Niclas Fullkrug and Julian Brandt dealt Newcastle United’s Champions League hopes a potentially fatal blow as Borussia Dortmund completed the double over Eddie Howe’s injury-hit side.
Fullkrug’s first-half strike and Brandt’s effort 11 minutes from time secured a 2-0 Group F victory in front of a sell-out 81,365 crowd at Signal Iduna Park to go with their 1-0 success at St James’ Park two weeks ago.
But the outcome might have been very different had Joelinton not headed wide from point-blank range at 1-0 amid a concerted fightback by the Premier League side, who have now taken four points from as many games, three fewer than Dortmund.
Edin Terzic’s men will nevertheless feel they were good value for their win on a night when they bounced back from a nightmare 4-0 defeat by arch-rivals Bayern Munich on their own pitch in determined fashion, to the delight of their famous Yellow Wall.
HIGHTLIGHTS
- Outclassed Newcastle left on the brink of anticlimactic Champions League exit
- Borussia Dortmund defeat Newcastle in the Champions League, leaving Magpies with work to do to qualify
- FT - Dortmund earn back-to-back victories against Newcastle
- 79’ GOAL! - Brandt scores on the counter (DOR 2-0 NEW)
- 56’ CHANCE! - Joelinton comes close but heads Livramento’s cross wide (DOR 1-0 NEW)
- 45’ CHANCE! - Joelinton’s headed effort is kept out (DOR 1-0 NEW)
- 26’ GOAL! - Fullkrug gives the hosts the lead (DOR 1-0 NEW)
- 15’ SAVE! - A tricky spell for Newcastle sees Pope called into action to stop Adeyemi’s effort (DOR 0-0 NEW)
- 13’ SAVE! - Pope denies Fullkrug, blocking the shot from range (DOR 0-0 NEW)
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