Lions suffer first league defeat in six

FC Copenhagen suffered a first Alka Superliga loss in six after going down 3-0 to Randers on Sunday.

The Lions went behind to a well-taken Mikael Ishak effort just before half time, before the striker bagged a spectacular volley midway through the second half to double Randers’ advantage.

And Nicolai Brock-Madsen swept home a third with a minute to go after holding off his man in the penalty area.

Ludwig Augustinsson and Steve De Ridder both went close for FCK early on, while a good save from Karl-Johan Johnsson prevented Rurik Gislason finding the net.

And when Nicolai Jørgensen saw his lobbed effort blocked by the goalkeeper it was clear that this was not FCK’s day - which ended with Brandur Olsen being shown a red card.

The result does not affect Copenhagen’s second-place standing in the Alka Superliga, although Randers have cut the gap to third to eight points.

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Next up for the Lions is a DBU Cup semi-final trip to Esbjerg on Thursday, before playing host to the Jutland club in the league this Sunday.

RANDERS: 3  FC COPENHAGEN: 0

Randers: Johnsson, Thomsen, Fenger, Agesen, Fischer, Fisker, Poulsen, Keller, Bjarnason, Lundberg, Ishak.

FC Copenhagen: Andersen, Rammer, Zanka, Antonsson, Augustinsson, Sigurdarson, Amankwaa, Delaney, Gislason, De Ridder, Jørgensen.

Goals: Ishak, Randers (44’ & 76’), Brock-Madsen, Randers (90’).

Red card: Olsen (90’).

Referee: Michael Johansen.