Borussia Dortmund's final UEFA Champions League group stage encounter against Copenhagen ended honours even after Thorgan Hazard's strike for the Round of 16-bound visitors was cancelled out by Hakon Arnar Haraldsson.

Copenhagen 1-1 Borussia Dortmund 
Goals: 0-1 Hazard 23' (assist: Passlack), 1-1 Haraldsson 41' (assist: Claesson)

With the Black-and-Yellows guaranteed second place in Group G no matter the outcome at the Parken Stadium, there were those who put it to visiting coach Edin Terzic that there was nothing to play for in the section's final fixture. "We want to maintain our rhythm, stick with the things that have worked well and improve the things that aren't quite as good as we'd like," the coach responded ahead of kick-off. His players responded with the game's opening goal. Goalkeeper Gregor Kobel may have been BVB's busiest player up until the moment Hazard broke the deadlock after accepting Felix Passlack's centre, but that only helped to sweeten the visiting celebrations. Having failed to score in the entire group stage up until this encounter, the hosts were long overdue their own moment of joy. Haraldsson provided it when the 19-year-old prodded home Viktor Claesson's cut-back.

Jacob Neestrup's team were hoping for a first win against Bundesliga opposition in UEFA competition after 11 failed attempts and after surviving Karim Adeyemi's deflected attempt, Viktor Claesson and Lukas Lerager tried without success to edge the home side in front. Terzic sent Julian Brandt and Youssoufa Moukoko into the mix thereafter and the pair quickly combined, with the latter striking the foot of a post with a tidy effort from distance. Adeyemi then headed narrowly past the far post from a corner as Dortmund stepped up the pace. A late Copenhagen flurry failing to produce a winner, Die Schwarzgelben held on to secure a share of the spoils ahead of Monday's draw for the tournament's last 16, which will include Bayern Munich, RB Leipzig and Eintracht Frankfurt.

Match stats

• Hazard scored his first goal this season on his 18th appearance. It was also his first BVB goal since February.
• Soumalia Coulibaly, 19, made his senior Dortmund debut.
• Copenhagen had previously failed to score in four Champions League home games.
• Dortmund are unbeaten against Danish teams. They had one win and a draw against Brondby in the 1993/94 UEFA Cup in the only other encounters before this season.
• BVB ended the group on nine points (W2, D3, L1).
• Copenhagen have never beaten Bundesliga opposition in UEFA competition in 12 attempts.

Teams

Copenhagen: Grabara - Diks (Jelert 79'), Vavro, Lund, Sorensen (Kristiansen 58') - Lerager, Clem, Claesson (c) (Falk 70') - Bardghji (Johnsson 70'), Haraldsson, Daramy (Oskarsson 79')
Unused subs: Ryan, Johannesson, Mukairu, Ankersen, Karamoko, Stamenic
Out: Amoo (knee), Boilesen (knee), Khocholava (suspended), Zeca (knee)
Coach: Jacob Neestrup

Dortmund: Kobel (Meyer 46') - Passlack, Hummels (c) (Süle 46'), Schlotterbeck, Hazard (Coulibaly 72') -  Can, Özcan (Moukoko 63') - Adeyemi, Reyna (Brandt 63'), Malen - Modeste
Unused subs: Unbehaun, Bellingham, Papadopoulos
Out: Bynoe-Gittens (shoulder), Dahoud (shoulder), Guerreiro (thigh), Haller (testicular cancer), Meunier (broken cheekbone), Morey (knee), Reus (fitness), Rothe (knee)
Coach: Edin Terzic

As it happened ...

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