Borussia Dortmund Crumble at Home As Werder Bremen End BVB’s Unbeaten Run With Late Comeback Victory

Borussia Dortmund Crumble at Home As Werder Bremen End BVB’s Unbeaten Run With Late Comeback Victory

Chukwu Ikechukwu
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:09 PM
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  • Werder Bremen stunned Borussia Dortmund by coming back from being two goals down in the 89th minute to win 3-2 at Signal Iduna Park
  • Scottish forward Oliver Burke scored the winner in the 95th minute to end Borussia Dortmund’s unbeaten start to the Bundesliga season
  • It is the first time Borussia Dortmund will concede three goals in the Bundesliga this season

Borussia Dortmund suffered its first Bundesliga loss of the year on Saturday, August 20 as Werder Bremen defeated them 3-2 after scoring three goals in injury time.

Dortmund had raced to a 2-goal lead and looked on course for all 3 points before a late collapse against the newly-promoted Bundesliga side in front of their home supporters.

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Werder Bremen players celebrate after scoring a late goal to stun Borussia Dortmund at the Signal Iduna Park. Photo by Sascha Schuermann
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The defeat ends Borrusia Dortmund’s unbeaten start to the 2022/23 Bundesliga season after victories in the first two matchdays.

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How Dortmund collapsed late on against Bremen

Julian Brandt scored in additional time in the first-half to give Borussia Dortmund the lead at the break despite their opponents dominating much of the game.

Raphaël Guerreiro doubled Dortmund’s advantage in the 77th minute to give the home side a comfortable 2-0 lead with a long-range effort as BVB looked on course for another victorious weekend.

English defender Lee Buchanan started the remarkable comeback for Werder Bremen when he scored in the 89th for the promoted visitors to make the game 2-1.

Niklas Schmidt made it a frantic end to an exciting Bundesliga tie as he grabbed the equalizer for Bremen in the 93rd minute before Scottish forward Oliver Burke scored the winning goal in the fifth minute of injury time.

Borussia Dortmund aims to continue unbeaten start to Bundesliga season

Earlier, Sports Brief reported Borussia Dortmund’s impressive start to the 2022/23 Bundesliga campaign looks set to continue when they host Werder Bremen at the Signal Iduna Park.

Dortmund are enjoying a good spell after winning back-to-back games and will look to make it three on the bounce against the newly-promoted Bremen.

Werder Bremen manager, Ole Werner will hope to tighten his defence up ahead of a tricky test at Dortmund, but he will be confident that his in-form strikers can pose plenty of problems going the other way.

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Chukwu Ikechukwu Godwin is a journalist with over 9 years of experience in the Nigerian media industry. He has worked both in Radio (Today FM, Rhythm FM, Wish FM) and Television (Silverbird TV) as a Sports Analyst..
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