Classic in Kharkiv: Shakhtar win, Moraes injury, Tyson's middle finger and racism

The central match of the week in Ukrainian football turned out to be more than eventful.

In Round 14 of the Ukrainian Premier League, Shakhtar narrowly beat the capital's Dynamo 1:0 at their home stadium in Kharkiv. The only goal of the match came in the 16th minute after a corner, scored by the host's central defender Serhiy Kryvtsov.

Shakhtar - Dynamo 1:0

Goal: Kryvtsov, 19

Shakhtar: Pyatov, Dodo, Kryvtsov, Matvienko, Ismaili, Stepanenko, Marcos Antonio (Maicon, 90), Kovalenko, Tete (Bolbat, 88), Tyson, Moraes (Dentinho, 31)

Dynamo: Bushchan, Kendzera, Popov, Shabanov, Mykolenko (Buyalskyi, 60), Shepelev (Garmash, 68), Shaparenko, Karavayev, Tsygankov, Verbych, Rodriguez (Besedin, 62)

Yellow cards: Kovalenko, Dentinho, Dodo — Popov, Shabanov, Rodriguez, Mykolenko

The league match was marked by several notable incidents. Thus, as early as the 32nd minute, Shakhtar's main striker Junior Moraes was forced to end the match early. In a challenge with Denys Popov, who already had a yellow card, Moraes took a painful blow to the legs. The naturalised Brazilian not only failed to continue the game but was taken straight from the stadium by ambulance to hospital for an MRI scan.

But the main commotion came in the second half. With 15 minutes of regular time left, Tyson, after repeated racist chants from the Dynamo sector, angrily kicked the ball into the stands and gave the rival fans a middle-finger gesture.

Referee Mykola Balakin, who had already warned the day before about the possibility of cancelling the match because of racism, suspended the match and led the teams into the tunnel. Five minutes later the game resumed, but no longer with equal sides: Shakhtar captain Tyson was sent off for that very «fuck» gesture.

Dynamo, however, could not save themselves in the numerical disadvantage and ultimately lost by a single goal, without a single shot on target against Andriy Pyatov's goal over the whole match.

After 14 rounds, Shakhtar lead the Premier League with 40 points. Dynamo, with 27 points, are third, one point behind second-placed Zorya.