No spectacle without Haaland, but at least a victory: Thanks to new signing Donyell Malen, Borussia Dortmund has created a comfortable starting position in the Champions League. With his first goal in the BVB jersey, the Dutchman paved the way to 1-0 (1-0) over Sporting Lisbon and the second win in the second group game.
“It was hard work. So I’m all the happier that we accepted that. Everything wasn’t perfect, but the attitude was right. We threw everything in, ”said Mats Hummels at the streaming service Dazn.
Unlike the 0: 1 in Mönchengladbach three days earlier, the absence of Erling Haaland had no consequences for BVB this time. In front of 25,000 spectators, he consolidated second place in the table in Group C behind the tied Ajax team and is already six points ahead of the other opponents Besiktas Istanbul and Sporting. Ajax had previously won 2-0 against Besiktas.
Malen’s goal in the 37th minute was one of the few highlights in the sluggish appearance of the Bundesliga club, who for the first time since the cup game in Wehen (3-0) did not concede a goal against harmless Portuguese. With this, the Dutch international showed for the first time why Westphalia transferred around 30 million euros to PSV Eindhoven in the summer. For striker Haaland it was again not enough to play due to muscular complaints, at least Marco Reus was able to participate again.
Leipzig received a surprising home defeat against Bruges
RB Leipzig, on the other hand, experienced a nasty surprise against Club Bruges. The team of coach Jesse Marsch conceded a 1: 2 (1: 2) defeat to the Belgian champions in front of 23,500 spectators despite an early lead and has to set new goals in the premier class as the currently pointless last in Hammer Group A.
The targeted round of 16 is probably only utopian after two defeats. The Leipzig leadership of Christopher Nkunku (5th) turned Hans Vanaken (22nd) and Mats Rits (41st) in favor of the guests who did not allow much against the Leipzig three days after their 6-0 football demonstration against Hertha BSC over a long distance .
“We now have a difficult situation in the group,” said RB captain and goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi: “We now have two games against PSG and somehow have to score.”
Paris St. Germain beat Manchester City 2-0 in the eagerly anticipated parallel game. After Idrissa Gueye’s early lead, it was Lionel Messi who decided the game with his first goal for PSG in the 76th minute.
Liverpool FC are well on their way to the second round in Group B after a 5-1 win at FC Porto. Atletico Madrid also won 2-1 at AC Milan in the last second.
The biggest surprise of the day was Sheriff Tiraspol who won 2-1 at Real Madrid. Before that, Shakhtar Donetsk and Inter Milan split 0-0 in Group D. (Tsp/dpa)
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