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Champions League, Sevilla 2-3 Borussia Dortmund: Records broken
Last updated on Feb 18, 2021, 12:16 pm
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Erling Braut Haaland scored a brace for Borussia Dortmund as the Bundesliga side overcame Sevilla in their Champions League round of 16 first leg tie.
Dortmund were trailing in the match 1-0 before Mahmoud Dahoud and Haaland helped them go 3-1 up.
Howerver, Luuk de Jong scored late to keep Sevilla alive.
Here we present the records broken.
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#UCL
How did the match pan out?
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Sevilla took a lead with Suso's shot that deflected in off Mats Hummels.
Dahoud leveled before Haaland got two goals in a space of 16 minutes.
Luuk de Jong scored late on to give Sevilla hope in the tie.
Towards the end, there was also a VAR check for a possible foul by Thomas Meunier on De Jong.
However, VAR deemed it legal.
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Records
Contrasting records for Dortmund and Sevilla
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As per Opta, Dortmund clinched their maiden away win against a Spanish side in over 24 years. Their previous victory came in October 1996, when they won 1-0 against Atletico en route to winning the competition that season.
Meanwhile, in what was their 27th home game in the European Cup/Champions League, Sevilla suffered back-to-back home defeats in the competition for the first time.
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Haaland
Haaland smashes these Champions League records
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Haaland has now scored 10 Champions League goals in seven appearances for Dortmund.
As per BT Sport, this is the quickest a player has ever reached 10 goals for a team in the competitions.
Haaland has 18 UCL goals in 13 appearances. Notably, he is the first player in UCL history to score 18 goals in first 13 games.
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Rare away win in the UCL for Dortmund
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As per Opta, Dortmund ended a run of six straight defeats away from home in the knockout stages of the Champions League. This was their first such victory since February 2014 under Jurgen Klopp (4-2 versus Zenit St Petersburg).
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Twitter Post
Haaland is flying in the Champions League
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🇳🇴 Erling Haaland = Champions League sensation 🔥
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) February 17, 2021
🤯 18 goals in 13 games in this competition
🔥 Scored against all 8 opponents he has faced
😎 Only Mbappé (19) has scored more goals before his 21st birthday
🖤💛 10 goals in first 7 European games for Dortmund#UCL pic.twitter.com/6gjpTerHA5
