Bundesliga
Dortmund slip to narrow Barcelona loss
Borussia Dortmund dropped into the UEFA Champions League last-16 play-off places after losing a five-goal thriller to Hansi Flick's Barcelona.
Borussia Dortmund 2-3 Barcelona
Goals: 0-1 Raphinha 53' (assist: Olmo), 1-1 Guirassy (pen. 60'), 1-2 Ferran Torres 75', 2-2 Guirassy 79' (assist: Groß), 2-3 Ferran Torres 85' (assist: Yamal)
Champions League runners-up last season, Dortmund have impressed once again in the revamped league phase. They kicked off against La Liga leaders Barcelona with four wins from five and among the clutch of teams in the driving seat for automatic qualification to the round of 16. Visiting Barcelona, spearheaded by former BVB striker Robert Lewandowski, did create chances in the early stages, but the Black-Yellows responded in kind and might have gone in at the break in front, had Marcel Sabizter not snatched at Julien Duranville's 17th-minute cross. Serhou Guirassy also forced a strong save from Iñaki Peña, albeit from an offside position.
Guirassy did have the ball in the net after the restart, but the Dortmund No.9 was adjudged to have strayed offside when he converted Jamie Gittens' cross. Raphinha scored with Barcelona's next attack - the Brazilian finishing well folllowing smart play by former RB Leipzig man Dani Olmo - but BVB hit back almost immediately. Pau Cubarsí brought down Guirassy, who calmly slotted away the resultant penalty for 1-1. Guirassy completed his brace to cancel out a goal from Ferran Torres, but the Barcelona substitute had the final say, scoring on the counter to inflict only a second Champions League loss of the campaign on Nuri Şahin's team.
Match stats
- Dortmund are ninth in the Champions League standings on 12 points - a point outside the top eight - ahead of games against Bologna (a) and Shakhtar Donetsk (h).
- The result marked BVB's first home loss in all competitions in 2024/25.
- Guirassy's eight goal involvements is the most by any Dortmund player in their first six appearances in the competition.
- The Black-Yellows are still chasing their first win against Barcelona (D2, L3).
- Lewandowski scored 103 goals in 187 competitive appearances for Dortmund, before putting more goals past BVB than any club he's faced during an eight year-spell at Bayern (27 in 26 games).
- Flick won the 2019/20 Champions League with Bayern as part of a record-equalling sextuple of trophies. Pep Guardiola's Barcelona are the only other club to have achieved the feat (2009).
Teams
Dortmund: Kobel - Ryerson (Couto 46'), Can (c), Schlotterbeck, Bensebaini - Sabitzer, Nmecha, Duranville (Malen 73') - Reyna (Groß 73'), Gittens - Guirassy
Unused subs: Meyer, Lotka, Adeyemi, Campbell, Wätjen, Kabar, Azhil, Benkara
Out: Beier (knee) - Anton (groin), Brandt (thigh), Mané (muscular), Süle (ankle)
Coach: Nuri Şahin
Barcelona: Peña - Koundé, Cubarsí, Martínez, Baldé - Casadó, Pedri (García 90'+3) - Yamal, Olmo (Fermín López 70'), Raphinha (c) (De Jong 70') - Lewandowski (Ferran Torres 70')
Unused subs: Szczęsny, Astralaga, Araújo, Gavi, Torre, Pau Victor, Fort, Gerard Martín
Out: Ansu (muscular), Bernal (knee), Christensen (Achilles), Ter Stegen (knee)
Coach: Hansi Flick
As it happened!
2 - 3(0 - 0)
Dortmund
FINAL
Barcelona
90' +5
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Schlotterbeck down
The Dortmund centre-back fell awkwardly after jumping for that cross.
90' +4
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Groß takes
The German swings a cross in and Schlotterbeck wins the header, but it's just over.
90' +4
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Late free-kick for BVB
Last chance for Dortmund. Gittens is brought down at the edge of the box.
90' +3
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Eric García
Pedri
90' +2
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Ferran Torres
90'
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Four added minutes
There are to be four additional minutes at the end of this half.
85'
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Torres with a brace!
After a BVB corner, Groß gives the ball away cheaply and Barcelona instantly counter. A long ball finds Yamal, who quickly feeds it into the path of Torres. It looks as though the angle is too tight for the Spaniard, but he manages to squeeze it into the bottom left corner from inside the box.
83'
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Malen shoots
Nmecha plays a long ball over to Malen on the right. He drives at the Barca goal and lets a shot fly, which Peña palms away, before the assistant raises his flag.
79'
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Guirassy at the double!
Guirassy brings Dortmund level again. Yan Couto spots a run from Groß in the middle of the park. He plays it through for him to run onto and Peña comes charging off his line, but Groß gets there first. The German just taps it round the keeper to Guirassy, who has an empty net to aim at and strokes it home.
76'
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Almost an instant response!
Gittens immediately goes right up the other end, beating Koundé and swinging a cross in. Guirassy meets it with his head, but heads over from inside six yards.
75'
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Torres gives Barcelona the lead!
Koundé does well to get to the byline. He cuts it back to Fermín López on the edge of the box, who shoots first time. Kobel does well to make the first save but Torres pounces on the rebound to retake the lead for his side.
73'
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Pascal Groß
Giovanni Reyna
73'
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Donyell Malen
Julien Duranville
72'
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Triple change for the visitors
Hansi Flick brings on fresh legs, in place of star players Raphinha, Lewandowski and Olmo.
70'
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Fermín López
Dani Olmo
70'
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Ferran Torres
Robert Lewandowski
70'
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Frenkie de Jong
Raphinha
69'
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Great save by Kobel
A fine move from Barcelona there. Lamal plays it down the line to Raphinha, who squares it to Olmo. The Spaniard gets a powerful shot away, forcing a fantastic save out of Kobel.
68'
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Bensebaini down
There is a stoppage as the full-back is down for an extended period, receiving treatment.
62'
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High from Guirassy
Reyna crosses from the right to Guirassy on the edge of the box. He takes the shot on first time but it balloons well over the bar.
62'
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Ramy Bensebaini
60'
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Guirassy levels it!
Dortmund's no. 9 steps up coolly to dispatch the penalty into the bottom left corner. Game on!
59'
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Penalty to Dortmund!
Cubarsí brings down Guirassy in the box and BVB are awarded a penalty.
59'
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Pau Cubarsí
57'
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Couto booked
The full-back sees yellow for impeding Olmo.
57'
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Yan Couto
53'
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Raphinha breaks the deadlock!
Olmo picks the ball up in the middle of the park and drives at the BVB defence. He slips a clever ball into the path of Raphinha, who just manages to stay onside and dispatches a composed finish into the bottom right corner.
52'
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Nmecha booked
The midfielder picks up a yellow card for dissent.
52'
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Felix Nmecha
50'
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Guirassy's opener chalked off
Reyna chips it through to Sabitzer, who plays a short ball to Gittens. The winger crosses to Guirassy at the back post who pokes home the chance, but the assistant had his flag raised quickly there.
47'
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Good counter-attacking opportunity
Reyna plays a lovely reverse pass down the line for Gittens to run onto. He has space to run into and Barcelona are caught high, but Koundé recovers well to make the challenge.
46'
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Back underway!
Dortmund get the ball rolling again for the second half. Nuri Şahin makes one change at half time, replacing Julian Ryerson for Yan Couto at right-back.
46'
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Yan Couto
Julian Ryerson
45' +1
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Wide by Guirassy
Gittens gets down the left flank and crosses low towards the striker, but he scuffs his effort and it trickles wide.
43'
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Sabitzer booked
The Austrian picks up the first yellow card of the game for kicking the ball away after a stoppage.
43'
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Marcel Sabitzer
42'
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Guirassy goes down
This time, Bensebaini puts a cross in towards the striker, who goes down. BVB scream for a penalty, which is checked by VAR and dismissed.
40'
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Golden chance for Guirassy
Reyna floats a delicate ball from the left of the Barcelona box towards the back post, where Guirassy is arriving. He meets the header from six yards out, forcing an excellent reflex save from Peña, but it wouldn't have counted anyway - the assistant had his flag raised.
38'
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Nmecha down
The midfielder stays down after a physical challenge from Casadó in the middle of the park. After some treatment, he's back to his feet.
36'
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Effort by Koundé
The ball bounces around the BVB area and pops up for Koundé, who strikes it powerfully on the half-volley, but Kobel palms it away.
34'
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Corner for the visitors
Yamal won it and Rafinha takes it short. It's worked back to Yamal, who crosses from the right, but Ryerson heads it clear.
30'
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Reyna shoots
Duranville gets down the right flank again and squares it to Reyna on the edge of the box, whose shot is narrowly wide. The assistant had his flag raised against Duranville in the build-up, though.
27'
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Gittens crosses
The young English winger finds himself in space down the left and attempts a cross in towards Guirassy, but the cross is overhit.
21'
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Yamal shoots
The Spaniard beats Bensebaini and Reyna on the edge of the box before letting a shot fly. It's powerful, but straight at Kobel and the keeper punches it away.
17'
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Big chance for Sabitzer
Duranville once again gets down the right channel and to the byline. He cuts it back into the middle, finding Sabitzer, but the midfielder snatches at the chance, sending it over the bar. That could've been the opener...