Lions lose to Midtjylland

FC Copenhagen suffered their second defeat in six days at Telia Parken as late goals from Kristian Bach Bak and Sylvester Igboun handed FC Midtjylland a 2-1 result in the Danish capital.

FCK had their chances early on but the scores were locked until the 81st minute, when Back Bak squeezed in a flicked header from a free-kick to hand FCM the lead, only for Igboun to double it in stoppage time from the spot after Stephan Anderson had brought down Kristian Nielsen.

Andreas Cornelius earned a consolation for the Lions with a well-taken penalty in the dying seconds after a foul on Per Nilsson — Cornelius sweeping the ball into the bottom right corner.

But a very late comeback never surfaced as FCK went down fighting and now look ahead to the first leg of their UEFA Champions League playoff clash with Bayer Leverkusen on Tuesday.

Watch match highlights on FCKTV here

FC COPENHAGEN: 1 FC MIDTJYLLAND: 2

FC Copenhagen: Andersen, Amartey, Nilsson, Antonsson, Høgli, Amankwaa, Claudemir, Delaney, Kadrii, Cornelius, Pourie.

FC Midtjylland: Haugaard, Bak, Sviatchenko, Dickoh, Lauridsen, Igboun, Poulsen, Uzochukwu, Andersson, Sisto, Rasmussen.

Goals: Bak, FCM (82’), Igboun, FCM (90’), Cornelius (90’).

Referee: Michael Tykgaard.