Lucien Favre's Borussia Dortmund overturned a 2-goal deficit to beat Bayer Leverkusen 4-2, a result which takes them to the top of the Bundesliga table following Bayern Munich's 2-0 defeat to Hertha Berlin.
2018/2019 Bundesliga
2-4
Match Events
9' GOAL! Leverkusen 1-0 Dortmund (Weiser)
Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1, Borussia Dortmund 0. Mitchell Weiser (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lucas Alario with a cross.
39' GOAL! Leverkusen 2-0 Dortmund (Tah)
Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2, Borussia Dortmund 0. Jonathan Tah (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal following a corner.
65' GOAL! Leverkusen 2-1 Dortmund (Larsen)
Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2, Borussia Dortmund 1. Jacob Bruun Larsen (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
69' GOAL! Leverkusen 2-2 Dortmund (Reus)
Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2, Borussia Dortmund 2. Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Jadon Sancho following a fast break.
85' GOAL! Leverkusen 2-3 Dortmund (Alcacer)
Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2, Borussia Dortmund 3. Paco Alcácer (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Achraf Hakimi with a cross.
95' GOAL! Leverkusen 2-3 Dortmund (Alcacer)
Paco Alcácer right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jadon Sancho with a through ball following a fast break.
Match Report
The first half went poorly for Dortmund. We let Bayer run rampant on us getting chance after chance. Their first goal was a wide shot that Burki couldn’t get to. The second goal came from an unguarded set piece that Jonathan Tah was able to easily slip by Hakimi and Burki. Our back line was shambolic in the first half. Hakimi couldn’t lock down his man and whenever he got the ball he would dribble it into opposition and lose it. Diallo and Akanji both didn’t look themselves and Zagadou had some bloopers. As for the rest of the team, a early yellow kept Delaney out of the half and Phillip,Reus and Pulisic were invisible.
The second half is where things got fun. Leverkusen in all of their infinite wisdom decided not to try to sit back at all in the half and played just as open as they did in the first half. Their plan backfired as Dortmund took the most chances in the first 15 mins of the second, then after 60 took total control. Phillip being subbed for Paco Alcacer is what made a huge difference this match. Paco immediately became a threat that Bayer couldn't control.
Line-ups
Leverkusen XI: Lukás Hrádecky, S.Bender, L.Bender, Volland, M.Weiser, Wendell, L. Alario, J. Brandt, D.Kohr, J.Tah, Havertz
Subs: Ramazan Özcan, Dragovic, I. Thelin, T. Jedvaj, Bailey, S. Schreck, Paulinho
Dortmund XI: A. Witsel, M. Reus, R. Bürki, T. Delaney, Philipp, Diallo, M. Akanji, J.B Larsen, Pulisic, A. Hakimi, Zagadou
Subs: Marwin Hitz, Raphaël Guerreiro, Alcácer, Weigl, Wolf, Dahoud, Sancho