Borussia Dortmund could not finish the game on top this week. After a 1-1 draw in Frankfurt last Saturday and a 3-3 draw that ended with Bremen beating the Black and Yellow on penalties in the DFB Pokal on Tuesday, Dortmund saw another big lead go by the wayside as TSG Hoffenheim tied Dortmund 3-3.
BVB looked like they didn’t need Marco Reus or Lucien Favre, as Dortmund took a 3-0 lead into the final 20 minutes, thanks to goals from Jadon Sancho and Mario Götze, even after a first-half goal was waved off after VAR. Raphael Guerreiro gave Dortmund a 3-0 lead in the 66th minute, before Ishak Belfodil found the back of the net in the 75th minute, then Pavel Kadeřábek in the 83rd. Just four minutes later, Belfodil completed the unbelievable comeback, leaving the Yellow Wall red with anger. The loss, coupled with Bayern Munich’s win over Schalke in Saturday’s late match, shrinks Dortmund’s \lead over the Bavarians to just five points.
Coach: Edin Terzic (temporarily replacing an ill Lucien Favre)
Hoffenheim coach Julian Nagelsmann relaxes with an assistant coach before the game
With Lucien Favre out sick Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke grabs a seat before the game.
Assistant coach Edin Terzic takes the place of regular head coach Lucien Favre, who was out sick.
Hoffenheim’s Andrej Kramaric gets his shirt pulled early in the game.
Due to few traveling Hoffenheim supporters, Dortmund fans were more than happy to fill in what would have been a mostly empty away section, and celebrated the first goals of the game.
Lukasz Piszczek and Nico Schulz go after a cross in the box.
Lukasz Piszczek isn’t trying out a new hairdo. He was given a new one with the first half rain.
Axel Witsel takes the ball away from Leo Bittencourt
Kerem Demirbay tries a cross in the first half.
Joelinton feels the pressure and passes it off late in the first half.
Ermin Bicakcic heads the loose ball back to his keeper in the second half.
Raphael Guerreiro sends his goal home to give the home side a 3-0 lead.
Guerreiro tries to find a teammate from up high.
Jadon Sancho’s effort hits the far post.
Paco Alcacer’s flick flies just wide of the post. Hoffenheim starts threatening.
Hoffenheim’s Benjamin Hübner and Dortmund’s Abdou Diallo fight for the header.
Diallo tries a shot from close range but Dortmund would not be able to find the fourth goal.
Head referee Marco Fritz talks with Hoffenheim’S Hübner after he stayed down in the box in stoppage time in front of the Yellow Wall. Home fans were certainly unhappy.
Jadon Sancho walks off the pitch, disappointed that Dortmund could not keep all three points despite a three goal lead.
Terzic laughs about the earpiece that he had during the game, and said he talked with the ill Favre at halftime via phone, which he said was legal.
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