Jadon Sancho and Erling Braut Haaland saved Borussia Dortmund’s redness with goals defeated on Wednesday as the German appearance worked to beat Zenit St Petersburg 2-0 in the Champions League.
Sancho’s kick in the 77th minute and Haaland’s time kick set up a turbulent game in a different way in Dortmund’s favor, giving them the first three numbers of his Group F crusade.
After falling in a 3–1 loss to Lazio in their first attack last week, the Bundesliga team was forced to add 3 points, and sporting director Michael Zorc warned that it may not be “another slip. “
However, on a rainy Wednesday night in western Germany, Lucien Favre’s team struggled to praise a well-trained Russian defender.
When Zenit sat down, Dortmund lacked up front and their attacks were repeated several times in a tangle of short passes.
“Guys, it’s too complicated,” veteran central defender Mats Hummels shouted in the signal-iduna-park vacuum midway through the first half.
Sancho orchestrated twice before halftime, but neither Marco Reus nor Haaland could pass the ball past Mikhail Kerzhakov.
Reus hit the pole at the beginning of the moment, while Kerzhakov repelled a long-range shot of Dahoud in the 66th minute.
The house team was nevertheless rewarded 11 minutes later when Thorgan Hazard was shot down by Vyacheslav Karavaev.
Sancho, who has been criticized through the media for his latest performances, made no mistake at 12 yards, coldly hitting the ball in the back corner in front of the designated ‘yellow wall’, but now deserted.
Haaland sealed the three problems in the discount time, clinging to a headbutt of Jude Bellingham and piercing the Kerzhakov ball.