Jamal Thiare steals the ball from the keeper and scores the winning goal for Atlanta United

In the 97th minute, Atlanta’s Ronald Hernández’s shot was blocked by Toronto FC’s Shane O’Neill. Toronto goalkeeper Luka Gavran covered the ball and, as he was about to put it in play, Thiaré came from behind, took the ball and fired a right-footed shot into the empty net for the winning goal.

Atlanta’s other goal came in first-half injury time when Thiago Almada passed the ball to Daniel Ríos, took a return pass from Ríos, then beat Gavran with a powerful right-footed pass from the left side.

Toronto equalized in the first minute of the second half when Federico Bernardeschi scored with a left-footed shot from the center of the area. He slipped his shot past three defenders and beat Atlanta goalkeeper Brad Guzan at the left post.

Guzan finished with three saves for Atlanta (6-8-6) and Gavran made four saves for Toronto (7-11-3), which has lost four straight.

Toronto returns home to host Orlando City on Wednesday. Atlanta United travels to face the New England Revolution on Wednesday.

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