Soccer-Sevilla overcome two-goal deficit and red card to beat Krasnodar

Sevilla came back from two goals down to pull off a heroic 3-2 win at home to Krasnodar in the Champions League on Wednesday, turning the game around in the second half with 10 men after captain Jesus Navas was sent off. The victory kept Sevilla second in Group E and took them on to seven points, level with leaders Chelsea and six ahead of Krasnodar and Stade Rennais.

Sevilla came back from two goals down to pull off a heroic 3-2 win at home to Krasnodar in the Champions League on Wednesday, turning the game around in the second half with 10 men after captain Jesus Navas was sent off. A free kick from Shapi Suleymanov in the 17th minute and a Marcus Berg penalty four minutes later got the Russians off to a dream start but Sevilla hit back through Ivan Rakitic before the break.

They quickly endured another setback though when Navas was shown a straight red card right at the end of the first half for a reckless foul on Kristoffer Olsson, but Julen Lopetegui's side came out fighting in the second period. Rakitic hit the crossbar then Youssef En-Nesyri levelled in the 69th minute after pouncing on a gift from Krasnodar defender Kaio.

The Moroccan striker grabbed another goal moments later to complete an extraordinary comeback from the Europa League holders. The victory kept Sevilla second in Group E and took them on to seven points, level with leaders Chelsea and six ahead of Krasnodar and Stade Rennais.