Jamie Gittens came off the bench to score twice in the final 15 minutes, sealing Borussia Dortmund’s 3-0 victory over Club Brugge in their UEFA Champions League opener on Wednesday.
In their first match since reaching the final last season, Dortmund, now under new coach Nuri Sahin, endured a goalless deadlock until Gittens was introduced with 22 minutes remaining. The 20-year-old broke the deadlock shortly after, with his deflected shot looping over Club Brugge goalkeeper Simon Mignolet.
Gittens added a second four minutes from time, cutting in from the left and firing a low shot into the net, extinguishing any hopes of a Brugge comeback. Serhou Guirassy, a summer signing, capped the victory with a late penalty in injury time.
“Today is a good day. We won the game and scoring two goals is really good,” Gittens told DAZN. “I tried to come on the pitch and make an impact, and that’s what I did.”
Dortmund captain Emre Can praised the young winger: “Jamie came in and helped us with two goals after a sluggish display. It wasn’t a top performance, but we deserved to win.”
The clean sheet meant Dortmund became the first team in Champions League history to face an opponent five times without conceding a goal.
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