Last-gasp Kroos stunner pulls 10-man Germany back from the brink

Germany came back from the brink of a humiliating, first-round 2018 FIFA World Cup exit as Toni Kroos scored a sensational stoppage-time winner to secure a dramatic 2-1 victory over Sweden.

Toni Kroos celebrates after netting Germany's winner Source: AAP

Kroos found the net with a wickedly curling set-piece in the 95th minute of a game that brought out the best and worst of Joachim Low's world champions, who were reduced to 10 men when Jerome Boateng was sent off with eight minutes remaining.

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