Cornelius strikes as FCK grind out victory

Andreas Cornelius’ first Superliga goal in two months was enough to hand FC Copenhagen a battling victory in Aalborg.

The striker pounced on a Rasmus Thelander error to fire past Nicolai Larsen 15 minutes into the game.

Nicolai Jørgensen and Daniel Amartey also went close for Copenhagen during a tense match at the Nordjyske Arena that saw Stephan Andersen deny AaB’s Henrik Dalsgaard a sublime chip.

Amartey was sent off late on for a second bookable offence when preventing a free-kick from being taken, before Andersen again came to the rescue saving off Frederik Børsting.

The win keeps FCK third in the Superliga, eight points behind league leaders FC Midtjylland.

Copenhagen's next Superliga game is against Midtjylland in Telia Parken on Sunday 7 December.

Highlights to follow on FCKTV…

AAB: 0   FC COPENHAGEN: 1

AaB: Larsen, Dalsgaard, Petersen, Thelander, Gorter, Bruhn, Würtz, Thomsen, Wichmann, Risgård, Helenius.

FC Copenhagen: Andersen, Høgli, Zanka, Antonsson, Bengtsson, Gislason, Amartey, Claudemir, Amankwaa, Cornelius, Jørgensen.

Goals: Cornelius (15’).

Red card: Amartey (85').

Referee: Jakob Kehlet.