Werder stun Dortmund with three late targets for 3-2 comeback win
Werder Bremen scored thrice within the remaining minutes to come back from two targets down and snatch a shocking 3-2 victory at Borussia Dortmund on Saturday that ended the hosts’ profitable begin to the season.
Goals from Lee Buchanan within the 89th minute and Niklas Schmidt in stoppage time introduced them stage earlier than Oliver Burke thundered a shot within the remaining seconds previous keeper Gregor Kobel.
Dortmund’s Julian Brandt had fired a blinder previous Werder keeper Jiri Pavlenka in first-half stoppage time to take an surprising lead after a dire 45 minutes for the hosts the place nothing appeared to work.
Highlights 🎥 @WerderBremen_en are quick changing into the comeback kings 👑
Ollie Burke and Co. with one other dramatic late salvo! #BVBSVW | #MD3 | #Bundesliga pic.twitter.com/u9t2V4v0w0
— Bundesliga English (@Bundesliga_EN) August 20, 2022
Werder, who had 10 photographs on objective in contrast with Dortmund’s two by the seventy fifth minute, have been the extra adventurous aspect all through, their passing sport extra fluid and inventive and their assaults extra harmful.
But they have been caught out once more when Raphael Guerreiro tried his luck from 25 metres out and beat Pavlenka with a low shot within the 77th minute.
The guests, nevertheless, refused to surrender and scored what might need been a comfort objective via youth worldwide Lee Buchanan’s very good strike into the highest nook within the 89th.
What a comeback! 😍#BVBSVW | #MD3 | #Bundesliga pic.twitter.com/U35C5iqFEE
— Bundesliga English (@Bundesliga_EN) August 20, 2022
But Schmidt then drew them stage earlier than Burke’s beautiful winner deep in further time, which left Dortmund on six factors from their first three video games.
Champions Bayern Munich, additionally on six, are in motion at VfL Bochum on Sunday. Borussia Moenchengladbach, winners 1-0 over Hertha Berlin on Friday, are high of the desk on seven factors.
Ruhr valley rivals Schalke 04 are nonetheless ready for his or her first league win since their return to the highest flight this season following a goalless draw in opposition to VfL Wolfsburg.
Wolves’ keeper Coen Kasteels saved two consecutive spot kicks from Simon Terodde when a first-half stoppage-time penalty needed to be retaken.
Bayer Leverkusen, competing on this season’s Champions League group stage, slumped to their fourth consecutive defeat of the season throughout all competitions — and their third straight within the Bundesliga — once they went 3-0 all the way down to Hoffenheim for his or her worst ever begin to a league marketing campaign.
