The Dutch international opened the scoring early in the 9th minute in match that was highlighted by controversy, aggressiveness and refereeing inadequateness from referee Bulent Yildirim who gave a total of 17 yellow and 2 red bookings the match.
Fenerbahce's Emre Belozoglu received a controversial red card which saw Galatasaray's "pitbull" Felipe Melo react gaudily (as expected); ironically Melo was later sent off as well.
Following the match Dirk Kuyt congratulated Galatasaray saying: "Congrats to them, they now lowered the gap between us from 13 to 10 points."
Galatasaray: Muslera, Eboue (Dk. 66 Sabri Sarıoğlu), Semih Kaya, Hakan Balta, Telles, Yekta Kurtuluş, Selçuk İnan (Dk. 85 Veysel Sarı), Melo, Sneijder (Dk. 90+4 Koray Günter) , Burak Yılmaz, Drogba
Fenerbahçe: Volkan Demirel, Gökhan Gönül (Dk. 87 Webo), Bekir İrtegün, Alves, Caner Erkin, Mehmet Topal, Meireles, Emre Belözoğlu, Kuyt, Sow (Dk. 76 Mehmet Topuz), Emenike
Gol: Dk. 9 Sneijder (Galatasaray)
Red Cards: Dk. 40 Emre Belözoğlu (Fenerbahçe), Dk. 87 Melo (Galatasaray)
Yellow Cards: Dk. 12 Gökhan Gönül, Dk. 31 Emenike, Dk. 42 Mehmet Topal, Dk. 62 Caner Erkin, Dk. 77 Alves, Dk. 80 Volkan Demirel, Dk. 84 Bekir İrtegün, Dk. 90+2 Webo (Fenerbahçe), Dk. 20 Eboue, Dk. 29 Telles, Dk. 80 Sneijder, Dk. 88 Hakan Balta (Galatasaray)
