Borussia Dortmund’s aspirations for the Bundesliga suffered a break friday when he crashed in a 2–1 defeat at Union Berlin the night his striker Youssoufa Moukoko became the youngest goalscorer in the league.
After Taiwan Awoniyi of Liverpool took the lead at the beginning of the middle of the moment, Moukoko jumped into the air to celebrate his access to history when he tied for Dortmund at just 16 years and 28 days old.
Moukoko broke Leverkusen’s last Florian Wirtz record, which was 17 years and 34 days old when he scored against Bayern Munich in June.
However, Moukoko is a short-lived laugh when Dortmund conceded a loose shot with Union Marvin Friedrich’s centre-back head from a corner with 12 minutes to go.
“We lost two league games with stopped shots, it’s a disaster,” Dortmund Mats Hummels’ defence told DAZN, also referring to the 2–1 home defeat to Cologne in November. “We’re just fighting, it can’t happen. “
Saturday’s 5–1 home goal against Stuttgart charges head coach Lucien Favre for his work, but Dortmund’s defensive disorders returned through Union, which also beat them 3–1 in East Berlin last season.
Although he recovered mid-week with a 2–1 victory over interim werder Bremen coach Edin Terzic, Dortmund were again punished for giving up ownership and a sloppy defence.
It was Dortmund’s fifth loss of the season, leaving him fourth in the standings, six Leverkusen issues, which greets Bayern Munich in Saturday’s top-of-the-table clash.
Union, who kept European champion Bayern in a 1–1 draw in his last home game, climbed to fifth place, just one point in Dortmund.
No wonder they took the lead behind closed doors when Awoniyi slid his goalscorer Giovanni Reyna and passed on to Dortmund goalkeeper Roman Buerki in the 57th minute.
“The fact that a rival striker is so lazy is unforgivable,” Hummels complained after the final beep.
Having already touched Union’s wood, Moukoko made history three minutes later when he stabbed the tie, but Friedrich was left alone in the domain to direct the purpose of victory off the post.
“It’s wonderful that we won the game with two shots stopped,” Union Captain Christopher Trimmel told ZDF. “There’s a lot of passion, no opponent has the simple task in front of us. “
The Bundesliga entered a winter break two weeks after this weekend and Dortmund have a difficult month in January against RB Leipzig, Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Moenchengladbach.
However, Moukoko obviously has a long and brilliant career after winning 3 records last month.
“You have to congratulate the 16-year-old on his purpose in the Bundesliga, it’s something very special,” Trimmel politely added.
Moukoko was also the youngest player in the Champions League ten days ago, coming off the bench in Zenit St. Petersburg’s victory over Dortmund until the last 16 matches against Seville.
He was also the youngest player in Bundesliga history on 21 November, the day after his 16th birthday.