As expected the reigning Champions dictated the tempo early on and went ahead after 26 minutes, with a brilliant header from Cenk Tosun off Caner Erkin’s cross. Ömer Şişmanoğlu added another 4 minutes later to make it 2-0 for Beşiktaş. Traore managed to reduce the gap to one for the visitors at the outset of the second half. Thinking of their upcoming Champions League game against Benfica, the Eagles played it safe in the remaining minutes yet still furthered the lead through Oğuzhan Özyakup’s late penalty-kick to pick up all three points.
