Prague soon recovered from their disastrous start as Lukas Provod made it 2-1 after Mattéo Guendouzi carelessly gave the ball away in his own penalty area. Guendouzi, Aydin and Vedat Muriqi all went close to a third for Fenerbahçe, but the first half in Istanbul brought no more goals.

After the break, the visitors pushed for an equaliser. The Turkish defence stopped Wiktor Nowak at the last moment after an hour, before Romelu Lukaku replaced Muriqi up front shortly afterwards. Slavia Prague were the better side in the second half.

As Fenerbahçe's fans began to believe more and more in a win, Slavia Prague stepped up the pressure considerably in the closing stages. Left-back Archie Brown kept busy down the left flank, but the 3-1 scoreline the home side wanted did not materialise.

Slavia Prague kept attacking until the end, while Fenerbahçe mainly looked to counter-attack. Pavel Kacor then beat Ederson from close range after a precise cross from the right, handing the Turkish side another Champions League setback.