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Belgium and Iran walk away from their World Cup match with a point each, and Group G is still up for grabs. See recap of live updates, score and stats

For long stretches Sunday afternoon at Los Angeles Stadium, Iran and Belgium looked less like two teams playing a FIFA World Cup group-stage match and more like heavyweight fighters trading blows in the center of the ring.

If there’s one team in this year’s World Cup that’s teaching every sporting fan how to keep their cool on the field, it has to be Iran. Recently, they felt that they had the upper hand against Belgium after replicating the Netherlands’ iconic goal from four years ago.

Once again, it was a goalkeeper who stole the headlines, but not the one you might think. Here are four takeaways from Belgium vs. Iran.

Group G at the World Cup is one of the most interesting ones to watch ahead of the last matchday of the group stage as all the teams have a chance to advance to the next round, which will start on Sunday.

The teams, who played to draws in their opening games, meet Sunday in Inglewood, looking to make a move to the top of the table with a victory.

Mehdi Taremi's 93rd-minute goal against Belgium was ruled offside by VAR, ending Iran's World Cup campaign in Group G. FIFA later acknowledged the decision was wrongly made.