Jude Bellingham set up Donyell Malen for the only goal as Borussia Dortmund got the better of Sporting Lisbon in their second group fixture of the 2021/22 UEFA Champions League campaign.

Borussia Dortmund 1-0 Sporting Lisbon
Goals: 1-0 Malen (37')

Already without injured pair Erling Haaland and Gio Reyna, Dortmund lost Mahmoud Dahoud to a muscular problem inside the opening six minutes. Despite the early set-back, the Black-Yellows soon settled into their stride as Malen headed a Thorgan Hazard cross against the upright from an offside position. Marco Reus twice made Adan in the Sporting goal work, before himself having an effort chalked off for offside. The breakthrough eventually arrived late in the half when Bellingham slipped a fabulous through-ball into the feet of Malen, who took it in his stride and fired confidently into the far corner.

Dortmund had the ball in the net once more at the start of the second half, but Reus was adjudged to have moved a fraction too early to collect another precision pass from Bellingham. BVB were in complete control as Raphael Guerreiro drove wide with a deflection and Julian Brandt shot over. Malen glanced in a Reus cross with 16 minutes of normal time remaining, only for the linesman’s flag to deny him his second of a one-sided contest. Sporting failed to test Gregor Kobel in the closing stages as Dortmund recorded their second straight Champions League win to move level on maximum points with upcoming Group C opponents Ajax.

Match stats

• Malen opened his Dortmund account after 500 goalless minutes.
• Bellingham is the youngest player to make 10 Champions League starts, aged 18 years and 91 days.
• Dortmund boast a perfect home record against Portuguese visitors in UEFA competition, with seven wins from seven matches, 18 goals scored and only two conceded.
• BVB have only failed to score once in 10 competitive matches so far this season.
• An unsued substitute against Lisbon, 16-year-old Youssoufa Moukoko could yet break the record for the Champions League's youngest goalscorer.
• Sporting have suffered 13 defeats in their 14 previous games away to German clubs.

Line-ups

Dortmund: Kobel - Meunier, Akanji, Hummels, Guerreiro (Schulz 75') - Bellingham, Witsel, Dahoud (Brandt 8') - Hazard (Wolf 71'), Reus (c), Malen (Reinier 75')
Unused subs: Unbehaun, Hitz, Moukoko, Passlack, Pongracic, Knauff
Out: Can (thigh), Coulibaly (knee), Haaland (muscular), Morey (knee), Reyna (thigh), Schmelzer (knee), Tigges (thigh), Zagadou (knee)
Coach: Marco Rose

Sporting: Adan - Reis (Esgaio 84'), Neto, Coates (c), Feddal - Porro (Tabata 84'), Palhinha (Braganca 84'), Nunes - Sarabia, Tomas (Santos 58') - Paulinho
Unused subs: Paulo, Virginia, Cabral, Ugarte, Vinagre, Goulart, Marsa, Esteves
Out: Goncalves (knock), Inacio (knock), Pote (knee)
Coach: Ruben Amorim

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