Borussia Dortmund 2-1 Paris Saint-Germain: Erling Haaland double helps hosts take advantage in Champions League last 16 first leg

The prolific Norwegian, just 19 years old, took his tally to 11 goals in seven matches on his Champions League debut for the Bundesliga side.

Neymar missed PSG's best chance of the first half when he sent a free-kick wide, while Raphael Guerreiro and Jadon Sancho went close for the hosts.

Neymar was booked after the break for a clash with Axel Witsel as things began to get a little tetchy.

The visitors were beginning to dominate with Kylian Mbappe denied twice by Roman Burki.

But Haaland struck from close range in the 69th minute, cashing in on a rebound in the area.

Neymar equalised in the 75th minute when he converted a cross from Mbappe.

But just two minutes later Haaland fired Dortmund ahead again, lashing in a superb effort from the edge of the box into the top corner.

Neymar came agonisingly close to levelling for a second time but his effort clipped the outside of the post.

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• Borussia Dortmund have progressed from each of their previous four Champions League knockout ties when winning the first leg – versus Auxerre and Manchester United in in 1996-97, Real Madrid in 2012-13 and Zenit St Petersburg in 2013-14.
• Paris Saint-Germain have only won two of their last nine away games in the Champions League knockout stages (D1 L6), suffering defeats in four of the last five.
• Paris Saint-Germain conceded as many goals in this game as they did in the group stage of this season’s Champions League (two in six games).
• Borussia Dortmund’s last 24 goals in the Champions League have all come from open play, the longest current run among the remaining sides in the competition.
• Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland has scored 10 Champions League goals in just seven appearances, reaching the tally four games quicker than any other player in the competition’s history.
• Borussia Dortmund’s Erling Haaland is only the second player to score 10 Champions League goals as a teenager, after Kylian Mbappé (13), and the first to do so in a single campaign in the competition.
• Erling Haaland has scored 10 goals in seven appearances for Borussia Dortmund; the most of any player for a club within the top five European leagues (all competitions) since his debut in January.
• Borussia Dortmund's Giovanni Reyna (17y 97d) is the youngest player to assist a goal in the Champions League since November 2007, when Bojan did so for Barcelona (17y 91d v Lyon).

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