Watch Borussia Dortmund comical own goal as they are THUMPED 5-2 at home by Bayer Leverkusen in Erling Haaland’s absence
BORUSSIA DORTMUND defender Manuel Akanji was left red-faced as he scored a comical own-goal against Bayer Leverkusen.
And his day got even worse as his side – without injured Erling Haaland – were eventually smashed 5-2 at home by their Bundesliga rivals.
Dortmund went into today’s match eight points clear of Leverkusen.
But they started in terrible fashion with a nightmare own-goal after just 10 minutes.
Some dodgy Dortmund defending allowed Leverkusen to break into the box and fire a shot at goal.
The effort was saved by Dortmund goalie Gregor Kobel.
But he managed to palm the ball straight into onrushing team-mate Akanji.
And the Swiss defender couldn’t stop himself from planting the ball into the back of his own net.
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However, Dortmund regrouped and managed to pull one back just six minutes later when Leverkusen’s Jeremie Frimpong also scored an own-goal.
Yet Dortmund were undone in the 20th minute by a superb counter-attack which was finished off with aplomb by highly-rated midfielder Florian Wirtz.
Leverkusen went 3-1 up in the 28th minute when Robert Andrich curled in a beautiful free-kick.
And it was 4-1 to the visitors in the 53rd minute when Jonathan Tah fired home a powerful volley.
Leverkusen completed their rout with a fifth goal three minutes from time through France winger Moussa Diaby.
But Dortmund managed to save a little face when Steffen Tigges’ 89th minute effort ensured a final score of 5-2.
The result means Leverkusen are now five points off second-place Dortmund, while also increasing their hold on a Champions League spot to five points.
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