Despite Shinji Kagawa scoring his fourth goal for Besiktas on matchday 33, they still fell to a 1 – 2 defeat to Trabzonspor, which killed off their hopes of winning the Turkish title.

With the match scoreless at the break, Kagawa was introduced right from the start of the second half. But Trabzonspor went ahead against the run of play when Filip Novak headed from a right wing cross in the 53rd minute.

Kagawa equalised in the 74th minute when he lashed home the loose ball after Adem Ljajic’s initial attempt was blocked. However just three minutes later, Trabzonspor midfielder Yusuf Yazici fired in from distance what proved to be the match winner.

The defeat means that Besiktas are now out of the running for the Turkish title. The two remaining contenders, Galatasaray, featuring Yuto Nagatomo, and Istanbul Basaksehir will face off against each other in possibly the title decider on 19 May.

Trabzonspor 2 – 1 Besiktas

(Filip Novak 53′, Yusuf Yazici 77′ – Shinji Kagawa 74′)

P Team M W D L P 1 Galatasaray 32 19 9 4 66 2 Istanbul Basaksehir 32 19 9 4 66 3 Besiktas 33 18 8 7 62 4 Trabzonspor 33 17 9 7 60 5 Yeni Malatyaspor 33 13 8 12 47 6 Antalyaspor 33 13 6 14 45 7 Konyaspor 33 9 16 8 43 8 Alanyaspor 32 12 6 14 42 9 Rizespor 32 9 13 10 40 10 Fenerbahce 32 9 13 10 40 11 Kayserispor 32 10 10 12 40 12 Kasimpasa 33 11 6 16 39 13 Sivasspor 32 9 11 12 38 14 Ankaragucu 32 10 7 15 37 15 Goztepe 32 10 4 18 34 16 Bursaspor 32 6 15 11 33 17 Erzurum BB 32 7 11 14 32 18 Akhisar Belediyespor 32 6 7 19 25

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Source: Yahoo

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