Galatasaray kept their faint hopes of winning the Turkish
Super Lig alive by winning a feisty derby clash with leaders Fenerbahce 1-0.
Wesley Sneijder scored the only goal of the game with a
clinical finish after just nine minutes at Galatasaray's Turk Telekom Arena as
Roberto Mancini's side cut the gap to Fenerbahce to seven points.The visitors'
hopes of getting anything out of Sunday's game were not helped when midfielder
Emre Belozoglu was sent off for a second bookable offence five minutes before
half-time.
Galatasaray's Felipe Melo also saw red three minutes from
time and referee Bulent Yildirim dished out 14 yellow cards in a lively
encounter, which resulted in the home side ending a run of five games without a
win in all competitions.
Defeat for Ersun Yanal's charges ensured Fenerbahce's run
of four consecutive wins came to an end and it could have been worse for them
if the impressive Didier Drogba had not been denied by the woodwork.
Besiktas are level on points with Mancini's men after
their 2-1 victory over bottom-of-the-table Kayserispor on Saturday.
Olcay Sahan put Besiktas in front two minutes before
half-time and a further strike from Oguzhan Ozyakup in the second half ensured
Okay Yokuslu's stoppage-time strike was merely a consolation for the
relegation-threatened visitors.
Kayseri Erciyesspor moved out of the drop zone by
brushing aside fellow-strugglers Elazigspor with a ruthless first-half display
to secure a 3-0 victory on Sunday.
All three goals came before the break with Edinho,
Senijad Ibricic and Yasin Oztekin on target to secure three precious points,
which moved Kayseri Erciyesspor above their opponents and Antalyaspor.
Rizespor were unable to move further clear of the bottom
three as they were consigned to a 1-0 defeat at Karabukspor.
That victory moved Karabukspor up to fourth spot, until
they were replaced by Trabzonspor on Monday after Cemil Canalioglu's side beat
Genclerbirligi 3-0.
Brazilian striker Fernandao scored a hat-trick as
Bursaspor beat Sivasspor 4-3 in a thriller on Sunday, while there was another
high scoring game on Friday when Gaziantepspor held Kasimpasa to a 2-2 draw.
Struggling Antalyaspor and Konyaspor played out a 1-1
draw on Saturday, while there were no goals between Akhisar Belediyespor and
Eskisehirspor.
Culled from Soccerway
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