Posted: 21:52 GMT, October 28, 2020 | Update: 10:14 p.m. GMT, October 28, 2020
Borussia Dortmund needed a 78th-minute penalty from Jadon Sancho and a goal in time-out from Erling Haaland to beat visitors to Zenit St. Petersburg 2-0 in their game Champions League Group F Wednesday
The Germans, who lost their first game to Lazio, controlled the game from the start but carved out a few chances before Vyacheslav Karavaev inexplicably led Thorgan Hazard to the ground for Sancho to score there
Jadon Sancho converted a penalty with a right-footed shot in the bottom corner for the first
As Erling Haaland provided the second with a left-footed shot from the center of the box
Borussia are on three points with Zenit at the bottom of the group after two losses in two games Club Brugge and Lazio lead with four points
The hosts, supported by their derby victory over Schalke 04 this weekend, were in possession from the start but couldn’t get past a deep Zenit
Norwegian striker Haaland had his best chance of the first half when his powerful shot flew right off after captain Marco Reus missed two good chances
After the pressure right after the restart, Dortmund quickly ran out of ideas on how to open the Russian defense
With Zenit getting progressively bolder, it looked like the Germans would have to settle for a draw until Hazard was down and Sancho sent the keeper the wrong way and Haaland sealed the victory
Zenit St Petersburg: Kerzhakov, Karavaev, Lovren, Rakitskiy, dos Santos Justino de Melo, Barrios, Erokhin, Kuzyaev, Valle da Silva, Driussi, Dzyuba
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