Stuttgart stun Juventus in UCL

El Bilal Toure snatches a last-gasp 1-0 win

TURIN:

El Bilal Toure snatched a last-gasp 1-0 win for Stuttgart at Juventus on Tuesday, striking in stoppage time to give the Germans their first win in this season's revamped Champions League.

Mali forward Toure, who signed for Stuttgart on loan from Atalanta in the summer, lashed in the decisive goal in the second minute of added time just as goalkeeper Mattia Perin thought he had saved a point for Juve.

Moments before Toure's winner Perin flung himself to his right to deny Enzo Millot from the penalty spot, capping a hugely impressive and rare appearance between the sticks which was almost decisive for Juve.

Instead, with Juve down to 10 men due to Danilo being sent off for the foul which gave away the penalty, Toure showed quick feet in the box before finishing past Perin to inflict a first defeat of the season on their opponents, who also lost their perfect record in the competition.

"It's amazing. We gave so much. We were clearly the better team," said Stuttgart forward Deniz Undav.

"It couldn't have been more dramatic, but the win was well deserved."

Stuttgart moved up to 16th place on four points with Tuesday's win, while Juve, on six points, dropped out of the top eight positions which give direct qualification for the last 16.

Juventus were only kept in the game as long as they were by former Italy international Perin, who stepped in for suspended Michele Di Gregorio and kept impressive Stuttgart at bay until Toure struck at the death.

Stuttgart had 11 shots on target compared to just a single accurate effort from Juve and on another night could have been out of sight at half-time.

The loss is a hefty blow for Juve who are missing a clutch of players to injury and face Italian champions Inter Milan at the San Siro on Sunday evening.