Dortmund 3-1 Stuttgart: BVB lose top place despite Reus & Alcacer goals

BVB lost top spot but remain level on points with Bayern after Reus, Alcacer and Pulisic finding the nets

Match Events

36' SHOT! Guerreiro's shot saved

62'Penalty Goal! Dortmund 1-0 Stuttgart (Reus)

Goal!  Borussia Dortmund 1, VfB Stuttgart 0. Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.

71'GOAL! Dortmund 1-1 Stuttgart (Kempf)

Goal!  Borussia Dortmund 1, VfB Stuttgart 1. Marc-Oliver Kempf (VfB Stuttgart) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gonzalo Castro with a cross following a set piece situation.

84'GOAL! Dortmund 2-1 Stuttgart (Alcacer)

Goal!  Borussia Dortmund 2, VfB Stuttgart 1. Paco Alcácer (Borussia Dortmund) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Christian Pulisic.

92' GOAL! Dortmund 3-1 Stuttgart (Pulisic)

Goal! Borussia Dortmund 3, VfB Stuttgart 1. Christian Pulisic (Borussia Dortmund) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mario Götze.

Match Report

Late goals from Paco Alcacer and Christian Pulisic gave Borussia Dortmund a nervy 3-1 victory over struggling VfB Stuttgart on Saturday but they handed over the lead to champions Bayern Munich, who went ahead on goal difference.

Dortmund, eliminated in the Champions League round of 16 by Tottenham Hotspur in midweek, never hit top form and needed a Marco Reus penalty in the second half to take the lead.

But Stuttgart levelled with Marc-Oliver Kempf in the 71st before Alcacer notched his 14th goal of the season.

Substitute Pulisic settled the Dortmund nerves in the 90th to lift his team to 57 points, level with Bayern, who went top after their 6-0 demolition of VfL Wolfsburg.

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Line-ups

Dortmund XI: A. Witsel, M. Reus, R. Bürki, Götze, Raphaël Guerreiro, Alcácer, Wolf, Diallo, M. Akanji, A. Hakimi, Sancho

Subs: Schmelzer, T. Delaney, M. Hitz, J.B Larsen, Pulisic, Zagadou, L. Balerdi

Stuttgart XI: A.Beck, E. Insúa, Esswein, S. Zuber, Castro, R. Zieler, Kempf, B. Pavard, Ascacibar, N. González, O. Kabak

Subs: Gentner, M. Gómez, Aogo, J. Grahl, Didavi, Donis, Baumgartl