Shakhtar Donetsk got unlucky at the start of UEFA Champions League group stages, losing 2-1 to hosting FC Porto at the Estadia do Dragao on September 13. The Portuguese champions came from a goal behind with goals from Hulk and Kleber after Luiz Adriano's opener.

Five minutes in and the home side was awarded a penalty when James Rodriguez was brought down in the box following a clumsy challenge from Yaroslav Rakitskiy. Hulk stepped up looking to open the scoring but unfortunately for the Brazilian attacker his effort was stopped by the post.

The spectators didn’t have to wait long for the first goal though as, in the 12th minute Shakhtar opened the scoring through Brazilian forward Luiz Adriano. It was a gift of a goal, Willian’s long range effort was stopped by Helton, but the Porto keeper could not get a grip on the ball, which left the Shakhtar striker the opportunity to nip in and put away the rebound with a simple tap in.

Porto was now looking more lively and had responded well to the early setback, and in the 28th minute it got the goal it was searching for with a spectacular effort from star man Hulk. The Brazilian ace fired in a left-footed thunderbolt of a free-kick from 40 yards, following a hand-ball from Jadson.

The situation became worse for the Ukranian champions just before half time, when they were reduced to ten men after Rakitskiy was a given a straight red for his dangerous lunge on Joao Moutinho. The away side then altered its formation accordingly with forward Eduardo being withdrawn for defender Oleksandr Kucher.

The second half started and it wasn’t long before Porto had taken the lead. After 51 minutes Kleber grabbed Porto’s second of the night, following a great run and cross from James Rodriguez that left the Brazilian forward with simple tap in.

Porto was now dominating the game and looking to increase its lead. Oleksandr Rybka had to be alert to stop two drives from James Rodriguez, before the Columbian struck the bar with a curling free-kick with ten minutes to go.

Shakhtar will be hosting the next match against Apoel Nicosia of Cyprus. Porto now travels to Russia to face Zenit St Petersburg, goal.com reported.