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Commentary
0¹KANE's shot was well saved by the 'keeper.
2¹MBAPPÉ shot wide.
5¹GOAL!! A great twenty-five yard shot from LOCATELLI rattled the crossbar and in the ensuing meleé the ball was hoofed into the net by HAVERTZ. (1-0 Ajax)
7¹GOAL!! A poor drive from ALEXANDER-ARNOLD seemed to hold little difficulty for the Ajax 'keeper but the ball somehow squirmed into the net. (1-1)
8¹An exceptional effort from MBAPPÉ scraped the woodwork.
12¹GOAL!! An energetic RÚBEN DIAS ran down the right wing and knocked the ball back for MBAPPÉ to flick home. (2-1 Borussia Dortmund)
18¹The motionless Ajax 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from LOCATELLI dropped just wide.
20¹A penalty box scramble resulted in MBAPPÉ tapping a low shot over.
23¹A twenty-five yard drive from MBAPPÉ caused LENO no problem.
31¹DOKU clipped the ball through a ruck of players but the Borussia Dortmund 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
34¹GOAL!! Showing plenty of skill DOKU dribbled past UPAMECANO and nudged the ball past OBLAK. (2-2)
39¹A header by DE BRUYNE at the near post was easily collected by LENO.
44¹HAVERTZ was put clear by LOCATELLI and he raced past the Borussia Dortmund 'keeper but struck his shot over the bar.
0²DE BRUYNE ran onto a great ball from KVARATSKHELIA but dragged his effort wide.
8²A cross from DE BRUYNE left HAALAND in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
9²MBAPPÉ headed wide.
11²A delightful save prevented HAVERTZ from scoring a lovely goal.
13²GOAL!! A great ball from ALEXANDER-ARNOLD left DE BRUYNE in the clear, he made the Ajax 'keeper commit himself before passing the ball to MBAPPÉ to score. (3-2 Borussia Dortmund)
15²KIMMICH beat two Ajax players and fired an effort just wide.
23²A weak shot from KANE trickled agonisingly wide.
25²KVARATSKHELIA blasted a right foot shot over from close range.
33²Uncertainty in the Ajax defence enabled MBAPPÉ to hammer the ball inches over.

 
Borussia Dortmund
 
League position: 2
Home league form: WW--
Overall league form: WWWWW---
Formation: 3-4-3
Line-ups
Jan OBLAK7 16 Bernd LENO
Alessandro BASTONI8 27 Devyne RENSCH
Dayot UPAMECANO6½36 Rayan AÏT-NOURI
(c)Joshua KIMMICH7 46 Manuel LOCATELLI
RÚBEN Santos DIAS6½56 PAU Francisco TORRES
Kevin DE BRUYNE7½66 Joakim MÆHLE
Trent ALEXANDER-ARNOLD8 77½ARDA Güler
Erling HAALAND7 86 Jéremy DOKU
Harry KANE7 97 Robert LEWANDOWSKI(c,p)
(p,f)Kylian MBAPPÉ7 107 Lorenzo PELLEGRINI(f)
Khvicha KVARATSKHELIA6½116½Kai HAVERTZ
Father ChristmasManager
Luka VUSKOVIC  12  Brian BROBBEY
Rio NGUMOHA  13  Giorgi MAMARDASHVILI
Davide BARTESAGHI  14  Oihan SANCET
Paris BRUNNER  15  Anthony ELANGA
Wisdom MIKE  16  Thomas MÜLLER
 
Ajax
 
League position: 9
Away league form: XW--
Overall league form: LXXWWX--
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Borussia Dortmund 3 Ajax 2
(Half-time: 2-2, Attendance: 97,042, Stadium: Signal-Iduna-Park, Referee: Graziano Cesari 6)

Alexander-Arnold 7¹, Mbappé 12¹, Mbappé 13²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Havertz 5¹, Doku 34¹
  
  
  
23
148
85
64
153
217
12
57%43%
Man of the match: Alessandro Bastoni