Jamie Gittens scored twice as Borussia Dortmund opened their Champions League marketing campaign with a 3-0 victory away at Membership Brugge.

Serhou Guirassy added a late penalty for final season’s finalists, who netted thrice within the closing quarter of an hour at Jan Breydelstadion.

Brugge carried the larger attacking menace for a lot of the contest, going closest to scoring when Hugo Vetlesen rattled the crossbar, however they had been made to pay for his or her profligacy.

Gittens entered the motion as a 68th-minute substitute and broke the impasse eight minutes later – albeit in fortuitous circumstances – together with his shot taking two deflections earlier than nestling within the top-left nook.

The 20-year-old doubled his and Dortmund’s tally with 4 minutes remaining, reducing inside earlier than firing previous Simon Mignolet within the Brugge objective.

Guirassy added additional gloss to the scoreline from the penalty spot deep into stoppage time, slotting residence from 12 yards after he was fouled by Brandon Mechele.

Knowledge Debrief: Tremendous sub Gittens stars in historic win

Protecting Brugge at bay, Dortmund grew to become the primary crew in Champions League historical past to play a single opponent 5 instances with out conceding a objective.

Gittens acquired the ball rolling on the different finish. At 20 years and 41 days outdated, he’s the second-youngest participant to attain two or extra objectives in its place in a Champions League recreation, older than solely Monaco’s David Trezeguet, who was simply 34 days youthful when he struck towards Ok. Lierse SK in October 1997.

Guirassy accomplished the victory from the spot, which means Dortmund have now transformed every of their final six Champions League penalties, final failing from 12 yards towards Barcelona in September 2019 by means of Marco Reus.





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