Football: Benfica beat Sporting 4-2 to close the gap on Portuguese Liga leaders

Benfica beat Sporting 4-2 in a fiery Portuguese Liga clash to move to within two points of the league leaders. Bruno Lage's side took an early lead when Haris Seferovic headed home after just 11 minutes and wonderkid Joao Felix doubled their advantage in the 36th. Bruno Fernandes reduced their advantage shortly before the break with a thumping effort but an emphatic response saw Ruben Dias netting just two minutes after the restart for Lage's men. Pizzi converted a penalty after Joao Felix was felled to make it 4-2 before another spot kick at the other end resulted in goalkeeper Odisseas Vlachodimos being sent off for bringing down Bas Dost in the area.