On a record breaking night of Champions League football, Borussia Dortmund took the cake in a goal-frenzy that ended 8-4 in their favour with Marco Reus scoring a hat-trick on his return from injury.
Borussia Dortmund delivered an absolute thrashing of Legia Warsaw in their penultimate game of Group F to emerge 8-4 victors at the Signal Iduna Park. With 12 strikes hitting the back of the net on the night, the game broke the record for most goals scored in a Champions League encounter.
However, the clash was made feisty owing to a fearless and spirited Legia Warsaw side who were undone by a superior attack and let down by their own defence. Marco Reus completed a sweet return from injury to score a hat-trick while also assisting two other goals to make it a memorable game for German.
While there was much fuss about the Dortmund attack, Thomas Tuchel was not at all pleased by the Bundesliga giants’ defending on the night when they were often left completely exposed at the back hence enabling Legia to suitably capitalize. It was the Polish side who surprisingly took the lead before Dortmund took over and ran the show through the course of what was a rather frenetic ninety minutes.
Look at that for a score board!
Borussia Dortmund and Legia Warsaw make Champions League history
More: https://t.co/TQnLpAjxPs pic.twitter.com/QVsIUEHlDM
— Match of the Day (@BBCMOTD) November 22, 2016
Dortmund did the mother of all #MiseryCompilers tonight as they scored 3 in 3 minutes! Game finished 8-4! pic.twitter.com/M9eEJdzIld
— Spencer FC (@SpencerOwen) November 22, 2016
Injured for the last 6 months, Marco Reus marked his return to the Dortmund side tonight with a hat-trick. ⚽️⚽️⚽️ pic.twitter.com/2XIRXlr00f
— All Football News (@AllFootballLive) November 22, 2016
You don’t like drama? Go elsewhere. #bvbleg #UCL pic.twitter.com/S6mQMKFkSy
— Borussia Dortmund (@BVB) November 22, 2016
1️⃣1️⃣ v 1️⃣2️⃣
5 November 2003: Monaco 8-3 Deportivo
22 November 2016: Dortmund 8-4 Legia #UCL pic.twitter.com/4hiI8Pez6A— Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) November 22, 2016
Dortmund’s form across all competitions over the last 15 games:
WWWWDLDWDDDWWWW
Dangerous opposition. pic.twitter.com/ao2nWSzN2I
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) November 22, 2016
Marco Reus: “It was the return you can only dream about.” pic.twitter.com/TGGnZ6HK56
— Squawka News (@SquawkaNews) November 22, 2016
Dortmund 7 Legia Warsaw 4. Apart from the goals it was pretty dull ?
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) November 22, 2016
#Reus good to see you back on the pitch ⚽️? #BVBLEG @woodyinho
— Michael Ballack (@Ballack) November 22, 2016
I want to thank the fans for your support, you are amazing! Reus is back! Hattrick Hero??#sk23 #dortmund #ChampionsLeague #ucl pic.twitter.com/yxThJs3fHC
— SHINJI KAGAWA / 香川真司 (@S_Kagawa0317) November 22, 2016
Marco Reus:
– Back after 6 months out ?
– Scores a hattrick ⚽️
– Captains his side to 8-4 win ?
Welcome back Reus ? pic.twitter.com/i3YV7DfRF1
— 8 Fact Football (@8FactFootbalI) November 22, 2016
Dembele- 4 assists and a goal
Reus- 2 assists and 3 goals— Bateson87 (@bateson87) November 22, 2016
Ousmane Dembélé’s first half by numbers vs. Legia:
100% take-ons
79% pass accuracy
3 chances created
2 assists
1 goalUnreal half. pic.twitter.com/0znwUwLYiS
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) November 22, 2016
3 – Ousmane Dembele is the second player to deliver 3+ assists in a Champions League game this season (Neymar had four v Celtic). Skills.
— OptaCan (@OptaCan) November 22, 2016
.@BVB’s Ousmane Dembele has two assists and a goal by half-time tonight ? pic.twitter.com/5llWV5cuHp
— Bleacher Report UK (@br_uk) November 22, 2016
Ousmane Dembélé has scored his FIRST ever goal in European competition as a professional footballer.
The first of many… pic.twitter.com/O0wqFPVhGu
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) November 22, 2016
Goal.
Dortmund 8 – 4 Warsaw
Why? Whhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy? pic.twitter.com/ZF4P7wbI9A
— Paddy Power (@paddypower) November 22, 2016
Borussia Dortmund vs Legia Warsaw be like pic.twitter.com/GeZyHZD5CT
— Footy Humour (@FootyHumour) November 22, 2016
DORTMUND 7 – 4 WARSAW
WE’RE GONNA BLOODY MAKE IT!!!! pic.twitter.com/ZnlrrHMHYG
— Paddy Power (@paddypower) November 22, 2016
13 – Borussia Dortmund have scored 13 times against Legia Warsaw this season, the most by a team v an opponent in a campaign. Rampant.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) November 22, 2016
