SEVILLA and Borussia Dortmund played out a thriller in Spain.
Suso struck early on to give the hosts the lead but Mahmoud Dahoud and an Erling Haaland double turned the game on its head.
However, Luuk de Jong’s late goal has given the Spaniards some hope of progressing.
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THAT’S ALL FOR TONIGHT!
Borussia Dortmund beat Sevilla 3-2 in the first leg of their last 16 Champions League tie thanks to a brace from Erling Haaland and a wonder strike Mahmoud Dahoud.
Suso had given the home side an early lead before three goals from Dortmund put them firmly in control.
A late strike from Luuk de Jong has kept this tie on a knife edge, although the ball is in Dortmund’s court.
The 2nd leg will be played on Tuesday 9th March.
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REACTION FROM MARCO REUS
“One game isn’t enough to make everything from recent weeks right. We took an important step tonight and need to aim to do exactly the same if not more in the derby [against Schalke] this weekend.
“In the second half it wasn’t as good because we became too passive. As a result we didn’t have enough phases of possession and the passes beyond the back line didn’t come off. It got harder as the night wore on so we’re delighted to have won.
“It feels very good. The first half, outside of the early goal, went exactly as we had envisioned it. We sat a little deeper than normal but were very compact. We won the ball well, got it forward onto dangerous positions and took the lead. The first half was very good.”
REACTION FROM HAALAND
“We have to recover quickly now. We’ve got a big game ahead this weekend. We have to take this positive mindset into that game because we have to win that one as well, but it was really nice to win tonight in Spain.”
“We had a good plan. Edin [Terzić] has been good and I’ve been talking a lot with him. He said today would be my game and that I would get my chances and I did, so it was an important win.
“I felt like, I don’t know if you can say it’s down to motivation or passion or whatever, but we were more online today. It was good. It was not good to let in two goals, but it is good to score three away goals and take them with us.”
REACTION FROM LOPETEGUI
“The result is not good. Losing at home to Dortmund is never positive, but there is one game left and we are going to hold on to that possibility. We will go with ambition and enthusiasm, we have not deserved to lose.
“But they have one of the best players in the world, who has made a difference, and it has been an excessive punishment. In the second half the team has rebuilt, we have pressed them and we had opportunities to draw, but we have to get up quickly and recover well
“We deserved the draw, a few more goals. In the first half they punished us every time they arrived and the referee also set a very high level of aggressiveness and we have to adapt to that bar very quickly. Then we have done it and the team has been better.
“Now it’s time to recover well, clear the mind since a defeat is not good, but there are positive things such as the reaction, not allowing them to counterattack … There are positive things apart from the result, which is not good, but as I said we will go with ambition and illusion of beating them.”
HAALAND’S NIGHT
HAALAND IS AMONGST NORWAY’S BEST
MBAPPE OR HAALAND?
IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE FROM SANCHO
BELLINGHAM MAKING HIS MARK
A GREAT NIGHT FOR DAHOUD
STAT ATTACK
A WONDERFUL BRACE FROM HAALAND
GREAT NIGHT FOR DORTMUND
DORTMUND HEAT MAP
SEVILLA HEAT MAP
AVERAGE POSITIONS OF BOTH SIDES
ACTION AREAS
FULL TIME
PEEEEEEEEEP!!!!!!!!!!
FULL TIME
SEVILLA 2-3 DORTMUND
SEVILLA 2-3 DORTMUND
92. It’s all Sevilla, launching crosses and long balls into Dortmund’s box.
Looks too little too late though as time runs out.
SEVILLA 2-3 DORTMUND
90. There will be three minutes of added time.
SEVILLA 2-3 DORTMUND
88. Sub for Dortmund Dahoudis replaced by Meunier
SEVILLA 2-3 DORTMUND
84. A free kick from the left hand side is swung into the box and de Jong volleys the ball in from close range!
Can Sevilla find an equaliser?
GOAL!!!!!!!!!! SEVILLA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SEVILLA 1-3 DORTMUND
82. Dortmund back in numbers, the away side are happy to sit back and see this one out.
Sevilla have been toothless in attacking all night and don’t look like pulling one back.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
