Dida struck by fan in Celtic win
The assault on Dida overshadowed Celtic's impressive victory
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Wednesday, 03, Oct 2007 11:13
Celtic's 2-1 victory over AC Milan in the Champions League was overshadowed when the visitors' goalkeeper was struck by a fan celebrating Celtic's winner.
Scott McDonald had just put the Scottish champions ahead in the 90th minute after Dida spilled Massimo Donati's shot.
But as the players celebrated in the middle of the pitch a fan ran onto the playing surface and seemed to strike the Brazilian across the shoulder. The keeper was stretchered off as a result of the incident.
Celtic had taken the lead in the 62nd minute when Stephen McManus scrambled the ball home following a corner.
Milan levelled things when Lee Naylor gave away a penalty for a foul on Massimo Ambrosini. Kaka converted from the spot with 20 minutes remaining.
Celtic looked the side most likely to win it and duly did so but their excellent performance against the defending champions was marred by the incident following the winning goal.
Elsewhere in Celtic's group Shakhtar Donetsk beat Benfica 1-0 thanks to a strike from Jadson just before half time.
Porto are second in Liverpool's group after picking up a 1-0 win away to Besiktas. Ricardo Quaresma scored the winner in the 90th minute.
Ruud van Nistelrooy scored twice as Real Madrid drew 2-2 with Lazio at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. Goran Pandev equalised twice for the home side to deny Real all three points.
Olympiakos now top group C ahead of Madrid on goal difference after beating Werder Bremen 3-1. Ireoklis Stoltidis, Christos Patsatzoglou and Darko Kovacevic all found the net for the Greek side.
Jermaine Jones and Kevin Kuranyi both scored in the second half as Schalke 04 beat Rosenborg 2-0 to rise to third in group B.