Decimated Dortmund lose 2-0 despite second-half improvement

Key Highlights

• Pauli (3-2).
• Emre Can, Julian Ryerson and Fabio Silva took their places on the bench. The matchThe only time his team showed what coach Niko Kovac was hoping to see was in the opening minutes, when they put pressure on the hosts' central defenders with a high press.
• But the game changed with Spurs' first attack: Daniel Svensson was forced to intervene just in time to block a shot from former Leipzig player Xavi Simons (6).
• The second corner led to the first goal: although the intended recipient of the cross, Odobert, initially failed to connect with the ball, he then won a challenge against Julian Brandt and sent the ball sharply into the box.
• Defender Romero redirected the low cross into the net to make it 1-0 (14).