LIVE CERCLE-ANDERLECHT. Stroeykens closes the books completely: third Brussels goal just before the hour | Sport

No substitutions during the break. Can Cercle Brugge still make a stand? Or will Anderlecht hand the Association a second home defeat?

The VAR checks for Debast’s card and for the two goals resulted in five extra minutes at the end of the first half.

Now the check in Tubize takes longer, but VAR Lawrence Visser again indicates that there is no offside. Anderlecht has a double lead.

Anderlecht once again set up a strong action through the Bruges defense, once again initiated by Hazard and now laid out in front of Dreyer by Dolberg. Warleson has to turn around again, but again the edge is offside and a VAR check follows.

Offside was briefly considered, but Siquet canceled that.

Hazard dribbles the Cercle defense madly, loses the ball but takes it out of Nazinho’s foot and taps through to Dolberg. The Dane does not miss the opportunity and gives Anderlecht the lead.

Anderlecht comes close to taking the lead. Hazard throws the ball over his opponent and then curls against the post.

Denkey’s ankles are strummed again, this time by Rits. A little later Hazard goes down after a late tackle by Gboho. The party is becoming more bitter.

Denkey can still connect between a forest of legs. Schmeichel has to take the ball out of the corner with a diving dive. Father Peter Schmeichel likes to see it happen from the stands.

The Red Devil kicks top scorer Denkey on the Achilles tendon. Yellow, but VAR Lawrence Visser calls ref Boterberg to the screen. The ref stands by his judgement. No red.

After Stroeykens hit Warleson’s fists, the Brazilian Cercle goalie had to lie down to block Thorgan Hazard’s diagonal shot. He does that in two times.

Augustinsson goes down over Siquet’s leg, but to his surprise he gets a yellow card himself. Schwalbe, says Boterberg.

Olaigbe, trained at Anderlecht, puts Kasper Schmeichel to work for the first time with a shot from outside the sixteen. The Dane dives well to the corner.

Daland half-passes a submission from Sardella. Delaney is surprised that the ball falls in front of his foot and kicks the open opportunity wide of the intersection.

First (timid) attempt by the home team. Lemaréchal takes the lead, Denkey heads wide.

Anderlecht forced a corner kick in the first minute, but it yielded no results.