FCK hit for four against Bruges

FC Copenhagen suffered a set-back in their UEFA Europa League campaign with a 4-0 defeat to Bruges in Telia Parken.

Bruges striker Lior Refaelov scored a first-half hat-trick to put the visitors beyond their hosts, his opener a neat shot through a sea of legs before an angled effort and superb drive made it 3-0 at half time.

Ruud Vormer added a fourth for the visitors midway through the second half, as Mathias Zanka and Rurik Gislason went close at the other end on a frustrating night for FCK.

The defeat leaves Copenhagen third in Group B, three points behind Torino with two matches to play.

Next up for the Lions is a trip to Helsinki in late November, but not before domestic ties with Nordsjælland and Silkeborg.

FC COPENHAGEN: 0   CLUB BRUGES: 4

FC Copenhagen: Andersen, Høgli, Antonsson, Zanka, Bengtsson, Gislason, Claudemir, Amartey, Kacaniklic, De Ridder, Jørgensen.

Bruges: Ryan, De Fauw, Simons, Duarte, Vazquez, Refaelov, De Sutter, Gedoz, Meunier, Vormer, Mechele.

Goals: Refaelov, Bruges (7’, 30’ & 36’), Vormer, Bruges (60’).

Referee: Manuel Grafe (GER).