Galatasaray marked their return from the international break with a 3-2 victory at the Turk Telekom Arena over second-placed Sivasspor in the Super Lig on Friday.
Brighton loanee Andone opened the scoring with a cracking strike on 22 minutes and doubled the home sides lead from the penalty spot a few minutes before half-time.
No Falcao No Cry
Andone doing bits for Galatasaray ? pic.twitter.com/9DsDkVMkFl— TFTV Turkish-Football (@TurkFootballTV) October 18, 2019
Sivasspor suffered another blow just after play resumed in the second half after Cofie was sent off.
However, the visitors did manage to get back into the game when Kone pulled one goal back on 69 minutes.
Ryan Babel gave the Lions back their two-goal cushion after scoring on 74 minutes but Sivasspor did manage to find the back of the net again on 84 minutes giving the reigning champions a nervy end to the game.
One player who really stood out for Galatasaray was Emre Mor.
The 22-year-old pulled off the highest number of successful dribbles (9) in a single game this season but also impressed defensively making four tackles and working hard to track back and disrupt play when not in possession.
Emre Mor pulled off more successful dribbles (9) in a single game than any other player this season
If Fatih Terim manages to salvage this boy Galatasaray and the Turkish NT have themselves a new star player [?@moncistats] pic.twitter.com/cebsIl7ytw
— TFTV Turkish-Football (@TurkFootballTV) October 19, 2019
Mor has been inconsistent this term but could find himself back in the side if he manages to show the same form he did against Sivasspor on a consistent basis.
Galatasaray 3-2 Sivasspor
Stadium: Türk Telekom
Referee: Ali Palabıyık, Serkan Olguncan, Erdinç Sezertam
Galatasaray: Muslera, Şener Özbayraklı, Luyindama (Dk. 74 Donk), Marcao, Emre Taşdemir (min. 74 Seri), Nzonzi, Ömer Bayram, Emre Mor, Belhanda (min. 83 Yunus Akgün), Babel, Andone
Sivasspor: Samassa, Goiano, Appindangoye, Caner Osmanpaşa, Uğur Çiftçi, Cofie, Hakan Arslan, Emre Kılınç, Mert Hakan Yandaş (min. 85 Armin Derlek), Fernando (min. 46 Kone), Yatabare (min. 82 Erdoğan Yeşilyurt)
Goals: min. 22 Andone & min. 42 (Penalty), min. 74 Babel (Galatasaray), min. 69 Kone, min. 84 Erdoğan Yeşilyurt (Sivassppor)
Red Card: min. 48 Cofie (Sivasspor)
Yellow Cards: min. 24 Luyindama, min. 62 Andone, min. 78 Ömer Bayram, min. 85 Yunus Akgün (Galatasaray), min. 31 Fernando, min. 32 Yatabare (Sivasspor)
