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Last-gasp Aspas sees Spain draw 2-2 with Morocco

Spain’s Iago Aspas scores their equalising goal to salvage a point against Morocco and mean they topped Group B and will face Russia in the last 16. Photograph: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters

Iago Aspas scored a VAR-assisted equaliser in injury time as Spain scrambled a 2-2 draw with Morocco on Monday in a dramatic finale to their Group B campaign.

Aspas's winner, initially disallowed but awarded after intervention from the Video Assistant Referee, saw Spain stumble into the last 16 as group winners.

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