Club record missed – BVB and RB Leipzig share the points in 1-1 draw | OneFootball

After four consecutive clean-sheet victories, Borussia Dortmund missed a potential club record and the temporary leap to first place on the sixth matchday. Against RB Leipzig, Borussia conceded a goal for the first time since the opening game and could not get beyond a 1-1 draw after 90 minutes. Nevertheless, BVB will certainly spend the international break as the second in the table.

In the naturally packed Signal Iduna Park, the BVB, changed in four positions compared to the 4-1 against Athletic Bilbao, got off to a very poor start. After a foul near the halfway line on Romulu, Nico Schlotterbeck received the first yellow card of the match as early as the sixth minute. Even worse for Borussia, however, was that the subsequent quickly taken free-kick by the guests led to the 0-1 by Christoph Baumgartner.

BVB initially struggled with the early deficit but then regrouped and struck back in the 23rd minute when Leipzig's defense chief Willi Orban missed the ball, and Serhou Guirassy cleverly set up Yan Couto. The full-back scored the 1-1 for Borussia, who remained more active but had to be cautious of Leipzig's quick counterattacks – and were also a bit lucky with a disallowed offside goal by Romulu. Because David Raum was able to block a shot from Karim Adeyemi just before the halftime whistle, the game went into the break at 1-1.

BVB becomes (too) active again late

After the break, the game resumed lively with chances on both sides before the action increasingly shifted to the less dangerous areas. It wasn't until Baumgartner in the 77th minute came very close to a second goal for the guests, and just three minutes later, it was again the Austrian who forced Gregor Kobel in the BVB goal to make a brilliant save.

It was only in the immediate final phase that BVB, with substitutes Jobe Bellingham and Fabio Silva, shifted up a gear once more. The most dangerous attempt was a long-range shot by Ramy Bensebaini, which RB keeper Peter Gulacsi could not hold onto. Ultimately, coach Niko Kovac's team couldn't manage the lucky punch, nor could the guest from Leipzig, resulting in a fair draw.

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