Erling Haaland scored again to help Borussia Dortmund to a 2-1 win at Turkish champion Beikta in their Champions League opening game on Wednesday.
2021/2022 UEFA Champions League
1-2
Match Report
The 18-year-old Jude Bellingham was outstanding as he scored the opener and set up Haaland for the Norwegian's ninth goal in six games across all competitions this season. Haaland scored 10 in eight Champions League games for Dortmund last season.
Beikta made the much better start, roared on by vocal supporters, while the visitors seemed to struggle with the soft playing surface.
Former Dortmund forward Michy Batshuayi almost scored in the sixth minute when he drew a good save from Gregor Kobel.
It took 17 minutes before the visitors first showed a threatening sign, but the move between Marco Reus, Julian Brandt and Haaland lacked precision and broke down.
Bellingham scored three minutes later when he took Thomas Meunier's cross on his chest before firing the ball through goalkeeper Ersin Destanolu's legs.
From then on it was all Dortmund, though the visitors had to wait before Bellingham set up Haaland for the second just before the break. The England midfielder moved past a defender by switching the ball from his right foot to his left before he picked out Haaland for an easy finish.
Destanolu stopped a central shot from Bellingham early in the second half, before Kobel did well to deny Batshuayi again at the other end.
Dortmund coach Marco Rose made three substitutions at once with 20 minutes remaining, with Bellingham among those to go off, before Destanolu saved another good chance from Haaland.
Ansgar Knauff came on for Haaland with five minutes of normal time remaining and grazed the crossbar in injury time.
Francisco Montero scored Beikta' consolation goal in the fourth minute of injury time with a header off Miralem Pjanic's free kick.
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
6' Kobel makes a point save
12' Larin's header blocked
19' GOAL! Besiktas 0-1 Dortmund (J. Bellingham)
28' Reus' shot blocked
42' Yellow Card! Welinton booked
45' GOAL! Besiktas 0-2 Dortmund (Haaland)
52' Guerreiro's shot wide out
54' Yellow Card! Meunier booked
67' Bellingham's shot denied
75' Yellow Card! A. Hutchinson booked
78' Yellow Card! Y. Moukoko booked
86' Subs! Haaland out, Knauff in
92' Knauff's shot hits the bar
Line-ups
Besiktas XI: A. Hutchinson, Pjanic, Josef de Souza, F. N'Sakala, Welinton, Ghezzal, Batshuayi, C. Larin, Rosier, E. Destanoğlu, Javi Montero
Subs: M. Topal, M. Günok, N. Uysal, G. Töre, O. Özyakup, S. Uçan, Karaman, R. Yılmaz, C. Bozdogan
Dortmund XI: Hummels, Reus, Meunier, Guerreiro, Brandt, Dahoud, Akanji, G. Kobel, Haaland, D. Malen, J. Bellingham
Subs: Witsel, Hitz, Wolf, Passlack, M. Pongracic, Unbehaun, Reinier, A. Knauff, Y. Moukoko