Borussia Dortmund 4 - 2 Borussia Mönchengladbach

Dortmund scorers: Marcel Sabitzer (30’), Niklas Füllkrug (32’), Jamie Bynoe-Gittens (45’), Donyell Malen (90+7’)

Gladbach scorers: Rocco Reitz (13’), Manu Kone (28’)

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Venue: Signal-Iduna Park, Dortmund, Germany

Referee: Sven Jablonski

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Borussia Dortmund:

Starting XI	Notes	Subs	Notes
Gregor Kobel		Alexander Meyer
Mats Hummels		Niklas Süle
Nico Schlotterbeck		Marius Wolf	90+4’
Julian Ryerson		Mateu Morey
Ramy Bensebaini		Thomas Meunier
Emre Can	67’	Salih Özcan	67’
Marco Reus	90+4’	Giovanni Reyna	46’
Marcel Sabitzer	30’ 46’	Donyell Malen	67’ 90+7’
Jamie Bynoe-Gittens	45’ 67’	Youssoufa Moukoko	75’
Julian Brandt	80’
Niklas Füllkrug	32’ 75’

Manager: Edin Terzic (Germany)

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Borussia Mönchengladbach:

Starting XI	Notes	Subs	Notes
Moritz Nicolas		Jan Olschowsky
Joe Scally		Fabio Chiarodia
Nico Elvedi		Marvin Friedrich
Maximilian Wöber		Florian Neuhaus	73’
Franck Honorat	73’	Robin Hack	73’
Luca Netz		Nathan N’Goumou	61’
Rocco Reitz	13’ 61’	Christoph Kramer	82’
Julian Weigl	54’ 82’	Tomáš Čvančara	46’
Manu Kone	28’ 87’	Patrick Herrmann
Jordan Pefok	46’
Alassane Pléa	73’

Manager: Gerardo Seoane (Switzerland)

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MATCH EVENTS

1’: We’re off!

3’: SAVE! Netz denied at the near side by Kobel.

8’: SAVE! Bynoe-Gittens fires at the Gladbach near post but Nicolas hangs on to it.

13’: GOAL GLADBACH!! Rocco Reitz gets an incisive pass, blazes past Schlotterbeck and slots it in off the inside of the far post!

19’: Pléa scores!! Flagged offside.

26’: Jordan fires a shot to the moon from distance

28’: GOAL GLADBACH!! And what a fucking shot! Manu Kone circles back and around two defender and then hits a scorcher into the back of the net!

30’: GOAL DORTMUND!! Just what they needed to get back in it! Brandt chips a cross over to Marcel Sabitzer who volleys it in with a deflection off of Scally! Game back on!

32’: GOAL DORTMUND!! What a game so far! Bynoe-Gittens finds Niklas Füllkrug with a fabulous one-touch pass and Füllkrug volleys it over the keeper off the inside of the post and in!

42’: Huge penalty shout! Bynoe-Gittens goes down! Nothing from the ref? Would have been soft on replay, and also outside of the box.

45’: GOAL DORTMUND!! Jamie Bynoe-Gittens hits the bottom corner! What is this game??

45+3’: SAVE! Nicolas makes himself big and denies Reus! There’s another shot on the rebound but Nicolas catches it.

HT Borussia Dortmund 3-2 Borussia Mönchengladbach Dortmund was losing by two at 29 minutes and they’re leading at halftime, what a game.

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46’: Gladbach substitution: Tomáš Čvančara on for Jordan Pefok

46’: Dortmund substitution: Giovanni Reyna on for Marcel Sabitzer

46’: We’re back!

49’: Oh man, Pléa got leveled. Emre Can charged him down in the head and he went down flat. He’s moving, which is good.

52’: SAVE!! Nicolas with a wonderful diving reaction save on Füllkrug’s header.

54’: Bynoe-Gittens takes it himself at the near post, easy save for Nicolas.

54’: Julian Weigl fouls Reyna just on the edge of the box, close to disaster.

56’: Marco Reus takes the free kick over the wall, and into the crossbar! Goalkeeper flatfooted there but saved by the frame of the goal.

57’: Emre Can fires from the edge of the box and puts it over. Dortmund just marauding in the Gladbach half right now.

58’: Bynoe-Gittens fires a weak shot, easy save.

61’: Gladbach substitution: Nathan N’Goumou on for Rocco Reitz

64’: Pléa tries a tricky shot that goes over.

67’: Dortmund double sub: Salih Özcan and Donyell Malen on for Emre Can and Jamie Bynoe-Gittens

73’: Gladbach double sub: Robin Hack and Florian Neuhaus on for Alassane Pléa and Franck Honorat

75’: Dortmund substitution: Youssoufa Moukoko on for Niklas Füllkrug

80’: Julian Brandt pulls back N’Goumou

82’: Gladbach substitution: Christoph Kramer on for Julian Weigl

87’: Manu Kone makes a terrible rough challenge, commentators were speculating about a red but it’s only yellow

90’: SAVE!! Malen fires a stinger at the bottom corner but Nicolas somehow gets down in time!

90+4’: Dortmund substitution: Marius Wolf on for Marco Reus

90+5’: Big chance for Christopher Kramer! But he skims his potential equalizer off the outside of the post!

90+7’: GOAL DORTMUND!! The Gladbach goalkeeper comes forward on the corner, it goes disastrously! Donyell Malen picks up the ball and just has to walk it in from the other end of the field!

FT Borussia Dortmund 4-2 Borussia Mönchengladbach Dortmund turns around a disastrous start to win the battle of the Borussias.