Soccer-Last-gasp goal earns 10-man Red Star 2-2 draw with Milan

Borjan saved a Samu Castillejo shot midway through the second half and tipped Soualiho Melte's header over the bar after Rodic was dismissed for two bookable fouls. But the hosts won a corner in the dying seconds and Pavkov, who scored twice in Red Star's 2-0 win over Liverpool in a 2018-19 Champions League group stage match at the same venue, rose above a cluster of players to head home the equaliser.

An stoppage-time header by substitute Milan Pavkov earned 10-man Red Star Belgrade a 2-2 home draw with AC Milan in a pulsating Europa League round of 32 first-leg clash on Thursday. Milan led 1-0 and 2-1 thanks to a Radovan Pankov own goal and a Theo Hernandez penalty but Red Star, who had Milan Rodic sent off in the 76th minute, hit back through a Guelor Kanga penalty and Pavkov's last-gasp header.

Milan had two goals ruled out after VAR checks in the opening 12 minutes and missed several chances before Pankov stabbed the ball past his goalkeeper Milan Borjan in the 42nd minute as he tried to cut out a cross. Red Star equalised against the run of play in the 51st minute when Alessio Romagnoli handled the ball in his area and Kanga drilled the spot-kick into the bottom right corner.

The visitors restored their lead on the hour when Pankov fouled Hernandez as Milan broke forward and the left back sent Borjan the wrong way with a clinical penalty. Borjan saved a Samu Castillejo shot midway through the second half and tipped Soualiho Melte's header over the bar after Rodic was dismissed for two bookable fouls.

But the hosts won a corner in the dying seconds and Pavkov, who scored twice in Red Star's 2-0 win over Liverpool in a 2018-19 Champions League group stage match at the same venue, rose above a cluster of players to head home the equaliser. (Writing by Zoran Milosavljevic; Editing by Ed Osmond)