Despite Erling Haaland's efforts, Borussia Dortmund exited the UEFA Champions League to Man City at the quarter-final stage.
Despite Erling Haaland's efforts, Borussia Dortmund exited the UEFA Champions League to Man City at the quarter-final stage. - © getty images
Despite Erling Haaland's efforts, Borussia Dortmund exited the UEFA Champions League to Man City at the quarter-final stage. - © getty images
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Borussia Dortmund vs. Manchester City: UEFA Champions League CONFIRMED line-ups, match stats and LIVE blog!

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Jude Bellingham's maiden UEFA Champions League goal wasn't enough as Borussia Dortmund lost 2-1 on the night and 4-2 on aggregate to Manchester City in the quarter-finals.

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Haaland has been unplayable in just his second campaign of Champions League football, reaching double figures for goals in just seven appearances. He wasn't on the scoresheet in the away leg, but did set up captain Marco Reus for an all-important away goal. BVB might have had another, but for a contentious refereeing decision against English teenager Jude Bellingham in the first half. Interim coach Edin Terzic is still without former City youth player Jadon Sancho, but Reus shakes off a knock to start. Ansgar Knauff was a surprise starter on the right wing in Manchester, and stuck away the winning goal from the bench against VfB Stuttgart on Saturday. The 19-year-old winger starts against City in what's an unchanged XI from the first leg. A 1-0 win or victory by at least two clear goals will send Dortmund through to the semi-finals, where 2019/20 runners-up Paris Saint-Germain await.

Pep Guardiola knows Dortmund well from his three-year stint in charge of Bayern. His overall record against BVB includes seven wins from 12 encounters, though three of those losses came in knockout competition. The Catalan tactician won successive Bundesliga titles at the Allianz Arena, and is firmly on course to add a third English Premier League title to his collection, despite losing 2-1 to 10-man Leeds United on Saturday. The Champions League has proved the club's kryptonite, though. They've never won the competition and have only gone as far as the semi-finals once. Dortmund, on the other hand, were winners in 1997 and beaten finalists in 2013. Former Dortmund midfielder Ilkay Gündogan was part of the Jürgen Klopp team that lost 2-1 to Bayern at Wembley eight years ago, while Kevin De Bruyne spent his formative years in the Bundesliga with Werder Bremen and Wolfsburg. Oleksandr Zinchenko replaces Joao Cancelo at left-back in the only change from a week ago.

Watch: All of Haaland's Bundesliga goals!

Match stats

  • Haaland is the top scorer in this season's Champions League with 10 goals, two clear of PSG's Kylian Mbappe.
  • Man City's 15-goal top scorer Gündogan won the Bundesliga with Dortmund under Klopp in 2012, and left for England in 2016 with 156 BVB appearances under his belt.
  • Sancho made the opposite journey in 2017 and has since racked up 70 goals and 71 assists in all competitions for Die Schwarzgelben.
  • Haaland and Gio Reyna are the sons of former Man City players Alf Inge and Claudio respectively.
  • Had Bellingham's goal stood in the first leg, Dortmund might have extended their undefeated run against City to three games. They won 1-0 and drew 1-1 in the 2012/13 group stage.
  • Guardiola has failed to win five of his 12 meetings with Dortmund (L4, D1).

Line-ups

Dortmund: Hitz - Morey (Tigges 81'), Akanji, Hummels, Guerreiro - Bellingham (Brandt 80'), Can, Dahoud (Hazard 75') - Knauff (Reyna 68'), Haaland, Reus (c)
Unused subs:
Bürki, Drljaca, Schulz, Reinier, Meunier, Piszczek, Passlack, Raschl
Out: Delaney (Achilles' tendon), Moukoko (shin), Sancho (thigh), Schmelzer (knee), Witsel (Achilles' tendon), Zagadou (knee)
Coach:
Edin Terzic

Man City: Ederson - Walker, Stones, Dias, Zinchenko - Rodri, Gündogan - Mahrez (Sterling 88'), De Bruyne (c), Foden - Jesus
Unused subs:
Steffen, Trafford, Ake, Jesus, Laporte, Torres, Mendy, Fernandinho, Cancelo, Garcia
Out:
Aguero (knock)
Coach:
Pep Guardiola