Aleksandar Mitrovic's overdue winner noticed Serbia seal their spot on the 2022 World Cup with a 2-1 victory over Portugal in Lisbon.
Portugal went ahead after simply mins as Bernardo Silva capitalised on a shielding blunders to installation Renato Sanches, who opened the scoring with an unerring end.
Dusan Tadic's deflected strike levelled the scores later within the first half, with Rui Patricio partially culpable for allowing the ball to cross the line.
Substitute Mitrovic finished a dramatic turnaround inside the ninetieth minute as he headed in from Tadic's cross to ship Serbia pinnacle of Group A and condemn Portugal to the playoffs.
Portugal enjoyed a dream begin as Silva dispossessed Nemanja Gudelj earlier than finding Sanches, who superior into the place and rifled beyond Predrag Rajkovic.
Dusan Vlahovic idea he had equalised 10 minutes later as he struck closer to the bottom-proper corner, however his left-footed attempt bounced off the submit and faraway from danger.
Serbia did draw level within the 33rd minute whilst Tadic's fierce strike from the edge of the area took a deflection, causing Patricio to fumble into his own net.
The hosts came within inches of reclaiming the lead after the c language as Sanches' blocked effort changed into cleared against Rajkovic's back and rolled just wide.
Serbia appeared exceptionally conservative in the 2nd half but Mitrovic, who headed extensive most effective minutes before, grabbed a dramatic triumphing aim as he nodded in on the lower back submit after Tadic's move from the proper flank.
