Neymar and Philippe Coutinho leave it late to make their class pay for Brazil in feisty victory over Costa Rica (Telegraph)

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This game will be remembered as the day Brazil escaped a place alongside Argentina in the danger zone with two stoppage-time goals – and as a victory for VAR, after a penalty awarded to Neymar for an innocuous hand-touch by a Costa Rica defender was overturned by Bjorn Kuipers, the referee, who acknowledged his own mistake on review.

The tournament is breathing easier after the favourites, who who were mostly unconvincing – scored in stoppage time through Philippe Coutinho, their outstanding player, and Neymar, moments before the whistle. Brazil were sucked into Neymarโ€™s private dramas throughout their second Group E fixture but the worldโ€™s most expensive footballer at least made his mark with a tap-in that sends Titeโ€™s side into the Serbia game with a clear victory in Saint Petersburg. Read more

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