Empoli completed an extraordinary turnaround with two goals in the final three minutes to shock Fiorentina, who had taken the lead through Dusan Vlahovic.

Watch the highlights here.

Serie A Highlights: Empoli 2-1 Fiorentina

This Tuscan derby was between an Empoli side who perform better away and a Viola side who only succeed at home, fresh from beating leaders Milan 4-3. Bartlomiej Dragowski, Erick Pulgar and Matija Nastasic were still out of action for the visitors, with Nico Gonzalez only fit for the bench.

Cristiano Biraghi saw an early snapshot beaten away, Jose Callejon unable to turn in the rebound.

Guglielmo Vicario palmed away a Riccardo Saponara curler and on the resulting corner, Lucas Martinez-Quarta was unable to keep his shot down.

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Giacomo Bonaventura’s cross was deflected off Parisi and looped up to bounce off the crossbar. Saponara also whipped a ball across the six-yard box, Dusan Vlahovic sliding in a moment too late.

The move was repeated on 57 minutes, this time with Jose Callejon making the cross, but this time Vlahovic timed his run perfectly to finish from close range.

It was the Serbian’s 28th Serie A goal of 2021, making him the most prolific ever Fiorentina player in a single calendar year, after Kurt Hamrin got 27 in 1960.

Bonaventura’s effort was palmed away and Nikola Milenkovic nodded wide, but Empoli suddenly came out of their shells in the final minutes.

Nedim Bajrami was responsible for much of it, as he whipped in a cross from the right, Terracciano could only get a glove to it and Filippo Bandinelli kept his cool to turn in the rebound from close range, reacting quicker than anyone else. Bandinelli is a lifelong Fiorentina fan and product of their youth academy.

Moments later, Bajrami again surged forward down the right and rolled it across the face of goal for Andrea Pinamonti to control and sweep in from 10 yards.

Empoli 2-1 Fiorentina

Vlahovic 57 (F), Bandinelli 87 (E), Pinamonti 89 (E)

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