Denmark sink Portugal after late goal flurry LISBON, Sept 10 (Reuters) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Daniel Jensen's stoppage-time winner gave Denmark a 3-2 victory over Portugal in a World Cup Group One qualifier on Wednesday which featured four goals in the closing seven minutes. Portugal winger Nani opened the scoring after 42 minutes when he tapped home Hugo Almeida's excellent cross from the left and the hosts dominated the match until the late flurry of goals. Denmark levelled through Nicklas Bendtner's header in the 83rd minute before Portugal re-took the lead three minutes later with a Deco penalty. Denmark equalised again in the 89th minute with a Christian Poulsen header after Portugal keeper Quim failed to clear his area following a corner. The Danes then grabbed all three points with Jensen's deflected shot two minutes into stoppage time. “It's bad to lose this way, we had the game under control, but in football a team that doesn’t score sometimes gets punished unfairly. We could have won but although we tried to keep Denmark under pressure, they managed to get things their way and we have to accept it,” Portugal coach Carlos Queiroz told reporters. It was the first time in 12 years that Portugal had lost a World Cup qualifying match, the last defeat coming in October 1996 in Ukraine. Queiroz, who replaced Luiz Felipe Scolari after Euro 2008, added: “This is the result of two critical moments in which we didn't score and that gave confidence to Denmark. They believed all the way until the end. We tried to hold the game after the 2-1, now we need to recover these three points in the away game.” Denmark coach Morten Olsen said defender Lars Jacobsen, replaced by Michael Silberbauer on the stroke of halftime, had dislocated his shoulder. “Our first thoughts are for Jacobsen who went to the hospital,” he said. “We hope he can return home with team. “It was the first time that we won points in Hungary and Portugal. It is a dream scenario for. It is more than we thought after these two hard games,” he added. --

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