Striker Carsten Jancker pounced to score an equaliser with just a minute remaining as Bayern Munich rallied to grab a 3-3 draw away to Dynamo Kiev in a thrilling European Cup semi-final first leg match tonight.
Bayern, unbeaten for five months, trailed 3-1 with 40 minutes to play in Kiev but showed tremendous resilience to fight back and take full advantage of a feeble Dynamo defence.
Jancker beat defender Alexander Holovko in the penalty area and then hooked the ball home right-footed to leave Bayern as warm favourites to qualify after the second leg in two weeks' time.
Dynamo striker Andrei Shevchenko scored two first-half goals, taking his tally in the competition to eight, as Dynamo twice held a two-goal lead. Shevchenko was on target in the 16th and 43rd minutes before Stephane Tarnat pulled Bayern back into the match with an extraordinary free-kick on the brink of half-time.
Vitaly Kossovksy then made it 3-1 with a piece of opportunism in the 50th minute but Stefan Effenberg boosted Bayern's chances of qualifying after the second leg in Germany when he scored from a free-kick with 12 minutes remaining.
Jancker's late equaliser then left the home side demoralised and left them with a difficult away trip in two weeks.
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