Erling Haaland's stunning double strike has Borussia Dortmund in the box seat as they came from behind to beat Sevilla 3-2 in Spain in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League last-16 tie on Wednesday.

Sevilla 2-3 Borussia Dortmund
Goals: 1-0 Suso (7'), 1-1 Dahoud (19'), 1-2 Haaland (27'), 1-3 Haaland (43'), 2-3 De Jong (84')

A run of one win and three defeats in six Bundesliga fixtures hardly boded well for the visitors, and when Suso gave Sevilla an early lead, the storm clouds looked ready to burst over Edin Terzic’s men. The deflection off Mats Hummels that had sent the ball beyond Marwin Hitz for the opening goal suggested it would not be Dortmund’s night, but then Haaland took the game in hand. First, the Norway international forward showed his unselfish streak, teeing up Mahmoud Dahoud to crash a long-range shot beyond Yassine Bounou for the midfielder’s maiden UEFA Champions League strike. It was the first goal Sevilla had conceded in 727 competitive minutes, but it wouldn’t be the last. Haaland then prodded a Jadon Sancho dinked one-two past Bounou for the lead, before extending it with a superb curling shot after being teed up by Marco Reus on the break.

Sevilla boss Julen Lopetegui’s response to Dortmund’s first-half onslaught was to substitute former Schalke midfielder Ivan Rakitic, and he then shuffled his pack again to no avail as Dortmund kept their opponents at arm’s length with comfort. One substitute, Oscar Rodriguez, did hit the woodwork, rattling a post and Hitz with a free-kick while Jude Bellingham forced a save from Bounou. Another home substitute, Luuk De Jong, touched home a free-kick to narrow the deficit while Sancho clipped a good late chance just wide as Dortmund departed Andalusia with an advantage to take into the second leg at Signal Iduna Park on 9 March.

Match stats

• Haaland is the first player to score 18 goals in his first 13 UEFA Champions League appearances.
• Haaland has scored 41 times in 42 competitive games for Dortmund.
• Only Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski has scored as many goals in the competition as Haaland since the Norwegian’s UCL debut in September 2019 (both 18).
• Dahoud's goal was his first in 1,441 minutes of Champions League football.
• Bellingham became the youngest English player to start a Champions League knockout stage game at 17 years, 233 days.
• The win was Dortmund's first in the Champions League in Spain since October 1996 (1-0 at Atletico Madrid).

Line-ups

Sevilla: Bounou - Navas (c), Kounde, Carlos, Escudero - Jordan (Rodriguez 72'), Fernando, Rakitic (Gudelj 46') - Suso (De Jong 60'), En-Nesyri (Munir 60'), P. Gomez (Torres 60')
Unused subs: Vaclik, Pastor, S. Gomez, Rekik, Vidal
Out: Acuna (thigh), Ocampos (ankle)
Coach: Julen Lopetegui 

Dortmund: Hitz - Morey, Akanji, Hummels, Guerreiro (Passlack 76') – Bellingham, Can, Dahoud (Meunier 89') - Sancho, Haaland, Reus (c) (Brandt 80')
Unused subs: Unbehaun, Drljaca, Schulz, Moukoko, Reinier, Tigges, Reyna, Knauff
Out: Bürki (shoulder), Delaney (personal reasons), Hazard (thigh), Piszczek (muscular), Schmelzer (knee), Witsel (Achilles tendon), Zagadou (hamstring)
Coach: Edin Terzic

As it happened

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