46’ min.: GOOOAAALLL, 2-2, Fin Bartels. What a start to the second period! Substitute Gnabry plays the ball to Junuzovic on the half-way line. Junuzovic finds Kruse on the left and Werder’s top scorer weaves his way into the penalty area and keeps his cool to lay the ball off for the onrushing Fin Bartels who makes no mistake as he fires into the Dortmund net.
52’ min.: Werder should really take the lead. Gnabry plays in Kruse in a two-on-one situation in the Dortmund half. Kruse is denied at the last moment by a saving tackle from Marc Bartra.
68’ min.: GOOOAAALLL, 3-2 to Werder, Max Kruse. Werder counter again and this time Kruse goes alone. The Werder striker goes through one-on-one with Bürki, his shot hits the keeper and loops into the top corner.
70’ min.: Double chance for Dortmund. Wiedwald parries Pulisic’s header and then tips Bartra’s bicycle kick over the bar.
74’ min.: GOAL, 3-3, Marco Reus. Dortmund’s captain drives into the Werder penalty area and is brought down by Gnabry. He gets up to take the penalty and makes no mistake.
77’ min.: BVB have the wind in their sails as Pulisic and Kagawa are both denied by Wiedwald in quick succession.
85’ min.: Kagawa plays in Guerreiro who fires a dangerous ball across the box but Sane brilliantly denies Reus with a saving challenge.
89’ min.: GOAL, 4-3 to Dortmund, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Pulisic goes down under the challenge of Bargfrede in the box and the referee points to the spot. Aubameyang makes no mistake and tucks in the bottom corner.
90 + 3’ min.: Full-time. Werder don’t have time to come back. Dortmund take the points.
Conclusion: Dortmund played with a high tempo and some good combination play from the outset. The Green-Whites had to see out wave after wave of Dortmund attacks. With the help of a little luck, Werder defended resolutely for most of the first-half and could have gone in level at the half-time. Alexander Nouri made a change for the second period and it worked immediately as substitute Gnabry started the move which saw Bartels fire in the equaliser. A cracking run and finish from Kruse 20 minutes before the end gave Werder hope of a famous victory. However, Dortmund continued to throw everything at Werder two penalties made the result a bitter pill to swallow for the Green-Whites.
